2. SELECT WORK EXPERIENCE!
COMMUNICATIONS CONSULTANT!
NEW ORLEANS/NEW YORK!
2009 - PRESENT!
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DIRECTOR, ARTIST LIAISONS!
LEHMANN MAUPIN GALLERY !
NEW YORK!
2006 - 2009!
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EVENT PRODUCER!
LIVET REICHARD Co.!
NEW YORK!
2005 - 2006
3. Hi, My name is Murphy. I manage talent & communications in
contemporary design, art, luxury & entertainment. I connect people,
ideas & businesses to create extraordinary experiences. To follow are
samples of some projects.
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CREATIVITY! PEOPLE!
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BUSINESS!
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4. ALEXA PULITZER!
Stationery & Home Goods Designer/Manufacturer!
Opened new business accounts with corporate retailers for
exclusive paper collections.
5. PANDORA RADIO COMES TO
NOLA FOR JAZZ FEST 2012!
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The wonderful crew from Pandora Radio, including Founder Tim Westergren
bounced into New Orleans for their first Jazz Fest. Working closely with their PR
team in Oakland, I spear-headed a carefully tailored VIP immersion into the festival
and the authentic hidden gems of the city. Navigating New Orleans efficiently
requires an acquired set of skills (and endurance). Time was of the essence (Tim had
only 24 hours in town!), hence I rallied the troops to ensure the red carpet rolled
out without a hitch and all resources were maximized.
6. Check out the Highlights in Pandora Community Manager,
Aaron Morgan's Blog post!!
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We were lucky to have a behind-the scenes tour of The Music Box, which is "a
shantytown sound laboratory." It's an interactive musical installation in the
Bywater neighborhood of New Orleans consisting of several playhouse-like sized
May 4, 2012
New Orleans: Sunrise to Midnight structures - a Disneyland for musicians. Each small building houses one or
New Orleans is the birthplace of jazz, it is a place where generations upon several instruments, some unconventional and some more recognizable. We met a
generations of musicians have cultivated their unique sounds, you can feel it and few of the artists and jammed on some of the instruments - I had to be wrangled
hear it as you walk through the city, there is nothing else quite like it. out from behind the drum set so we could continue our tour! Later that night
we learned about new genre that's adding to the musical heritage of New
Orleans: Bounce. Local artists Nicki da B and Big Freedia performed and
A few of us from Pandora were very lucky to attend this year's Jazz and Heritage
everyone was "getting down shaking it."
Festival and we soaked in the amazing sounds, hospitality and culture of the city.
Our founder, Tim, and leader of music curation, Addi, spoke at the Sync Up Lastly and certainly not least, this year's Jazz Fest coincided with the first-ever
conference, which is put on in conjunction with the festival. We also met up with International Jazz Day. The event was celebrated with performances by Herbie
some of our New Orleans listeners at a Sunday morning Town Hall. It was great Hancock, Kermit Ruffins, Ellis Marsalis and several other iconic artists at sunrise
to connect with our local New Orleans listeners amid such a musical weekend. at Congo Square in Louis Armstrong Park. It was truly a treat top off an already
music filled weekend and to be surrounded by such legendary talent so early in
We had some amazing musical experiences on the streets of the city, both at
the morning.!
and outside of the festival, thanks to a couple of wonderful local guides who
quickly became our newest friends. I already miss New Orleans though I feel like I've carried an important part of
it back with me and deeper appreciate what we strive to do at Pandora: provide
We attended a midnight concert at the historic Preservation Hall, featuring people with music they'll love. The power of music is strong. Thank you, New
Preservation Hall's own New Orleans style jazz band. Sitting on wooden Orleans!!
benches in the small and historic French Quarter performance space, watching a
band whose tradition has been carried on through the decades, it felt like we had
-Aaron (Community Manager)
traveled back in time. The microphone cut out early in the show and the players
carried on without missing a beat and, when they brought a non-electric
megaphone to sing through, we really did travel back in time!!
9. JEREMY DAVENPORT!
Jazz Trumpeter/Vocalist & Headline Entertainer!
Davenport Lounge, The Ritz-Carlton, New Orleans!
PUBLICIST/PERSONAL
MANAGER
• First point of contact & Primary
Liaison between Business
Manager, The Ritz-Carlton PR
Director, Columbia Management,
Basin Street Record Label!
• Rolled out 6 month
Communications strategy with
measurable monthly benchmarks.
Included complete revision of
Digital presence and social media.
10. JEREMY
DAVENPORT!
Jazz Trumpeter/Vocalist &
Headline Entertainer!
Davenport Lounge, !
The Ritz-Carlton, New Orleans!
11. JEREMY DAVENPORT!
Jazz Trumpeter/Vocalist & Headline Entertainer!
Davenport Lounge, The Ritz-Carlton, New Orleans!
228.7% = Increase in Facebook Fan Page Engagement
within 3rd Week of implementation
12. LEHMANN MAUPIN GALLERY!
NEW YORK!
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For 8+ years I specialized in the commercial sector of the international contemporary art industry. !
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From 2006 - 2009 I had the pleasure of serving as the Director of Lehmann Maupin Gallery's
Artist Liaison Department.
201 Chrystie St 540 26th St
14. LEHMANN MAUPIN GALLERY!
NEW YORK!
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Principal Owners: !
Rachel Lehmann & David Maupin
Sales
Finance
ARTIST! Marketing
Artists LIAISON!
DEPARTMENT Production
Consultants!
Publicist!
Operational Development
(OD)!
Branding
15. DO HO SUH!
LEHMANN MAUPIN GALLERIES, NEW YORK!
2007!
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To follow is imagery & information from two concurrent solo exhibitions at Lehmann
Maupin's Chelsea & Lower East Side spaces by mid-career Korean artist Do Ho Suh.
Suh had achieved significant commercial success in Asia & the US. With the goals of
increasing international exposure commercial success, & institutional/academic
opportunities, the gallery teams worked in concert and delivered results on the
following strategy:
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INCREASE INTERNATIONAL EXPOSURE ! ! CULTIVATE ACADEMIC OPPORTUNITIES!
• Open 2 new market via 1-2 sales to significant private • Targeted outreach with academic curators, institutions,
collections & 1 museums.! scholars, & international taste-makers.!
MAINTAIN COMMERCIAL SUCCESS!
• Provided tours and private events for institutional
groups of young collectors & students including the
• Private dinners for significant potential & in-depth MoMA, NYC; Guggenheim Young Collectors Council;
collectors of Suh's work.! MFA Boston; Williams College!
• Secured press in mainstream & commercial design
publications including The New York Times, The Financial • Private tours & dinners with the artist for curators from
Times, IKON Magazine, Vogue, Time Out NY! MoMA, NYC; Samsung Museum of Art, Korea; Hara
Museum of Art, Japan; LACMA, US; amongst others.!
• Reaffirm historical & commercial significance & market
stability.! • Hosted private press preview of both shows focusing on
writers from ArtForum, Art in America, Text Zur Kunst,
Cabinet Magazine & The New Yorker.
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16. RESULTS
• “Reflection” (blue translucent gate) sculpture placed with
private museum in Brazil opening new market for artist.
• “Cause & Effect” (red, orange, yellow PVC hurricane)
sculpture included in group exhibition at Espace Louis Vuitton
in Paris. Resulted in sale of work to private museum in Paris in
2009.!
• All drawings and small scale sculptures sold on opening night
of exhibition. Works strategically placed in collections within
US, Asia, and Europe.!
• Feature article in IKON Magazine promoting artist’s entire
career, gallery’s second exhibition space, artist’s inclusion in
upcoming group exhibition in London at The Hayward Gallery.!
• Acceptance of artist into prestigious DAAD residency
program in Berlin.!
• Confirmation of commission of large-scale sculpture by artist
in group exhibition at LACMA which later traveled to the
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.!
• Full-page article in The New York Times and positive reviews in
Art in America and artforum.com!
• Relationship with Phaidon Press established regarding artist
monograph.
18. DO HO SUH!
LEHMANN MAUPIN GALLERIES, NEW YORK!
2007!
Do Ho Suh
Cause & Effect, !
Lehmann Maupin, 540 W 26th St!
2007
acrylic and stainless steel and aluminum
frame
14.875 x 400 x 480 inches!
19. !
Do Ho Suh, Part II!
Reflection!
Opening reception inaugurating Lehmann!
Maupin Gallery’s second New York exhibition
space!
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28 November, 2007!
200+ guests in attendance
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22. SELECT WORK FOR !
PR FIRM !
SPARKLE BEETLE COMMUNICATIONS!
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Better Than Ezra !
Gerber Group's Whiskey Blue Bar!
National Tour !
W hotel, New Orleans
Krewe of Rockkus Mardi Gras Travel Package
23. SELECT WORK FOR !
PR FIRM !
SPARKLE BEETLE COMMUNICATIONS!
Second Line Conference!
24. Fair Folks & a Goat
Worked closely with owners of startup concept store/tea salon/b&b based in New
Orleans and New York advising on communication of company brand via
merchandising, PR, events, and product development. !
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Goal: Establish Fair Folks & a Goat as innovative, welcoming, hip, up –and
coming young tastemakers redefining the experience of shopping.!
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Duration of project: February 2010 – May 2010!
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RESULTS:!
• Cultivated press, clientele, events and vendors for both locations
• Coordinated all facets of interviews and articles with writers from Financial
Times, and Knopf Travel Guide to New Orleans.
• Attended International Contemporary Furniture Fair in New York as brand
representative
• Cultivated clientele and closed sales in New Orleans and New York
• Established relationships and negotiated pricing and consignment terms with
high end interior design brands including Council, Magis,Aesthetic Movement,
Context, Peace by Piece NOLA, liaMolly, Up In the Air Somewhere
• Coordinated and managed all facets of trunk show for New Orleans designer
liaMolly in New York space
25. FAIR FOLKS & A GOAT
The following images are examples of designers I successfully
cultivated relations with on company's behalf.
UP IN THE AIR SOMEWHERE, Chicago, IL
JASPER MORRISON for MAGIS, ITALY
26. FAIR FOLKS & A GOAT
EGG COLLECTIVE, Brooklyn, NY REPURPOSING NOLA PIECE BY PEACE,
New Orleans, LA
liaMolly, New Orleans, LA
27. ! John d’Addario, a curator at the New Orleans Museum of Art, has lived in
the Marigny since 1997. “It has the same housing stock as the French
Messinger says the Bywater has the largest stock of historic homes in the
city. “Primarily single- and double-shotguns [narrow rectangular houses
! Quarter, without your having to dodge drunk frat boys when you walk out
of the front door,” he chuckles. “There are more owners who live in their
with doors at each end, so named because it is said a shotgun could be
fired cleanly through them from front to back door] with a few earlier
property as opposed to the large tracts of the French Quarter where there townhouses thrown in. My house, for example, is a shotgun from 1860
! are absentee landlords. It means people are invested in the
neighbourhood.”!
made of barge-board. It’s incredibly sturdy, 10ft wide and 2ft thick – the
barges used to come down the Mississippi and without steam power they
couldn’t get back up so they made houses out of them round here.”!
! Compared to the Bywater, there’s more
! commercial activity, notably in the blocks
Prices on the single shotguns and townhouses, Embry explains, average
more than $300,000, well above the values of the same time a year ago; but
it’s the low-slung shotgun houses split between two families – known here
radiating from the intersection of Frenchmen and
! Chartres (or Charters, in local patois) streets. That
as doubles and everywhere else as duplexes – that are the Bywater’s
signature. A double is a real estate investor’s ideal target, a canny
! is where Fair Folks & a Goat, a New York-based
combination of buy-to-live and buy-to-let on the same plot; certainly, it
was appealing to Pearce.!
! concept store-cum-gallery run by a collective of
arterati, recently opened its second outpost. The “I own a double and I rent out the other side – that’s been nothing but
! hard-to-categorise, ultra-hip store is a typically
great. Right now I have a pastry chef and I’ve had jazz musicians and
veterinarians in the past.” Embry says she hears one refrain constantly
! high-end new addition to the Marigny’s
commercial landscape.!
from colleagues: “‘I have a buyer looking for a double in good shape’, and
my response is ‘Isn’t everybody?’”!
! Anyone lucky enough to find a renovated double should expect to pay
! Peter Fairman, one of the FF&G team, has
about $117 per square foot – while a fixer-upper in the same category is
just $62 per square foot. The issue, of course, is securing renovation loans,
a tricky task in the current market. And though the “sliver by the river”
become an evangelist for the area. “It’s not so hip
! here you won’t feel comfortable if you’re not
isn’t flood-prone, Embry cautions to set aside 3-3.5 per cent of the
purchase price of any home for annual taxes and insurance. Those already
! dressed like an American Apparel ad but for the
sought-after doubles might also become even more attractive investments,
as the Bywater is imminently likely to be rezoned, from low- to medium-
density usage – an economic dose of steroids.!
artists who put stuff in here it’s not totally selling
! out – there’s creative integrity.” Compared with The smartest opportunities today, many locals suggest, are on the
A row of ‘shotgun’ houses in Bywater, which sell for between $62 and $117 the Bywater, “the Marigny has a little more of an Bywater’s northern reaches, around St Claude Avenue, where half a dozen
per square foot! galleries have recently opened and a condominium building is being built
edge to it, it’s more urbane,” adds John Messinger, at the junction o Esplanade Avenue. A no-go area in the darker times
After hurricane Katrina had devastated New Orleans five years ago, a small president of the Bywater Neighbourhood during the 1980s and 1990s, it is now rising fast but prices are still slack.
“It’s very inexpensive – I sold a renovated double there around $200,000
swathe of land was dubbed the “sliver by the river”, a flood-free zone of
higher ground hugging the Mississippi. It included not just the French
Association.! about a year and a half ago – it was artists that bought it,” Francher
explains. And d’Addario agrees. “They’re rebranding that into an arts
Quarter but also two neighbourhoods little known outside the city: the district and in the next 10 years there will be even more radical changes. If
Marigny and the Bywater. In Katrina’s transformative wake, these districts I were looking to buy, now would be the time to do it there.”!
have become some of the city’s hottest real estate markets.! Elizabeth Pearce, a culinary expert and tour guide, is a typical Bywater
resident; born in Covington, an hour away in Louisiana, she was drawn to
the Bywater for its eclectic architecture and diverse community, buying her
The other hotly tipped site is close to the river; although access to the
Originally plantation land, farms here were carved up into homesteads in house there seven years ago. She lives on Desire Street – where Blanche
water is difficult in the former industrial zone and prices accordingly low, a
the early 19th century – in part thanks to landowner Bernard de Marigny DuBois’s streetcar once started its trundling journey to the French Quarter
renovation project, known as Reinventing the Crescent, is set to transform
de Mandeville, a Creole aristocrat burdened by gambling debts. Refuse – and relishes the close-knit feel. “The guys who live down the block from
it. Starchitects such as David Adjaye and Michael Maltzan have been
from the mansions of the French Quarter was thrown into the Mississippi me regularly grill and cook in front of their stoop, in a big pot on a butane
recruited to re-imagine the clogged, dilapidated waterfront for the $300m
to drift away downriver, silting up the banks of the Bywater and Marigny, burner. Every time I walk by they offer me some and on Lundi Gras this
project.!
making them both poorer and less prestigious despite their central year – the day before Mardi Gras – I ended up heading home with a pork-
location.! chop sandwich on white bread.”!
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The two areas evolved individually, separated by railroad tracks that found “The Marigny is selling at a little higher price per square foot [than the
a place in history when Homer Plessy was yanked from a train in 1892 for Bywater] and is growing at a faster rate,” explains Shea Embry, an agent Agencies!
flouting the “separate but equal” seating rules and prompted one of the who specializes in the two districts. Prices for single family homes, for
US’s pioneering civil rights court cases. The Marigny was always French- example, are about $174-$200 per square foot in the Marigny and $171
leaning, complete with a wide street named Elysian Fields Avenue in square ft in the Bywater (for fixer-uppers, numbers tumble to $144 and Shea Embry, InTown Realty www.neworleansintown.com tel. +1 5043241240!
honour of the Champs-Elysées, and had a higher cachet simply because of $85 square ft respectively). Compared with the prices in the French
its location next to the French Quarter, the city’s oldest. The sprawling, Quarter, though, which hover around $400 square ft, both are bargains,
more suburban Bywater, meanwhile, was developed in a more ad hoc way especially the Marigny, just a few minutes’ walk away from the city centre. Bryan Francher, Prudential Gardner www.francherperrin.com, tel. +1
Though it is more trafficked and picked-over than the Bywater, there are 5042516400!
and was home to swathes of the working class, with a heavy influx of
French Caribbean settlers, especially expatriate Haitians.! still smart buys here according to Bryan Francher, another local real estate
agent. “One girl bought a house really close to Frenchman Street for Ellwood, Mark. “Sliver by the river.” Financial Times. 19 June 2010. On-line
$242,000 – a two-storey, three-bedroom home with two baths. She’s a local available from: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/
girl and she was living in another historic neighbourhood but she saw the cf16a41a-799c-11df-85be-00144feabdc0.html
value of the Marigny.”!
28. WRITING SAMPLES!
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• Press Release: Groove Interrupted Paperback Launch hosted
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by Jeremy Davenport & The Ritz-Carlton, New Orleans!
• Press Release: Do Ho Suh, Lehmann Maupin Gallery!
• Second Line Disruptive Innovation Conference Media Alert!
• Lehmann Maupin Gallery Artist Hernan Bas, Sales Collateral!
• Lehmann Maupin Gallery Proposal for Art 40 Basel
41. Below are just a few of the components I continue to hone & value
throughout my work. I hope I can cultivate them with your team.!
Systems that Activate &
Crisp Copy Strategically
Amplify Creative Thinking
Scheduled !
Flexibility
Tight Pitches
Well- Applied &
Continuously Cultivated
Mobilizing Elegant
Aptitudes
Mentors Timelines
UNDER Promising! Constructive Uncovering
OVER Delivering! Criticism & Debate Other's Hidden
ON Deadline Strengths
42. Time is precious.!
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Thanks for using some of yours to
view my work. !
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