DOUG ELLISON

PROFILE

Music Industry Business Management Professional with extensive, accountable experience. A results-driven executive skilled

at identifying and signing emerging new talent, managing client careers, organizing and facilitating recording sessions,

publishing new material, generating publicity and promoting talent, arranging engagements and tours, overseeing

distribution and sales of recorded materials and managing all business operations, seeks a position that fully capitalizes on

this experience while providing further career growth and advancement potential as merited.

KEY QUALIFIERS

 PROVEN BUSINESS MANAGEMENT / MUSIC INDUSTRY EXPERTISE  MOTIVATING, MULTI-TASKING LEADER

 CONSISTENT PRODUCER / QUICK TO LEARN  EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATOR (oral and written)

 ORGANIZED PLANNER / DECISION MAKER  INTERACT PROFESSIONALLY AT ALL LEVELS

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

FOUR KINGS PRODUCTIONS (and companies), Valley Stream, NY 11/03 to Present

I initially founded and built this successful business focusing on new talent acquisition and management

in the music / entertainment industry. As the company grew and I signed numerous new, exciting,

emerging talent, I diversified and expanded the company, adding Four Kings Publishing to publish new,

original material, and Four Kings, Ltd. to market and sell branded apparel.

CEO / General Business Manager

• Direct all aspects of my three businesses, focusing on development, promotion and management of promising

new artists in diverse genres of the music industry and pre- and post- audio and video production.

• Selectively recruited and hired all staff comprised of multi-platinum and Grammy Award-winning executives, managers,

producers, writers, composers, musicians, editors and sound engineers.

• Collaborate and build cohesive relationships with experts in A&R, artist management, marketing, pre- and post music

production, sound design, film and television scoring, jingle writing and sound alkie’s.

• Engage leading film and video producers to create innovative and artistic visions of each client; oversee editing for film

and television, color correction and post-production details.

• Utilize Four Kings Publishing to publish new, original materials produced by clients and staff.

• Opened Four Kings, Ltd. to market branded apparel (Tee Shirts, Hoodies, Sweat Shirts, etc.) promoting YAY, MBK,

Four Kings, RichHipster and RichHipster Belle products both online and at our retail store.