Ivaylo Ivanov
Hoddesdon,Hertfordshire
Summary
Driven professional with keen ear for talent and strong organisational skills, complemented by background in project management and client relations. Demonstrates expertise in managing schedules and negotiating contracts, ensuring seamless artist representation. Eager to contribute to the success and growth of artists.
Overview
3
3
years of professional experience
9
9
years of post-secondary education
Work history
Assistant Artist Manager
Askonas Holt
London
12.2023 - Current
- Service artist engagements, from booking, fee negotiation and contracting to performance and it's pre-requisite logistics.
- Send accurate and timely schedules to artists
- Assist in management of performances; coordinating artist’s needs backstage and other promotional activities
- Creative input towards programme selection, staging and lighting, as well as selling strategies in liaison with managerial team.
- Assist with website/PR support and updating artists’ marketing materials for 15 high-profile artists/groups.
Artist Administrator (Intern)
Askonas Holt
London
01.2023 - 12.2023
- Assisting in arranging artist travel, accommodation, promotional activities and visa requirements.
- Generating day-by-day artist schedules.
- Website maintenance around artist press reviews, biographies, and photos.
- General administrative support through data entry using in-house software.
Sales administrator
it luggage
Hertford, Hertfordshire
10.2022 - 12.2022
- Liaison with overseas manufacturers, placing product orders and maintaining quality in data entry through Excel.
- Managed client database to ensure accurate record-keeping.
- Creating invoices, handling payments, and overseeing credit evaluations.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Business and Management
Royal Holloway, University Of London
Egham, Surrey 09.2019 - 07.2022
A-Levels - Business Studies, Media Studies, Product Design & EPQ
Richard Hale School
Hertford, Hertfordshire 09.2017 - 07.2019
GCSEs - 11 Total
Richard Hale School
Hertford, Hertfordshire 09.2012 - 07.2017
Skills
- Strong verbal and written communicator
- Key organisational and time management skills
- Fluent in Bulgarian
- Detail-orientated
- Creative problem solver
- Client-facing professionalism
- Great music industry and commercial awareness
- Generally outgoing, confident and optimistic individual
Projects
- Regularly hold meetings in Askonas Holt's 'Miscellaneous Scouting' group. A small group dedicated to researching and recruiting talent outside of the conventional operatic voice or orchestral instrumentalists
- Assisted in pitching, signing and managing the contemporary musical ensemble 'The Hermes Experiment'.
- Took lead in coordinating Lotte Betts-Dean's trailblazing 'London Handel Festival x nonclassical' project - presenting George Frideric Handel's classic arias alongside modern pop songs, seamlessly blending past and present.
References
Available upon request
Timeline
Assistant Artist Manager
Askonas Holt
12.2023 - Current
Artist Administrator (Intern)
Askonas Holt
01.2023 - 12.2023
Sales administrator
it luggage
10.2022 - 12.2022
Bachelor of Science - Business and Management
Royal Holloway, University Of London
09.2019 - 07.2022
A-Levels - Business Studies, Media Studies, Product Design & EPQ
Richard Hale School
09.2017 - 07.2019
GCSEs - 11 Total
Richard Hale School
09.2012 - 07.2017
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