“Thinking Beyond The Cube…” it’s more than just a tag-line; it’s making great strides in an innovative and cost-effective way. For music industry professional, Jim Markunas, it’s a way of life.
An asset to any company, Jim will help ignite your projects, because Jim is an innovator. He is grounded. Jim is an expert at operating online campaigns on a shoestring budget and has the uncanny ability to find innovative new revenue streams for intellectual property in today’s struggling music industry.
Having a decade of experience under his belt, Jim got his start shamelessly promoting local bands at the age of 15. His passion for music and knack for promotion built him a solid reputation on the college music scene, and landed him a gig working on a state-wide advertising campaign for the Illinois Department of Transportation.
Gaining his own local buzz for promoting bands, shock-rock outfit, Skank, recruited Jim to handle their publicity and street marketing. Skank’s notoriety landed Jim an internship with the ADA-distributed Minty Fresh Records. On the advice of his boss at Minty Fresh, Jim moved to Los Angeles, to get his start in the West-Coast music industry.
After a few months in L.A., Jim handled personal appearances for music industry veteran Mick Fleetwood, promoted the late James Brown’s last concert appearance and handled new media outreach for Sony’s post-humous releases of Miles Davis.
Having a desire to learn the back-end of the industry, Jim spent a few years working in the Business/Legal Affairs Department at The Walt Disney Company. Jim handled high-profile A&R reps, Jerry Bruckheimer, Indigo Girls, Queen, Breaking Benjamin, Hilary Duff, Hannah Montana, Grace Potter, The Cheetah Girls, Atreyu and Sparta.