Michael Kurtz
Head Of Music and Marketing at Cutting Edge Group
- Role
- Head of Music and Marketing at Cutting Edge Media Music
- Location
- Beverly Hills, CA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Michael Kurtz
Michael Kurtz is a music industry executive with 13+ years of experience producing, licensing, and supervising music across some of the biggest entertainment franchises and global brands—including Call of Duty, Beyblade, John Wick, the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Apple, Amazon, Google, Toyota, Nike, and more.He’s worked at the intersection of creativity and strategy, leading music for major campaigns, shaping original concepts, and collaborating with top-tier studios, agencies, labels, and artists —including Coldplay, Justin Bieber, and The Weeknd. His expertise also extends to managing YouTube operations for several music-driven channels with multi-million subscriber bases, overseeing digital rights management, monetization and sales.Michael’s work has been recognized with several industry honors, including the Music + Sound Award, CLIO Music Award, Music Week Award, NAMM President’s Innovation Award, and the Young Talent Award. His goal is to work on projects that make an impact, are creatively and commercially exceptional, and foster true collaboration—ultimately creating lasting value for media companies, brands, and consumers.
Experience
Head of Music and Marketing
Oct 2014 — Present · Beverly Hills, US
Produce award-winning music for marketing campaigns for film, television & videogames, including John Wick: Chapter 4, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Call of Duty, and The Theory of Everything- Spearhead strategic / new business initiatives through music-first marketing in the film, TV, digital, and brand sectors- Custom music, licensing & supervision for 100+ projects. Selected clients: NBCUniversal, Disney, Paramount, Sony, Apple, Nike, Ferrari, Google- Manage budgets, sales, licensing agreements, and oversee negotiations with global clients/suppliers- Manage, develop, and exploit Cutting Edge’s music catalog- Manage the Myndstream music catalog, the global leader for music in the luxury spa and wellness industries- Oversee all licensing for film, TV, digital, advertising, corporate, VR, and videogamesResponsible for producing/licensing award-winning music for the following projects:
Education
Erasmus University Rotterdam
MA, Cultural Economics
2009 — 2011
University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business
Summer School, Communication for Leaders
2010 — 2010
Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences
Bachelor, Communication & Multimedia Design
2005 — 2009
New York University
MA, Music Business
2011 — 2012
Skills
- Economics
- Art
- Business
- E-Commerce
- Online Advertising
- Web Design
- Research
- Graphic Design
- Music
- Marketing
- Marketing Strategy
- Social Media Marketing
- Music Licensing
- Html
- Wordpress
- Social Media
- Music Industry
- Photography
- Event Management
- Photoshop
- Project Management
- Music Supervision
- Social Networking
- Multimedia
- Marketing Communications
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