T.J. Roe: Operations, Design, Booking, Social Media in Lincoln, NE

Lincoln, NE's live music venue VEGA has moved to The Royal Grove. A legendary local spot with a history that goes back to 1933 and in it's current location since 1967. With a main room capacity of 1,000, The Royal Grove has hosted the likes of Cheap Trick, The Misfits, Jerry Seinfeld and GWAR to name very few. A mecca for Rock and Country in the Midwest. Now booking for Spring and Summer of 2018. The Royal Grove is booked and managed by Astra Concerts. Lincoln, NE makes a great spot on tours between Denver and Kansas City or Chicago and Minneapolis.

2016 - Bartender - Design Assistant 2017 - Designer - Production Manager 2018 - Production Manager - Talent Buyer - Creative Director - Art Director - Designer Hear Grand Island is a Summer concert series at Railside in the heart of Downtown Grand Island, NE that runs for 10 Friday nights from June until August. Average audience ranges from 500-1500+ visitors weekly of all ages.

• DVD/CDs • Key Art • Ad design • Flyers, handbills, gigposters and band merch • Web graphics • Electronic press kits, social media assets and email blasts • Video editing • Live music/album review Blogging & Photography (FILTER)

Vega was a 350 capacity venue and bar welcoming all styles of music in the heart of the new RAILYARD near the Pinnacle Bank Arena in Downtown Lincoln, NE. VEGA has moved to The Royal Grove (theroyalgrove.com and @theroyalgrove on facebook twitter and instagram).

Fall Tour Guitar Tech for Rock and Roll Hall of Famer, Donovan.

Design of Ad Mats, Menus, Merch, Electronic Signage, Email Blasts and Content. Office mgmt, customer service, day-to-day operations. Producer of WHAT? Comedy Show.

Art Direction and Graphic Design for RIAA Certified Gold & Platinum Awards and custom awards and framed pieces. Brand Development: established social media and built company wordpress site. And I got to work with lasers!

Design and edit graphics (really quickly) from template, title cards, and still images for Keynote.

Successfully managed US tours, festival apprerances (CMJ, SXSW) and a Canadian video shoot for London, UK band, KAV. Duties included coordinating with band management; booking shows; transportation logistics; designing email marketing, flyers, and promotional materials; live instrument tech; hiring replacement musicians and social media management.

AvantTrash was an entertainment blog based in Chicago and Los Angeles specializing in finding cool and entertainment reviews. We went to a lot of shows and collected a lot of swag. Thanks to everyone that supported us and checked out our reviews on the site.

Conceptualized and designed DVD packaging, key art, print and web advertisements for home entertainment. Worked with studio art and marketing directors under strict deadlines to produce A-list content for domestic and international markets. Some clients include: HBO, Warner Bros., Lions Gate, Sony, Paramount, and ESPN.

Stage Managed and provided transportation for major-label pop act on US tours, TV, radio and festival appearances (SXSW).

Stage managed and engineered front-of-house for live acts of all genres for 2 nightly shows (all ages and 21+). Assisted bartenders, checked IDs, handled money at the door, booked bands and designed flyers as needed.

Marketing/Promotions for Adult Swim Brand. Subcontracted through SJI (St. Louis). Worked with campus organizations and spread brand awareness across campus, booked and promoted events in local venues and bars, engaged guests with brand related games and giveaways, designed and distributed flyers to promote events.

Managed not-for-profit small venue. Booked local and national acts for 2-5 shows monthly, up to 6 months in advance. Networked with venues and promoters around the country, self-taught flyers & website design (pre-blog HTML hand coding) to promote shows.