Kate Bentsen

Experience

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  Children's Defense Fund

  May 2012 - Jul 2012

  Summer Intern

  • Made hundreds of phone calls to families without insurance, connecting them to the Children’s Health Insurance Program.• Organized and mailed hundreds of invitations and contacted a dozen local news stations for an event for The Freedom School.

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  Texas Children's Hospital

  Jan 2013 - Feb 2013

  Public Relations & Arts and Medicine Intern

  • Researched and wrote articles and blogs posts for local Houston magazines, created and distributed hospital-wide calendar releases and assisted with interviews and filming of patients for local news stations with the PR department.• Collaborated with children receiving chemotherapy treatment in inpatient and outpatient facilities on therapeutic art projects and assisted in fueling ideas and recording original songs with the children in treatment through the Purple Songs Can Fly program.

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  CultureMap

  May 2014 - Jun 2014

  Summer Intern

  • Published 36 stories covering food, fashion, society, the arts sports and city life, receiving thousands of views and a number of references from other Houston publications. • Interviewed well-known professional athletes, rappers and chefs among other Houstonians, turning their experiences into capturing articles.• You can view my articles written here: http://houston.culturemap.com/author/kate_bentsen/articles/

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  Vanderbilt University Accelerator Business Institute

  Jun 2015 - Jul 2015

  Student and Consultant

  • Received over 50 hours of MBA-level instruction in finance, marketing, strategy, teamwork, innovation, and economics.• Completed 150+ hours of consulting project work in two diverse teams for five firms including: Wrigley, Emma Email Marketing, Haven Security, Dollar General and Sport Geo. • Led winning team presentation to develop marketing and expand customer base for Haven Security.

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  Columbia Records

  May 2016 - Aug 2016

  Creative Agency Intern

  • Created One Sheet documents summarizing the unique brand aspects of over forty artists including Adele, Beyoncé, One Direction and The Chainsmokers.• Researched companies and conducted cold calls to schedule meetings for our Senior Vice President with respected brands.• Pitched various brand partnerships, conducted project management, SWOT analysis and earned 12 hours of Vanderbilt University credit.

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  Peermusic

  Aug 2016 - Dec 2016

  Sync Intern

  • Led the first ever branding and partnership endeavors for in house artists, identifying compatible brands and arranging meetings with companies and supervisor to discuss potential partnerships. • Assisted with song searches in 1⁄2 million song catalogue for harmonious placements in top digital and TV advertisements.

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  Universal Music Group

  Dec 2016 - May 2017

  Streaming Intern

  • Analyzed streaming data and tracking promotion for over 100 playlists through various strategies with the Spotify platform.

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  Spotify

  Jun 2017 - now

  • Executes over twenty B2B marketing events annually contributing global advertising revenue• Co-leads all Front of House operations, invitation management, partnership with SIBI, and meeting organization for our global Cannes Lions Media Festival Partnership • Organizes additional 360-degree marketing operations for North America, including but not limited to designing and distributing all merchandise, editing the Spotify Ads newsletter and assisting in managing the budget for North America Show less • Pulled revenue data to create impactful meeting decks and prospected planning tools for our Head of US Sales and Directors of the East Coast Sales North America book of business. • Executed client events to boost client relationships, including our Rock N Rosé event with B2B Marketing, led our MSG partnership for Advertising clients and assisted Fans First events with Creative Solutions. • Managed finances for the East Coast team, including revenue forecasting, budget tracking and paying outside vendors. Show less

  • Associate Manager, Business Brand Marketing

    Sept 2022 - now

  • Associate, North America Enterprise Marketing

    Jan 2019 - Sept 2022

  • Sales Coordinator

    Apr 2018 - Dec 2018

  • Ad Sales and Monetization Intern

    Jun 2017 - Apr 2018