Michael Fayne

Associate Director, Label Services at Sony Music Entertainment

Greater New York City Area

Current
Past
  • Senior Producer at R/GA
  • Senior Technical Project Manager at AOL
  • Interactive Producer at Fearless Concepts / Island Def Jam Music Group
  • Manager, New Media at Random House, Inc.
  • Account Executive / Publicist at Great Ink Communications
  • Assistant Talent Agent at International Creative Management, Inc.
  • Assistant Publicist at Interscope Records
  • Production Coordinator at Nocturnal Productions/Nocturnal Commercials
  • Production Assistant at Freelance (Self-employed)
  • Assistant to the Producer at Scott Rudin Productions
  • Production Assistant at “Rescue 911,” Katy Film Productions
Education
  • Syracuse University
  • Harvard High School
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Michael Fayne’s Experience

  • Associate Director, Label Services

    Sony Music Entertainment

    (Public Company; Music industry)

    May 2009Present (3 months)

  • Senior Producer

    R/GA

    (Public Company; IPG; Marketing and Advertising industry)

    May 2007May 2009 (2 years 1 month)

    - Produced site development for Barnes & Noble (bn.com), Goldman Sachs (gs.com) and Verizon Wireless (vzw.com)

    - Led strategy conversations from a high-level business perspective down to minute detail for both marketing and systematic Web site architecture, design and development
    • Interfaced with multiple clients on a daily basis to relay status, gather requirements and run presentations and reviews
    • Tracked simultaneous budgets and schedules to determine burn-rate, gauge risk and resource staff
    • Ran production team from discovery and concepting through ID, design, build and launch

    -Initially produced Nseries site and online marketing campaigns for Nokia Nseries devices (nseries.com)

  • Senior Technical Project Manager

    AOL

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

    November 2004April 2007 (2 years 6 months)

    Produced interactive content, design, etc. for AOL Music channels/groups:
    - AOL Music (http://music.aol.com)
    - Spinner (http://www.spinner.com/)

  • Interactive Producer

    Fearless Concepts / Island Def Jam Music Group

    (Internet industry)

    March 2002November 2004 (2 years 9 months)

    Lone producer and client manager for internal Web shop at IDJ producing full artist and label sites, micro sites, digital advertising, marketing and contest collateral, banners and maintenance for all Island Def Jam labels and sub-labels. Also acted as daily client manager and producer for several external clients contracted by Fearless.

  • Manager, New Media

    Random House, Inc.

    (Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Publishing industry)

    February 2000February 2002 (2 years 1 month)

    Managed content and site builds for several publishers in the Random House Information Group. Set site requirements, reviews and feedback with RH production department. Also produced weekly contests, newsletters and subscription emails for entire division.

    Additionally responsible for managing all biographical, cover images and all related content with ecommerce partners, Amazon.com and BN.com, as well as managing technical relationship with partners licensing electronic Information Group content.

  • Account Executive / Publicist

    Great Ink Communications

    (Public Relations and Communications industry)

    August 1998February 2000 (1 year 7 months)

    Managed daily relationships for several real estate clients. Pitched stories to industry and national publications for real estate clients. Wrote bylined articles and press releases for clients on a number of real estate related topics.

  • Assistant Talent Agent

    International Creative Management, Inc.

    (Music industry)

    March 1998August 1998 (6 months)

    Assisted in drafting contracts and booking appearances for maestros in ICM Artist's conductor division.

  • Assistant Publicist

    Interscope Records

    (Public Company; Music industry)

    November 1997March 1998 (5 months)

    Booked photo shoots, travel and appearances for Interscope rock artists in national magazines, television shows, etc and coordinated said appearances with road and artist managers. Also did press request follow-up, compiled press kits, pulled thousands of press clips, etc.

  • Production Coordinator

    Nocturnal Productions/Nocturnal Commercials

    (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Motion Pictures and Film industry)

    March 1996November 1997 (1 year 9 months)

  • Production Assistant

    Freelance (Self-employed)

    (Self-Employed; Myself Only; Motion Pictures and Film industry)

    September 1995March 1996 (7 months)

    Worked freelance production gigs for several television shows, organizations and film companies, including:
    - MTV Networks
    - HBO
    - World Wide Pants
    - Crossroads Films

  • Assistant to the Producer

    Scott Rudin Productions

    (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Motion Pictures and Film industry)

    March 1995September 1995 (7 months)

  • Production Assistant

    “Rescue 911,” Katy Film Productions

    (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Motion Pictures and Film industry)

    May 1994March 1995 (11 months)


Michael Fayne’s Education

  • Syracuse University

    BS , Television, Radio, Film Production , 19901994

    S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications
    Minor: Cinema Studies (College of Visual & Performing Arts)

  • Harvard High School

    19841990


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