Work
By place
New York
First as an intern learning how brand and culture meet at events, then producing studio programming at Samsung 837 for Giant Step, an award-winning creative agency. Later, four years at the centre of Dweller, a festival that grew from its Bossa Nova Civic Club origins into a week-long platform spanning up to nine venues, covered by The Washington Post, The New York Times, Mixmag, and DJ Mag. The work covered everything from artist acquisition and budget to programming themes & visual identity concepts, from cross city nights to Berghain in Berlin.
Dweller Festival
Core producer. Grew from single venue to nine-venue annual festival for Black electronic music.
Paragon
Booker / talent buyer. Electronic music programming and lineup curation.
Giant Step / Samsung 837
Show producer and events intern. Award-winning creative agency.
Freelance production
Entertainment Weekly Festival, Comedy Central Upfront, Variance Festival Brooklyn, Maxwell’s BlackSUMMERSnight album release, Brooklyn Hip Hop Festival, Sustain Release, Samsung 837.
Berlin
The years that built the international infrastructure. Managing a 40+ artist roster across territories, handling both the logistics of touring and the relationships that make it possible. Then the expansion of Herrensauna, a queer techno collective with reach across Europe, Asia, and the Americas, joining at the moment it needed to grow beyond its origin.
Odd Fantastic
Booking agent and production manager. Artist logistics, touring, and event production across 40+ artist roster.
Herrensauna
Booking agent. International expansion across European, Asian, and American territories. Residents: CEM, MCMLXXXV, SPFDJ, Héctor Oaks.
MIRA Festival
Volunteer production assistant.
Amsterdam
Three distinct roles inside one city, each in a different register. Supporting composer representation and sync placements. Casting and production at a boutique model agency. Then De School, recruited into its reopening, a 1,200+ capacity multi-space venue rebuilding trust and programming after two years of closure under a fully new team.
De School
Booker / talent buyer. Programming across 1,200+ capacity multi-space venue during critical reopening.
VEIN Agency
Casting and management. Valentino, JW Anderson, Vogue, Tommy Hilfiger, Celine, Nike, Adidas.
The Collective Studio
Management assistant. Composer representation, sync placements, A&R research.
Accra
A return that opened into its own work. Coordinating the first on-ground events for Oroko Radio, a not-for-profit internet station building community through sound. Contributing field recordings to Saman Archive for audio documentation of Ghana’s coastlines, exhibited at Auto Italia in London.
Oroko Radio
Event coordinator. Pre, on-site, and post production for inaugural live programming. Brand partnerships, talent scouting, community outreach.
Saman Archive
Field recordings contributor. Adjoa Armah’s The sea, it slopes like a mountain (Auto Italia, London).
By function
Production
Pre-production planning, on-site operations, post-event reconciliation across festivals, album releases, brand activations, and club nights on multiple continents.
Dweller Festival
Full production lifecycle across a growing annual festival, from single venue to nine venues, for up to 80+ artists annually at peak.
Oroko Radio
Pre, on-site, and post production for inaugural live events. Dr. Martens Accra x Berlin Exchange, Pioneer DJ workshops, Femme Movements Into Music panel.
Odd Fantastic
Event production for showcases in Berlin, Barcelona, and Amsterdam.
Giant Step / Samsung 837
Studio operations and show production for launch of Samsung’s experimental flagship space in Manhattan. Liaison across executive producers, technical team, collaborators, and artist teams.
Freelance
Entertainment Weekly Festival (2017), Comedy Central Upfront (2016), Variance Festival Brooklyn, Maxwell’s BlackSUMMERSnight, Brooklyn Hip Hop Festival, Sustain Release (2018 – 2019), MIRA Berlin, Samsung 837.
Artist logistics and tour management
The infrastructure that makes touring possible. Travel coordination, itineraries, catering riders, artwork approvals, billing, status sheets across 40+ artists and 100+ venue relationships internationally.
Odd Fantastic
Full artist logistics for international touring roster. Travel agents, contracts, catering, itineraries, artwork requests and approvals, artist billing.
Herrensauna
Logistics and tour management across European, Asian, and American territories. Residents: CEM, MCMLXXXV, SPFDJ, Héctor Oaks.
Booking and talent buying
Programming decisions that shape how event and energy flows. Venue and festival talent buying alongside independent artist representation, with a consistent focus on experimental and underrepresented practices.
Dweller Festival
Talent acquisition growing to 80+ artists annually across up to nine venues.
Paragon
Electronic music programming and lineup curation.
De School
DJ programming across 1,200+ capacity multi-space venue during critical reopening.
It’s Enyo (independent)
European market representation.
Artist roster
Primary: CEM (DE), Herrensauna (DE), E-Saggila (CA), Kia (AU), Shannen SP (UK), Somatic Rituals (CH), False Witness (US), SHYBOI (US), Arakaza (NL). Support: Avalon Emerson, Dr. Rubinstein, Blessed Madonna, Objekt, Courtesy, Aurora Halal, Octo Octa, JASSS, Mike Servito, The Bunker / Bryan Kasenic, Tin Man, Dorisburg, Grand River, Valentino Mora, Moomin, Oceanic, Or:la.
A&R and trend scouting
Pattern recognition as practice. Identifying artists and sounds before they surface in wider circuits, across festival programming, booking, and sync research.
Dweller Festival, Paragon, De School
Talent identification and curation across all programming roles.
Odd Fantastic
A&R research alongside booking and roster management.
The Collective Studio
A&R research for experimental sound artists within sync and licensing context.
Casting and Production
VEIN Agency
Casting coordination and talent development. Clients included Valentino, JW Anderson, Vogue, Tommy Hilfiger, Celine, Nike, and Adidas.
Contracting and negotiation
Artist contracts, venue deals, and festival agreements across independent and agency contexts, spanning multiple territories and legal frameworks.
Odd Fantastic, Herrensauna, Dweller, De School, Paragon
Contract administration for festivals, clubs, and alternative spaces across European, American, and international markets.
VEIN Agency
Model contract drafting and workflow documentation.
Brand and marketing
Giant Step
Absolut brand activations across three US cities. Event promotion, communications, and media outreach.
Oroko Radio
Brand partnership development and community outreach for inaugural live programming.
Research and documentation
Saman Archive
Field recordings. Audio documentation of Ghana’s coastlines for Adjoa Armah’s The sea, it slopes like a mountain (Auto Italia, London).
The Collective Studio
Catalog management, PRO systems, and A&R research within sync and licensing context.
Oroko Radio
Community research and outreach for live event programming in Accra.
Institutional development and project building
Recruited consistently at moments of expansion, breakdown, and reimagining. Spaces that needed building, and who could see how.
Dweller Festival
Core producer from early stage through national press recognition and international expansion.
De School
Recruited into reopening under fully new management after two years of closure.
Herrensauna
Brought in to manage international expansion into new territories.
Oroko Radio
Key role in launch of first on-ground events.
VEIN Agency, The Collective Studio
Organizational and workflow development within boutique agency contexts.
Samsung 837 / Giant Step
Brought in for the launch of Samsung’s experimental flagship space in Manhattan. Show producer for inaugural studio programming.
MoMA PS1 Warm Up
Host Committee. Curatorial advisement and artist advocacy.
Tododo Festival
Founder. Triennial Pan-African experimental music festival and artist residency. Volta Region, Ghana.
Full CV available on request
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