Sophie Brown
A&R and Marketing Manager, [PIAS] Australia
<p><em><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW165681542 BCX0" data-ccp-parastyle="Normal (Web)">“I moved into a JMC internship position at Yours and Owls and from there my role grew and grew… The connections I made during my studies at JMC were invaluable. I still lean on them now. They’re my friends, my lecturers and everyone in-between. I am constantly running into people that went to JMC as well”</span></em></p>
<p><strong>Course studied at JMC Academy:</strong><br>Entertainment Business Management</p>
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Tim "Timomatic" Omaji
Multi-platinum selling + ARIA Award Nominee + APRA Award Winner
<p>World Music Awards Nominee</p>
<p>Multiple ARIA Music Awards Nominee - Song of the Year</p>
<p>APRA Music Awards Winner - Most Played Australian Work</p>
<p><em>"This course was different - very diverse! There was the singing, stagecraft and learning how to audio produce. It's helped me tour the world with my music."</em></p>
<p><strong>Course studied at JMC Academy:<br /></strong>Music</p>
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Little Green
Artist, 10 million Spotify listens
<p><span data-ccp-parastyle="Normal (Web)">Growing up in the Blue Mountains, nomadic singer songwriter Little Green, developed a sense of storytelling and musicality inspired by the nature around her. The JMC Alumni plays flute, sax, guitar, piano, bass, and voice, noting she wrote songs from when she could speak as her way to process the world.</span> </p>
<p><span data-ccp-parastyle="Normal (Web)">Little Green garnered attention across the globe by writing a song a day on social media during the lockdowns of 2021. 2022 has seen multiple songs added to triple j as the singer songwriter heads beyond 10 million+ streams online. </span> </p>
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Chloe Dadd
Recording Engineer & Producer, Golden Retriever Studios + Artist
<p class="font_8">Chloe Dadd is a recording engineer, producer and mixing engineer currently working out of Golden Retriever Studios in Marrickville, Sydney. She has worked with a range of artists including Courtney Barnett, Nick Littlemore, Jack Ladder, Lime Cordiale and more.</p>
<p class="font_8"><span class="wixGuard"></span>If she's not in the studio, Chloe can usually be found on stage. She is an artist in her own right - writing and recording songs, and playing live shows with her band under Chloe Dadd. </p>
<p class="font_8"><span class="wixGuard"></span>Chloe has been a guitarist and vocalist in various bands and is currently lead guitarist for Sydney artist MAY-A.</p>
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Lexee Gordoun
Director of International Award Winning Films
<p>The JMC alumni has already directed and produced four films and won awards for two of them in Venice, Paris and New York. And as if winning awards at international film festivals wasn’t enough of an achievement for one year, Lexee has also presented at a TedEx event and has a fifth directorial project sitting in post production.<span> </span></p>
<p><em>"The Film & TV industry is small. Having the connections from the people you studied and graduated with and bringing them with you on professional projects is so rewarding"</em></p>
<p><span><strong>Course studied at JMC Academy:</strong><br>Film & Television Production</span></p>
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Earth Patravee
Singer/Songwriter, 50 million Spotify listens [Thailand]
<p>Srisuntisuk Patravee is a successful singer/songwriter in Bangkok, Thailand performing under the name of Earth Patravee. She has released hit singles with label Muzikmoverecords such as Pause Tarchanhaipai and AboutTime.</p>
<p>Earth Patravee has over 280k followers on Facebook and has had over 50 million listens on Spotify.</p>
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Brent 'Quincy' Buchanan
Strategic A&R, Universal Music Group
<p>Quincy's experience in the entertainment industry speaks for itself.</p>
<p><strong>Current position:</strong></p>
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<li>Strategic A&R - Artist Development + Innovation, Universal Music Group</li>
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<p><strong>Previous positions:</strong></p>
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<li>Director of A&R (Artist Development), Universal Music Group</li>
<li>A&R Manager, Warner Music Group</li>
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PANIA
Australian R&B Artist
<p><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW186841881 BCX0">Australia’s R&B renaissance is gathering speed and </span><a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://open.spotify.com/artist/5amlDCKh0QTWhI6BOMn6Pf?si=QFDpzD7JSySsdKXlCl2HJA" target="_blank" class="Hyperlink SCXW186841881 BCX0"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW186841881 BCX0" data-ccp-charstyle="Hyperlink">PANIA</span></a><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW186841881 BCX0"> is one artist redefining the genre for modern audiences. For the JMC music graduate, pushing the limits creatively and personally has never been optional. Currently signed to Warner Music and rubbing shoulders with music icons like Tyler the Creator, she’s one to keep your eye on. </span> </p>
<p><em><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW118505280 BCX0">“My vision's always been clear, JMC was part of the journey...”</span> </em></p>
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Mike Cotton-Stapleton
Talent Agency Owner, MCSM
<p>At the end of 2016, Mike launched MCSM - A boutique theatrical agency, in Sydney, representing professional Actors across Film, TV & Theatre. The company has grown at an exponential rate and since opening has forged affiliates in the UK, Canada and the USA. MCSM launched a Voice-Over dept. in 2018 and, as of March 2019, opened up a branch in Melbourne. In total, MCSM represents around 60 Actors and that number is continuing to grow.</p>
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Dylan Boyd
Manager, Salt Studio + Corporate Musician, Freelance
<p>Dylan has been performing in the corporate scene for 15 years, with and without his band Superband. He also Managed Salt Studios for 3 years where he still records and produces albums for original artists. Dylan is a qualified trainer and assessor and teaches an online Cert IV course in Music Industry (Sound Production).</p>
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Liam Clifford
Audio Engineer + Owner, Howlaround Entertainment Group
<p>Founder of audio company, Howlaround Productions, Liam became Tour Manager and FOH Engineer for Multi-Platinum and Award-Winning artist, Sheppard. Following a successful world tour, Liam re-located to Los Angeles and has grown his company (now Howlaround Entertainment Group), to include offices in Sydney and Los Angeles and spans across 5 continents.</p>
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Dean Musumeci
Director of Photography, Valiant Film Company
<p>Dean is the in-house Director of Photography and Post Production Co-Ordinator at Valiant Film Company and has interned at Method Studios as a Roto Artist where he worked on DC's Aquaman. Dean's grad movie from JMC is also currently sitting on 1.5 million YouTube views.</p>
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Rachel Whitford
Artist Manager at VVV MGMT + Writer Services at APRA AMCOS
<p>In the early 2010’s, Rachel introduced herself into the music industry by grinding it out in a pop-punk band.<br />Playing in clubs and youth centres around the Western Suburbs of Sydney, Rachel got to know a lot of the local scene and developed an understanding of how shows are ran and promoted. In 2012, Rachel organised her first show out in Picton, NSW – raising funds for cancer research using the best heavy bands from NSW. The show neared sold-out, with hundreds through the door to see the stellar line-up – a success rarely seen by first-time promoters!</p>
<p><br />After finding a knack for running her own shows, Rachel decided to defer from her course in Forensic Science to purse a career in the music industry. After the first year of study and revered music college, JMC Academy,<br />Rachel was introduced to a small local band called Dear Seattle. Rachel based her university assignment on the band, a paper of pipeline dreams of sold out venues across the country and multiple songs on the radio. Rachel approached Dear Seattle with a proposal to implement the assignment to the band as an experiment to see if what she’d learned at university had weight.</p>
<p><br />As the band grew, so did Rachel and her knowledge in the real world of music. Small win after small win, Rachel collected and measured the results during the course of her degree. After achieving her degree, she landed a role at the highly regarded touring company, Chugg Entertainment. Months passed in her first full-time role in the music industry before Dear Seattle started to turn some heads with a single release that went viral online via Triple J Unearthed.</p>
<p><br />Rachel’s ability to nurture the career of her one and only artist began to turn heads in the world of artist<br />manager. With what should have been 15 minutes of Internet fame, Rachel turned into the start of a<br />professional career for Dear Seattle. Rachel’s efforts were noted by Damian Costin of 123 Agency and Tom<br />Larkin of VVV Management which eventuated in a job opportunity to not only nurture Dear Seattle in a<br />professional setting, but to add to her roster and really kick of her career in artist management. Over time, that assignment of great success for Dear Seattle became a reality.</p>
<p><br />Fast forward 10 months and Rachel is now working as a full time artist manager at VVV Mgmt and is working<br />with acts including; Bad Juju, Bare Bones, Between You & Me, Darren Middleton, Dear Seattle, Eliza & The<br />Delusionals, Killing Heidi, Kingswood, Le Savage, The Vanns, Pinkish Blu & sweater curse among a plethora of<br />emerging artists with solid promise.</p>
<p><br />With a string of sold out shows, festival appearances, national and international radio rotation and a solid mark in the music industry under her belt – Rachel has gone from small wins in the local area to steadfast<br />international runs on the board in a few short years.</p>
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George Kacevski
Executive Creative Director, Zebrar and Acentric
<p><strong>Course studied at JMC Academy:<br /></strong>George studied the no longer available Adv. Diploma in 3D Animation. The closest equivalent is the Bachelor of Creative Arts (Animation). </p>
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Stephanie Gleeson
Events Manager [Commonwealth Games + City of Sydney: VIVID, NYE]
<p>Stephanie has established a freelance career in major outdoor events across production, project management, and site and stage management. Her credits include the Commonwealth Games, Invictus Games, Australia Day in Sydney, Vivid, and the Harbour Manager for Sydney New Year's Eve 2021. </p>
<p><strong>Stephanie studied JMC Academy's:<br /></strong>Bachelor of Entertainment Business Management</p>
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ALETHIA
Singer/Songwriter [Colombia]
<p><strong>Course studied at JMC:<br /></strong>Bachelor of Music (Contemporary Performance)<br />Master of Creative Industries</p>
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Joshua Braddy
Senior Producer, Mighty Kingdom [Mortal Kombat 11, LEGO Star Wars, D&D, Ghost in the Shell]
<p><strong>Course studied at JMC Academy:<br /></strong>Bachelor of Creative Arts (Game Design)</p>
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Peter Holz
Audio Engineer, Multi-platinum selling ARIA winning mixer
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Reuben Chapman
Audio Engineer, LUX Technical [London]
<p><strong>JMC course studied:</strong><br />Bachelor of Creative Technology (Audio Engineering & Sound Production)</p>
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Jan Thomas Halsvik
FOH Audio Engineer [Norway]
<p>After graduation, Jan moved back to Norway and before long, was hired by Norwegian artist, Sigrid. Since working with Sigrid as her Sound Engineer, Jan has travelled the world doing shows including SXSW, Glastonbury, Coachella and the Great Escape along with TV shows including the Tonight Show with Jimmy Falon and the Graham Norton Show.</p>
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Jihan Khairunnisa
Lead 3D Animator, Brown Bag Films [Indonesia] [Netflix & Disney]
<p>Jihan now works as Brown Bag Films Bali where she has climbed the animation ranks over her 4+ years there to be the Lead 3D Animator. Titles include Disney's Vampirina (season 2 + 3) and Netflix's Ada Twist Scientist, Karma's World and Angela's Christmas Wishes.</p>
<p>Jihan worked as a full-time animator in the Bali Animasi Solusi Ekakarsa Studio (BASE) in Bali, Indonesia where she worked on Disney's Vampirina season 1. </p>
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<p>Jihan's graduation film Hugs not only won Best Animation at the Martini Awards, but it also gained official selection at the 2018 Melbourne International Animation Festival (MIAF).</p>
<p><strong>Course studied at JMC Academy:<br /></strong>Bachelor of Creative Arts (Animation)</p>
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Helen Michaels
Freelance Digital Artist
<p><strong>Course studied at JMC Academy:</strong><br />Bachelor of Creative Arts (Game Design)</p>
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Jordi White
Motion Designer, Canva
<p><strong>Course studied at JMC Academy:<br /></strong>Bachelor of Creative Arts (Game Design)</p>
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Jonathan Ravagnani
FX Artist, Fin Design [Marvel Movies, Skyscaper, Allegiant]
<p>Jonathan has over 10 years in the animation industry working for studios globally such as Animal Logic, Digital Domain, MPC and Fin Design. He has worked on massive movie titles such as Captain Marvel, Black Widow, Dolittle, Skyscaper, Captain America:Civil War, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Allegiant, Alien: Covenant... the list goes on.</p>
<p><strong>Course studied at JMC Academy:<br /></strong>Bachelor of Creative Arts (Animation)</p>
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Neil Easton
Character Artist/Lead Animator, Airship [London]
<p><span>Neil is currently working as character artist and lead animator at Airship based out of London. </span></p>
<p><span>Worked on many AAA and Indie titles performing various duties in the character department, including</span><br />Modelling, Sculpting, Outfit, Garment and Hair Creation, Tech art -(Low Poly, UV Unwrapping, Skinning, Rigging, Troubleshooting, Documentation and Engine Implementation) and Animation.</p>
<p>Some of the Worked and Released/Preorder Titles:</p>
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<li>PGA2K 23 TigerWoods (2022)</li>
<li>Siberia, The World Before (2022)</li>
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<p>Course studied at JMC Academy:<br />Closest equivalent offered today - Bachelor of Creative Arts (Animation)</p>
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Kara Heywood
Freelance Graphic Designer, K V Designs
<p>Kara has worked as a freelance graphic designer for over 6 years.</p>
<p><strong>Course studied at JMC Academy:</strong><br />Bachelor of Creative Arts (Animation)</p>
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Daniel Springall
R&D Software Engineer, Animal Logic
<p><strong>Course studied at JMC Academy:</strong><br />Bachelor of Creative Arts (Animation)</p>
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Alexander Nezhinskiy
Creative Director & Sound Engineer, Evolsound
<p><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW82897321 BCX0">Alexander is a </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW82897321 BCX0">Sound designer and composer crafting sound and music within various areas such as branding, digital campaigns, movies, animation, corporate videos, games and multimedia shows. Working on innovate Sound Design for brands like Pantone, Sennheiser and Sonos, Alexander represents the exciting future of Audio.</span></p>
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