Queens College

Game Day Operations at LA Clippers

Shows Include

Alter Ego, Food Stars, The Wall Duet

• Served as the primary point-of-contact for talent through several stages of production including pre-production, rehearsal, and live shoots.
• Assisted talent by ensuring they were equipped with all essentials, ensuring events ran in a timely manner, ensuring talent was able to complete tasks (such as fan signings), and ensuring expectations were managed between showrunners, stage managers and talent.
• Carried out administrative duties for talent such as managing paperwork, agreements, timesheets, and waiver forms. Also ensured all rooms were properly equipped with necessities.
• Worked as the primary lead on set for the following talent

Fox Networks Group

Talent Associate

	Rolling Loud Music Festival Present | New York – Miami
	Honeyland | 2023|Houston              One Music Fest | 2023| Atlanta       
	Roots Picnic| 2023| Philadelphia     Juneteenth| 2023| Los Angeles     
	Coachella | 2023 |Indio                   Jazz in the Gardens| 2023| Miami
	One Music Fest |2022|Atlanta.                  
• Lead Talent liaison on behalf of RL ensuring artists fulfill primary duty to
sponsorship partner (Spotify).
• Ensure all artist are on stage & perform within their respective set times. 
• Help to coordinate movement of Headliners to & from performance 
• Assist in overseeing all artist needs & requirements are met for their green rooms. 
• Assist Stage Managers with any task they may need assistance with in regard to performers (Artist, Band, Dance Team, Tech team)

Talent Roles

Talent Liaison

It’s All A Blur – Drake (United States & Canada Tour)
• Lead talent liaison on show days helping assist talent guests & artists 
• Assist tour manager overseeing ticketing/seating chart for each city
• Work closely with tour security to ensure proper credentials are being utilized in each city & helping maintain order on show days. 
• Work closely with the tour manager ensuring every task is complete prior to showtime, throughout the show & post showtime. 
• Help oversee any Make a Wish Foundation obligations within the tour

Its All A Blur - Drake

Asstitant to Tour Manager 

Shows Include

Cardi Tries 2021 & 2022, Becoming a Popstar, Bet Awards 2021

Served as the primary point-of-contact for talent through several stages of production including pre-production, rehearsal, and live shoots.

Assisted talent by ensuring they were equipped with all essentials, ensuring events ran in a timely manner, ensuring talent was able to complete tasks (such as fan signings), and ensuring expectations were managed between showrunners, stage managers and talent.

Carried out administrative duties for talent such as managing paperwork, agreements, timesheets, and waiver forms. Also ensured all rooms were properly equipped with necessities.

Worked as the primary lead on set for the talent

Jesse Collins Entertainment

Support talent through several stages of production, including pre-production and during live shoots. 
Assisted Leslie Jones & Calvin Broadus Jr (Snoop Dog) teams, ensure talents were equipped with all essentials.
Served as the talents point of contact throughout the rehearsals through the live event.  
Managed expectations while talents were on set.
Ensured talent were on a timely manner throughout rehearsals & the live event.

Viacom

Assisted in the 2021 and 2022 Academy Awards

Assisted talent coordinator organizing, facilitating, overseeing signing of waivers between artist and the Oscars. 
Helped maintain a steady flow of events to ensure artist were within slotted timelines to rehearse. 
Oversaw the process of artist signing for the Oscars Producers.

Oscars & Friends

Talent Production Assistant

Official host & correspondent for AVS TV, Los Angeles
Prepared and created questions to ask individuals (Artists, Athletes, Musicians, Singers)
Hosted & covered live events, premiers, & one on one interview
Managed the scheduling of upcoming events which were covered on the weekly episode aired to millions
Networked with PR and Production teams for upcoming events, premieres and chase possible opportunities  
Represented, managed the presentation of various celebrities on tour
Managed onsite expectations & represent the needs, values of the company

AVS TV

Host / Production 

Engaged and entertained an audience of 15,000 fans throughout the season while promoting sponsors 
Led preparation of game day events, community events, and private events for Los Angeles Clippers/NBA
Ran point on production ensuring live segments along with community events are orchestrated properly 
Assisted the Production team during the year with in game presentation, handling a team of 100+ Cheerleaders
Represented the Clippers Brand in front of 15,000 fans, ensuring guest are pleased with in game live experience

LA Clippers

Game Day Operations

Engaged and entertained an audience of 15,000 fans throughout the season while promoting sponsors
Helped execute in game live activations  
Led preparation of game day events for New York Knicks/NBA
Represented the Knicks Brand in front of 15,000 fans, ensuring guest are pleased with in game live experience

The Madison Square Garden Company

Game Day Operations/Event Staff

Hosted events for the United Nations Women division.
Served as a liaison between United Nations Women & artist from South Asia (actor, actresses, singers etc.); initiated the process for potential opportunities within UN Women 
Served as an outreach advocate to help recruit individuals who have exceled in their profession & act as role models to become ambassadors or spokespeople for UN Women
Helped organize & oversee events to help publicize, promote campaigns within United Nations Women
Managed press conferences, appearances, round table for artist that have become ambassadors for United Nations Women 
Hosted the Youth CSW (Commission on the Status of Women) in the United Nations, with 700+ attendees from around the world

United Nations

Host

Effectively manage and maintain a pipeline with a high level of accounts, working with clients on their platform on Yelp. Communicating, pitching targeted advertising and closing to generate revenue while targeting their audience with the seasonality of some industries and territories. Working positively and creatively with a sales team to reach our goals and implementing feedback from management on a daily basis.

Yelp

Account Executive

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The core of Vbout features: Email Automation, Workflows, Social Media Management, Lead Scoring, Smart popups, Conversion Tracking, Agency and Multi-Account Support, White Label, Premium Support and much more!

Vbout.com

Marketing Intern

● Created and maintained Hospices’ daily, weekly and monthly financial reporting process
● Prepared financial statements in an accurate manner in accordance with GAAP
● Used BNA Fixed Assets software to add, dispose and depreciate company assets

North Shore-LIJ Health System

Staff Accountant

• Generated over $500,000 worth of bi-weekly payroll for corporate upper management
• Formulated database reports regarding monthly revenues, expenses
• Responsible for reconciling bank statements within a general ledger on a daily basis 
• Prepared and maintained weekly accounts receivable aging reports and accounts payable aging reports

U20 USA LLC

● Prepared marketing and advertising strategies, plans by analyzing reports and summarizing sales data reports
● Worked alongside upper management to expand Kavi Kavi brand to multiple online vendors
● Managed social media branding presence with use of social media platforms 
● Assisted with execution of publication in reputed InStyle magazine, and assisted upper management in preparation for fashion week
● Managed all online contact- email, social media commentary, and fans’ feedback

Kavi Kavi

PR Intern, Marketing, Social Media Associate

● Represented 20,000+ students, delegated responsibilities to a diverse team of 60+ student leaders/staff
● Raised over $5MM in donation for college’s education, scholarship, and initiative programs 
● Chaired meetings and served on 25 representative bodies to collaborate with students, faculty, administration

Founder, Faculty Student Disciplinary Committee, Campus Affair Committee Chair

• Worked in a fast-paced, high volume environment with daily customer interactions
• Processed over 600 financial transactions for customers; over $300,000 daily
• Addressed customer concerns and directed to appropriate internal resources

JPMorgan Chase

Teller

● Pioneered solo radio station at CUNY Queens College to represent South Asian demographic earning recognition of ‘Most listened to show’ for 4 consecutive years
● Consistently managed affiliations with sponsors to market and sell all events, shows, and performances
● Increased audience reach monthly utilizing analytics, marketing strategies, referrals, sponsorships, fan promotions, and giveaways
● Maintained radio presence to gain unique listeners using social media platforms (Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Tumblr, YouTube)

Sumit Sharma