• 2024 - Democratic National Convention (Associate Director of Arena Operations), Weymouth Watson (Trip Director & Advance)

  • 2023 - Death Cab for Cutie (Assistant TM - U.S. & European tours), Dead & Company (VIP Event Manager), RBD (B Party Road Manager - Mexico)

  • 2021 - 2022 - Death Cab for Cutie (Assistant TM), She & Him (TM)

  • 2019 - 2020 - Pentatonix (TM)

  • 2018 - Pentatonix (Assistant TM), Alabama Shakes (PA), Rhiannon Giddens (TM)

  • 2017 - Alabama Shakes (PA), Pentatonix (Band Assistant), The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon (PA)

  • 2015 - 2016 - Alabama Shakes (PA)

TOURING PRODUCTION & EVENT LOGISTICS (2015 - PRESENT)

Primary roles: Tour Manager, Assistant Tour Manager, Road Manager, VIP Manager, Production Coordinator, Production Assistant, Artist/Personal Assistant, Promoter Rep, Production Runner, Artist Relations

Distinctives:

  • Tour managing an arena-level world tour (U.S., Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, Japan, Singapore, Philippines, New Zealand, Australia)

  • Assistant tour managing a European tour

  • VIP Event Manager for a stadium-level U.S. tour

  • Specifically recruited to cover a music staffer’s maternity leave at The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon

  • Promoter Rep for arena-level U.S. tour for Premier Productions

Primary Responsibilities: Travel logistics (hotels. flights, and ground transportation coordination), hospitality, scheduling, guest list & credentials, information management and internal communications.

Artists: Pentatonix, Death Cab for Cutie, Alabama Shakes, She & Him (Zooey Deschannel & M.Ward), M. Ward, RBD, Rhiannon Giddens

Companies & Organizations: The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, LiveNation, AEG, Premier Productions, World Vision, Compassion International

Prior to 2015, I worked across the music industry in Nashville in various administrative capacities. I was a Personal Assistant for a GRAMMY Award winning songwriter and producer, an Artist Management Assistant (two years), and immediately prior to touring, a booking agent at a small agency.


SOCIAL MEDIA, EMAIL MARKETING, & COMMUNICATIONS

YouTube - Dance with Dre (dance workouts)

Podcast - Wingin’ It: The West Wing Podcast

Email & Online Content Editing - Dance with Dre, NoiseTrade (independent contractor

Content Creation - Dance with Dre, The True Cost Documentary (social media intern)

Public Speaking - on-site staff for arena events with World Vision & Compassion International; volunteer activism for Hanson’s Take the Walk Campaign

Experience with creating ActiveCampaign automations; website creation via Wix & Squarespace; graphic creation in Canva; audio editing in GarageBand; video editing in iMovie. Social media: 10,000+ on Instagram and 10,000+ on YouTube. Familiarity with Facebook & TikTok.

CREATIVE PRODUCTIONS

Dance with Dre - Created an online dance workout and strength training program. Over 1 million views on YouTube. 10,000+ YouTube subscribers and Instagram followers. Notable features by dance fitness influencer The Fitness Marshall, both online and in-person, as well as choreography commissions for Jessica Bass James. I create choreography and strength programs, build sales pages, social media content creation, email marketing campaigns, lead live events, coach clients 1:1 and in group settings online, and much more.

Wingin It: The West Wing Podcast - the first complete recap podcast for the TV show The West Wing. Includes interviews with Richard Schiff, Dulé Hill, Janel Maloney, Melissa Fitzgerald, and writer Eli Attie.

ONLINE HEALTH & BUSINESS COACHING (2020 - 2024)

100K Success Coach (Health Experts Alliance) - employed during 2020-2021 to teach doctors and other health practitioners how to create profitable virtual practices.

Dance with Dre - created a unique 12 month online strength training course, The Beat-Driven Body Blueprint.

Primary tasks: Interpersonal communication and inspirational speaking; online course creation; video editing; group and 1:1 coaching for strategy, accountability, & mindset coaching.


EXPERTISE

Public speaking, event logistics, organization, choreography, writing.

Want to know more? We have interviews.

Interview with me: NOTES FROM THE ROAD: INTERVIEW WITH ANDREA HOWAT

Interview by me: WINGIN’ IT - THE WEST WING PODCAST: INTERVIEW WITH RICHARD SCHIFF