Alexander S. White

Current

• Co-Founder at The Next Big Sound, Inc.

Past

• Kraft Account Management Intern at Draftfcb
• UMVD Intern at Universal Music & Video Distribution
• Motown Sales and Promotions Intern at Universal Music Group

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Education

• Northwestern University

Recommended

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Connections

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Industry

Internet

Websites

• My Company
• My Blog
• NYTimes Article

Alexander S. White’s Summary

I am a recent graduate of Northwestern University. I am living in Boulder, CO. I am almost 23.

I ran a student group at Northwestern with a budget over $330,000 and over 50 members. I ran concert production for Grammy-winning acts including Flight of the Conchords, Kanye West and Wilco. I worked at the largest ad agency in Chicago on the Kraft account. Before that I spent two summers interning at Universal Records in New York City and Chicago. In high school I worked at Ithaca's own College Town Bagels. I have started two companies.

I burn through recommended novels and books on psychology, economics, business management, science, current events, and history. I am addicted to Google Reader. I love movies that make me think, music that gets stuck in my head, personal productivity & efficiency hacks, the last block of a long run, really talking to people, and constant self-improvement.

Alexander S. White’s Specialties:

I Make Ideas Happen.

Alexander S. White’s Experience

• Co-Founder

  The Next Big Sound, Inc.

  (Internet industry)

  June 2008 — Present (1 year 2 months)

  The Next Big Sound lets anyone play the role of a record mogul, signing bands they think will become famous to their own personal record label.
  
  • Presented idea during Kellogg’s Venture Challenge and won Northwestern's Best Undergraduate Pitch
  • Raised a seed round of capital through Illinois Ventures to get the concept off the ground
  • Responsible for overall strategy, money raising, and business development opportunities
  • Grew thenextbigsound.com to thousands of users since launching August 1st
  • Featured in The New York Times, Daily Candy, Chicago Social, Thrillist, Mashable, CollegeOTR, and several other publications

• Kraft Account Management Intern

  Draftfcb

  (Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; IPG; Marketing and Advertising industry)

  June 2007 — August 2007 (3 months)

  • Involved with overall creative and production responsibilities- including IMC planning in biggest ad agency in Chicago
  • Responsible for writing and presenting competitive alerts to Kraft internal and brand team
  • Assisted in budget reviews and working development trackers
  • Completed two projects and gave presentations to DraftFCB Senior Vice Presidents (pizza competitive summary, viral marketing)

• UMVD Intern

  Universal Music & Video Distribution

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; EX; Music industry)

  June 2006 — August 2006 (3 months)

  • Helped develop and carry out effective and creative retail marketing campaigns with tight budgets
  • Created and designed promotional material using Adobe illustrator to send to Chicago music retailers
  to spark sales for Universal’s up-and-coming bands as well as headliners touring through Chicagoland
  • Responsible for tracking first day numbers for new CD releases
  • Worked closely with ADRs to manage and develop mutually profitable lifestyle accounts
  • Visited dozens of music outlets and managers while assisting ADRs in gathering weekly information from the field about our products and the competition (i.e. placement, displays, sales)

• Motown Sales and Promotions Intern

  Universal Music Group

  (Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; EX; Music industry)

  June 2005 — August 2005 (3 months)

  • Coordinated weekly market research to insure successful artist development
  • Attended daily sales meetings to insure key buyers were updated on current and upcoming artists
  • Conducted regional polls to insure that our touring artists had CDs in the area stores
  • Developed and distributed promotional items and assisted with bookings at BET and MTV

Alexander S. White’s Education

• Northwestern University

  B.S. , Learning and Organizational Change , 2004 — 2008

  • Chairman of A & O Productions, Northwestern’s programming board and the largest student group on campus with an annual budget of 330k. Responsible for selecting and executing large scale concerts film series & events on campus (Kanye West, Flight of the Conchords, BJ Novak, Ben Folds, alumni speakers etc.)
  • Oversaw expansion of the exec. and general board, increased budget allocation, established partnerships with Live Nation, Miller and other area businesses
  • Seven of nine semesters on the Dean’s list (3.7 GPA or higher)
  • Weekly volunteer at the Evanston office of (NSP)
  • DJ at WNUR (Northwestern’s radio station) with my own weekly underground rap show
  • President of my Freshman Dorm
  • Member of Zeta Beta Tau Fraternity, elected rush captain
  • Participant in intramural football, dodge ball, basketball, bowling and soccer
  • Microsoft Office User Specialist (MOUS) in Word, Excel & PowerPoint. Also proficient in Photoshop, Illustrator, and Basic HTML.

  Activities and Societies:

  A&O Productions, Zeta Beta Tau, Alpha Kappa Psi, National Student Partnerships, WNUR Student Radio DJ

Additional Information

Alexander S. White’s Websites:

• My Company
• My Blog
• NYTimes Article

Alexander S. White’s Interests:

New Music, New York Times, Chai, Running, Guitar, Soccer, 24, Amazon, Skiing, Nonfiction Books

Alexander S. White’s Groups:

•    Northwestern University Alumni
•    Illinois Technology Association (ITA)
•    On Startups - The Community For Entrepreneurs
•    InNUvation.
•    Zeta Beta Tau
•    Music and Entertainment Professionals
•    The Big Idea Forum
•    Boulder Denver New Tech Meetup
•    A&O Productions
•    Chicago Professionals For Youth
•    UpMo Professionals Network

Alexander S. White’s Honors:

Graduated Northwestern with Honors, 7 semesters on the Dean's list (3.7 GPA or higher), Highest Order of Excellence Society, Order of Omega Greek Honor Society, Best Undergraduate Pitch InNUvation's Venture Challenge Competition

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