Lauren Thackray is a creative, bilingual, Client Services Director - with a background in Entrepreneurship & Management and deep understanding of the music industry; Lauren has lead and implemented global music strategies for brands, broadcasters and content creators across the board.
Having moved to London in 2016, the music passionate previously worked with The Laboratory Arts Collective and Screen International in Los Angeles. She made her first move into the music industry as a songwriter for Sony Music and in 2019 joined the recently acquired company Cuesongs. Responsible for business development, her key clients include many Sports federations, gaming platforms, luxury, cosmetics and apparel brands, as well as long form content production companies and broadcasters.
From acquiring talent, to curation, to rights negotiation for new media - Lauren is always on the lookout for the best way for brands to engage with their audience through the power of music.
Loves to travel, scuba dive, all things spicy - when she’s not stuck behind her screen you can find her creating music, helping out the World Peace Forum and consulting on various artist projects.
Projects
Projects credited in
- Official Music Supervision Partner for Premier League ProductionsWe provide creative, talent partnerships and music clearance services for Premier League and Premier League Productions. And, we curate and uphold a commercial library of easy clear tracks for use in their content.1
- 'Olympics Best Of' - International Olympic CommitteeOur Cuesongs artists were picked by the IOC for their 'Olympics Best Of' - they licensed music off our platform for their Youtube Series 'Best Of' for London, Rio, Sochi & PyeongChang. TRACKS: - Touch the Sky by Who's Molly? - We Can Fly by Sea Waves - Shot in the Dark by Towers of London - If this is it by Newton Faulkner
- ADIDAS - 'Free To Create' Campaign featuring NBA player James HardenWe are excited to share the latest Adidas ad with you, featuring NBA player James Harden and soundtracked by Cuesongs artist, Yizzy.3
- ALEXACHUNG Fantastic CampaignCuesongs provided a classic 90s indie hit 'Female of The Species' by Space for ALEXACHUNG's Fantastic 90s indie fashion campaign.
- Close Your Eyes and Think of Christmas - Burberry Christmas CampaignThe Cuesongs team cleared 'Carol of The Bells' performed by Crouch End Festival / City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra for the Burberry Christmas campaign 2018.2
- DESIRE IssueDESIRE is the wonderful in between of a thing. The wanting. The waiting. The needing. The longing and the dreaming. When the object of your desire is obtained, the emotion slips out of reach and evaporates back into the ether. Consider the printed form of DESIRE, physically wanted things captured on a page in ink but this only propels the reader forward on a deeper journey. There are no full stops in this grand tour just a tantalizing lifting of the veil for a singular second and on you go, deep
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Work history
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Director, Client Services & Artist PartnershipsBig Sync Music
London, United KingdomFull Time
I lead and implement global music strategies for brands, broadcasters and content creators across the board. Clients include; Unilever Group (Magnum, Axe, Dove, Wall’s and more), Premier League Productions, L’Oréal Paris, Coty, TikTok, Spotify, Netflix, BBC, BBC Sports.
Ongoing product & service development within the commercial music and talent partnership space.
Client Services DirectorCuesongs
- London, United KingdomFull Time
Ongoing product & service development within the commercial music and talent partnership space.
Key clients; Premier League Productions / Premier League, L'Oréal, Unilever, Coty, FITxr, TikTok
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Skills
- Project Management
- Music Licensing
- Music Composition
- Commercial Music
- Talent Acquisition
- Creative Partnerships
- Music Analysis
- Music Curation
- Music Production
- Music Consulting
Education
BSc Entrepreneurship and ManagementGoldsmiths, University of London
- London, United Kingdom
Graduated with First-Class Honours (1.1)