Kimberly Harty_____________________________________                     ____

Los Angeles • CA • 90057 • Kharty@usc.edu

OBJECTIVE

            A position that allows me to further my interest in music/talent acquisition and brand management

EDUCATION

            University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA

                Bachelor of Arts, Linguistics                                                                                                        May 2009

WORK EXPERIENCE

Warner Chappell, Los Angeles, CA                                                                                       Summer 2009

                A&R Department, Intern

Listened to  demonstration records and scouted potential artists and writers

Organized the archaic paper filing system into a computer database

Kept track of writer submissions and writing schedules

            Urbmob Records/ Urban Mobile Distribution, Tarzana, CA                                           Summer 2008

                A&R and Marketing Department, Intern

Listened to artists' demonstration records and scouted potential artists

Played an integral part in planning Urbmob’s “Hit the Stage” competition

Increased subscriptions to UrbMob's ringtone distribution website

                NexLyfe, Sherman Oaks, CA                                                                                                   Summer 2008

                Production Studio, Assistant

Assisted with the production of Motown recording artist J. Blue’s album

Scheduled appearances and performances for J. Blue and Blu Cantrell

Learned production equipment and strategies from platinum-selling producers

                ASTVS, Er Rachiddia, Morocco                                                                                             Summer 2007

                Teaching Program, English Teacher

Managed a classroom environment of 30 high school students

Taught English to Moroccan students; strengthened US/Moroccan relations

Studied formal Arabic as well as Moroccan Dialect

Repnation, Los Angeles, CA                                                                                Fall 2006 and Fall 2008

                JetBlue, College Representative

Conceptualized and implemented campus marketing strategies

Organized promotional Events

                RadioOne’s 100.3 The Beat, Los Angeles, CA                                                                  Summer 2006

            Marketing and Promotions Department, Intern

Promoted 100.3 the Beat at offsite locations

Interacted with listeners, artists, and executives

PROJECTS

Designed and built clothing sales website “What would Buddha Wear?”

Organized after-school and summer volunteer projects for the Ninth Street School

ORGANIZATIONS

KSCR 1560 AM, Radio Personality/DJ                                                             2005 - 2007

Delta Delta Delta Sorority                                                                                    2004 - 2008

Undergraduate Students in Linguistics, Webmaster                                  2006 - present

Instant Groove Dance Team                                                                              2005 - 2008

SKILLS

Microsoft Office, QuickBooks, Adobe Creative Suite Applications, HTML, CSS, C, and SQL

Familiar with Sound Engineering, Turntables, Mixers, etc.

Conversational Arabic, French, Spanish