Janel L. Brown

• Providing marketing services to independent talent in music industry.
• Booking venues for performances.
• Social media and artist development.
• Placing talent with proper legal representation, management, and public relations firms.

• Provided senior administrative support to CEO, CFO, and 9 employees.

• Responsible for handling all office related matters, creating and implementing a firm infrastructure for the company.

• Calendar management, travel arrangements, phone coverage for entire office, and conference coordination.

• Implementation of various processes such as application tracking software, interviewing and onboarding new hires, human resource management, benefit coverage, training new employees, tracking attendance and projects, invoice payments, managing all personal and company bank accounts and credit cards.

• Gatekeeper for both the CEO and CFO personally and professionally - hiring third party service providers and overseeing personal matters.

• Worked directly with legal counsel on authorization for foreign employees, and liaison with employees in Pakistan office.

• General office management - maintaining office supplies, equipment and inventory by setting up company accounts with third party suppliers for cost efficiency, keeping track of all ad hoc projects and outstanding issues.

• Investor relations, creating company marketing solutions and materials, updating company website with investor materials on a monthly basis, directed and edited monthly investor videos for company website. Recreation of the entire company website, and company's new boutique CFO service branch. Organizing weekly portfolio review meetings and recording meeting minutes for compliance.

• Streamlined payroll, 401K and benefits for entire company with Third Party Compliance Company.

(Contract)

• Provided senior administrative support to CFO, COO and CAO of Goldman Sachs Bank.

• Primary administrative assistant to the CAO and Managing Director of Compliance in Goldman Sachs Bank.

• Heavy calendar management, agenda and itinerary planning, conference room scheduling.

• Dedicated phone coverage of C-Level directors, Managing Directors and Vice Presidents.

• Responsible for handling internal correspondence across all departments and divisions.

• Responsible for submitting expense reports, submitting and approving time sheets, and arranging travel for Managing Directors, CFO, COO and Vice Presidents.

• Responsible for ordering and maintaining office supplies for the department.

• Ad hoc projects, event planning and coordination for over 230 employees.

Independent

• Providing marketing services to independent talent in music industry.

• Booking venues for performances.

• Social media and artist development.

• Placing talent with proper legal representation, management, and public relations firms.

• Negotiation of digital content and licensing deals; clearances of featured artists with third-party labels under strict timelines.

• Implementation of new and developing corporate policies with third-party platforms.

• Report weekly to each label regarding all projects, issues and updates in behalf of the Department.

• Negotiation of digital content and licensing deals; clearances of featured artists with third-party labels under strict timelines.
• Implementation of new and developing corporate policies with third-party platforms.
• Report weekly to each label regarding all projects, issues and updates in behalf of the Department.

The Law Office of Edward R. Grauer, P.C. - New York, New York

Executive Assistant Associate

• Provided Executive and personal administrative and legal support for the CEO's, CFO, General Counsel and the Head Counsel.

• Responsible for being the 'gatekeeper' handling internal and external correspondence across all departments and reporting directly to CEO's, CFO and Head Counsel.

• Handled heavy calendar management, agenda planning, travel arrangements, expenses, office supplies, hiring and training interns, and ensuring office infrastructure efficiency.

• Maintenance of communication via phone and email, confirming schedules, gifting, reservations, high-level event planning, overseeing personal home renovations and staff, resolving issues in a timely and professional manner.

• Organizing CEO's personal files, documents, booking appointments, daily oversight of personal schedule to resolve any conflicts.

• Assisting with any ad-hoc projects as needed.

• Implementation and development of bookkeeping processes; distribution and tracking of budgets and payments to third-party vendors using QuickBooks.

• Reporting research and findings assessments and analysis of potential ventures to CEO's.

• Negotiations of talent agreements and documents for clients ranging from high profile record labels, individual recording artists, producers, mixers, engineers, songwriters, to photographers, actors, and television production companies.

• Identification of all legal, intellectual property and merchandising issues; working directly with outside litigation and keeping clients informed of case progress.

• Interviewed prospective clients and formulated plans with Head Counsel.

• Provided Executive and personal administrative and legal support for the CEO’s, CFO, General Counsel and the Head Counsel.
• Responsible for being the ‘gatekeeper’ handling internal and external correspondence across all departments and reporting directly to CEO’s, CFO and Head Counsel.
• Handled heavy calendar management, agenda planning, travel arrangements, expenses, office supplies, hiring and training interns, and ensuring office infrastructure efficiency.
• Maintenance of communication via phone and email, confirming schedules, gifting, reservations, high-level event planning, overseeing personal home renovations and staff, resolving issues in a timely and professional manner.
• Organizing CEO’s personal files, documents, booking appointments, daily oversight of personal schedule to resolve any conflicts.
• Assisting with any ad-hoc projects as needed.
• Implementation and development of bookkeeping processes; distribution and tracking of budgets and payments to third-party vendors using QuickBooks.
• Reporting research and findings assessments and analysis of potential ventures to CEO’s.

• Negotiations of talent agreements and documents for clients ranging from high profile record labels, individual recording artists, producers, mixers, engineers, songwriters, to photographers, actors, and television production companies.
• Identification of all legal, intellectual property and merchandising issues; working directly with outside litigation and keeping clients informed of case progress.
• Interviewed prospective clients and formulated plans with Head Counsel.

• Contract administration and transactional legal work for high-profile record legal with regard to recording artists; joint venture labels.

• Assessed license requests for intellectual property; reviewed negotiations; and drafted deal memos, internal and external correspondence.

• Performed all administrative duties—internal and external communications, expense report preparation and submission and follow-ups.
• Scheduled Board of Directors meetings and compiled all meeting materials and agendas.
• Provided logistical support to visiting executives in coordination with other Executive Assistants.

(Seasonal Internship)

• Performed all administrative duties - internal and external communications, expense report preparation and submission and follow-ups. Scheduled Board of Directors meetings and compiled all meeting materials and agendas.

• Provided logistical support to visiting executives in coordination with other Executive Assistants.

Pace Law School, White Plains, New York - Juris Doctor May 2011

Pace University, Pleasantville, New York - Bachelor of Science May 2008