Entertainment & Media Executive
Greater New York City Area
- Current
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- VP Sales & Client Relations at Sudden Industries
- Past
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- Digital Content Creator/Producer at Jumbolaya Productions
- Founder/Executive Producer at Contagious Pictures
- Executive Producer at Lee Hunt Associates
- Executive Producer at Freelance Executive Producer
- Director Music Video Production at A&M Records
- Music Video Production at Columbia Records
- Education
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- Tulane University
- Connections
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- Industry
- Media Production
- Websites
Susan Solomon’s Summary
My expertise and personal passion is problem solving for creative and business challenges. I’m as comfortable brainstorming about concept and character development as I am discussing market trends and strategizing about business opportunities. Experience in film production, the music industry, cable, performing arts and digital media.
Susan Solomon’s Specialties:
Creative and strategic thinking; strong leadership and communication skills; sales & client relations expertise; executive producer, working with and developing creative talent.
Susan Solomon’s Experience
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VP Sales & Client Relations
Sudden Industries
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Online Media industry)
April 2000 — Present (8 years 7 months)
Keeps abreast of media landscape and trends across video, social media, itv, mobile and gaming to help determine market opportunities across entertainment, media and cultural arts industries; Applies market knowledge to identify and target sales opportunities, securing new business contracts and optimizing current client relationships; Evaluates clients’ content, advertising, distribution, technology assets to help determine best strategic approach to meet business objectives; Supervises the proposal/bid process
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Digital Content Creator/Producer
Jumbolaya Productions
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Entertainment industry)
January 2007 — November 2007 (11 months)
Developing original short-form episodic program; wrote episodes, scripts, developed characters and created story arcs
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Founder/Executive Producer
Contagious Pictures
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Broadcast Media industry)
October 1997 — February 2000 (2 years 5 months)
Wrote and executed business plan for founding production company; Built operations from ground-up including internal systems and vendor relationships; Pooled a talented network of creative resources; directorial talent, producers, DPs, art directors, location scouts, graphic designers, editors, post-production facilities; Collaborated closely with directors to develop and write creative pitches which led to successful engagements with clients that included Columbia Records, HBO, Informix, Universal Records and Rykodisc Records
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Executive Producer
Lee Hunt Associates
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)
March 1996 — September 1997 (1 year 7 months)
Supervised the production of promotional sales tapes for cable clients; concept development, shoot, scripts, voice over, editorial; Built in-house teams of directors, broadcast designers, writers and editors to execute on developed concepts
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Executive Producer
Freelance Executive Producer
(Broadcast Media industry)
January 1995 — February 1996 (1 year 2 months)
Working with Lee Hunt Associates, supervised the broadcast design team responsible for the re-launch of the Faith & Values network to the Odyssey Network. For record companies that included Sony, Warner Brothers, Time Bomb Records, solicited creative pitches and hired directors/production companies for music video productions
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Director Music Video Production
A&M Records
(Public Company; 201-500 employees; Music industry)
April 1992 — November 1994 (2 years 8 months)
Solicited creative pitches and hired directors to create music videos for all A&M recording artists; worked with directors that included Spike Jonze, Mark Romanek, Zak Snyder & Paris Barclay; Collaborated on all aspects of artistic, marketing, and budgetary considerations of productions from concept conception through final edit; Supervised and negotiated with multiple stake holders including artists, management, marketing, A&R, directors & production companies; Acted as liaison between label, artists and creative community, meeting with film and music video directors, producers, production designers, stylists and editorial/post-production houses
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Music Video Production
Columbia Records
(Public Company; 501-1000 employees; Music industry)
1987 — 1990 (3 years)
Susan Solomon’s Education
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Tulane University
BA, Political Science, 1982 — 1986
Additional Information
Susan Solomon’s Websites:
Susan Solomon’s Interests:
music, film, TV, politics, crossword puzzles, reading, writing, good food & drink
Susan Solomon’s Groups:
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ThoseInMedia (The who's who in all the media markets) -
MIPCOM Audio/Visual Content Market Networking Group
Susan Solomon’s Contact Settings
Interested In:
- career opportunities
- new ventures
- expertise requests
- business deals
- reference requests
- getting back in touch
