BMI has promoted Jeff Gilligan to Assistant Vice President, Creative Director. In his role, Jeff Gilligan leads design and advertising efforts company-wide, overseeing corporate initiatives, ad campaigns and marquee events ensuring a cohesive brand presence across social media, digital platforms, BMI.com, and physical branded materials.
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Gilligan and his team’s work span major company initiatives including BMI award shows, activations like BMI’s “Your Music Moves Our World” ad campaign and stages at Lollapalooza, Austin City Limits, and SXSW, as well as BMI signature events like BMI’s Rooftop on the Row, Ryman/BMI Block Party, BMI Acoustic Lounge series, and other live experiences.
Gilligan joined the organization in 2019, and will continue to report to SVP, Chief Communications & Marketing Officer Liz Fischer. He has been recognized as a GDUSA Person To Watch.
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John Ellwood, Deirdre Chadwick, Jeff Gilligan, Jodie Thomas
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Other related promotions within the company’s Creative and Corporate Communications departments at New York City headquarters: John Ellwood was elevated to Vice President, Creative, Deirdre Chadwick was promoted to Assistant Vice President, Creative, Classical & Jazz, and Jodie Thomas was named Assistant Vice President, Corporate & Media Relations.
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BMI is a global leader in music rights management, serving as an advocate for the value of music. The organization represents the public performance rights in over 25 million musical works created and owned by more than 1.4 million songwriters, composers, and music publishers. The company negotiates music license agreements and distributes the fees it generates as royalties to its affiliated writers and publishers when their songs are performed in public.
