Senior Manager - Entertainment Sands Cotai Central, Macao Sands Cotai Central Streetmosphere Overview Designed, structured, and created the Entertainment department for SCC, including day-to-day operations of 60 artists (115 max) conducting approximately 100 performances per day, 10 hours per day.
Built and expanded a network of entertainment agents in China, Taiwan, Mongolia, the Philippines, Macau, Hong Kong, Tahiti, Fiji, Australia, and the US.
Arranged and conducted artist audition trips internationally.
Coordinated special events at SCC, Venetian, and Sands Macao with SCC artists.
Designed and supervised the creation of all SCC Entertainment back-of-house spaces, including dressing rooms, rehearsal rooms, and wardrobe.
Organized and procured all A/V supplies necessary for daily Streetmosphere operations. Sands Cotai Central Streetmosphere The DreamWorks Experience at Cotai Resorts July 1 st , 2013: Sands Cotai Central launched The DreamWorks Experience at Cotai Resorts, a full-scale entertainment department based on the fabulous characters of Dreamworks Animations. Day-to-day operations for this program are run directly by myself and my reporting management team.
Franchises currently represented include Shrek, Madagascar, Kung Fu Panda, How to Train Your Dragon, The Croods, and Mr. Peabody and Sherman.
2013 Total Revenue (July-Dec) totaled $8.1 million USD
Offerings include character breakfasts (2 shows daily), meet & greets with photo opportunities (7 hours daily), and a once daily parade with 50 artists through the entire property featuring all characters plus acrobats, dancers, stilt-walkers, jugglers, and more.
Characters participate in and are marketed for special events for both adults and children, including corporate events, weddings, pool parties, birthday parties, movie nights, and more.
Current SCC team liaises directly with DreamWorks for approval on all creative content we produce in-house.
All auditions conducted in Manila and Eastern Europe for artists for this project were handled internally by myself with our existing Entertainment team assisting. Mongolian Dancing Sands Cotai Central Streetmosphere Phase I / Parcel 5 (Holiday Inn/Conrad) - Highlights Mongolian Music & Singing Magicians, Stilt-walkers, Living Statues Taiwanese Music Ensembles Chair Balance Act Sword Balance Act Hand Balance Act Hula Hoop Act
Phase I / Parcel 5 (Holiday Inn/Conrad) Highlights Continued
Terra Cotta Warrior Living Statue God of Fortune Living Statue Chinese Vase Greeter Portrait / Caricature Artist Phase I / Parcel 5 (Holiday Inn/Conrad) Highlights Continued Sands Cotai Central Streetmosphere Phase II / Parcel 6 (Sheraton) - Highlights Polynesian Dancers (Including artists hailing from Tahiti, Hawaii, Samoa, Cook Islands, Fiji, New Zealand and Australia) Tiki Stilt-walker Maori Warrior Living Statue Easter Island Moai
Phase II / Parcel 6 (Sheraton) Highlights Continued
Sands Cotai Central Streetmosphere Custom Stage Designs 2 Fabricated 1 Fabricated Sands, Venetian, Four Seasons, SCC Background Music Maintain and manage the background music for ALL Sands China Ltd. Properties: Sands Macao, The Venetian, Four Seasons, and Sands Cotai Central.
Includes the creation of custom playlists for casinos, hotel lobbies and lounges, F&B outlets, retail outlets, spas and health clubs. Venetian Creative Production Dept. - Lead Artist (April - December, 2011) Assisted to produce all Streetmosphere productions. Composed, arranged, and rehearsed all music, singing, blocking, etc.
Musically trained incoming Streetmosphere and Gondolier artists.
Maintained Streetmosphere and Gondolier core repertoire music scores and library.
Managed and coordinated all audio/visual equipment belonging to Entertainment Creative Production Department.
Created and maintained an updated comprehensive welcome manual for Entertainment Creative Production artists.
Managed and led artist performances in Internal/External Special Events for the Creative Production Department. Venetian Lead Artist (April - December, 2011) - Continued Managed and coordinated all music editing for Creative Production Department, including artists working in Venetian, Four Seasons, and Sands, and Special Events across all 3 properties. Created, managed, and coordinated all Background Music for Sands China properties.
Throughout 2012 and 2013, I have worked to bring classical music concerts to the Venetian Theater under the direction of our Entertainment VP and Sands China President to promote the theater as a center of culture - reflecting all types of music, performances, and entertainment.
Collaborations with the Macau Orchestra to permanently produce a large portion of their annual season of concerts in the Venetian Theater has begun late 2012, under my leadership, with future concerts happening throughout 2014.
Working with agents across Asia, the United States, and Europe, I am now working on bringing a complete classical music series to the Venetian Theater beginning in late 2014, featuring some of the best and brightest stars in the classical music world. The Venetian Macao Upcoming Projects / The Venetian Theater