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WE ARE NOW ACCEPTING RESUMES FOR SUMMER 2008 INTERNSHIPS!! Please email your resume to Tom@heavyhitterinc.com for publicity internships in the Chicago office, Dave@heavyhitterinc.com for radio internships in the Chicago office, and Bambino@heavyhitterinc.com for radio internships in the NYC office! --- Heavy Hitter, Inc., founded in October of 2002, is a full service artist development company run by partners John Bambino and Jason Rudolph. The company's areas of focus are Artist Management, Hard Rock Radio Promotion, Publicity Services, and Rock Video Promotion. Partners John Bambino and Jason Rudolph bring a combined total of more than 20 years of artist development experience to their valued clients. John Bambino started as a part time worker at New York City's McGathy Promotions in 1994. He left the company in 2001 with the title Director of Artist Development, having overseen both the Hard Rock ("Edge") and College Alternative ("Alternative Division") departments. Bambino's successes at McGathy include Sevendust, System of a Down, Limp Bizkit and Static-X, to name a very few. Bambino's next post was Northeast Regional Promotion Director for Sanctuary Records. After a successful run at Sanctuary working with such artists as Rollins Band, COC, Megadeth and Widespread Panic, Bambino switched gears and signed on with EMI Music Publishing as head of East Coast Hard Rock A&R. After a short time, Bambino was unexpectedly laid off and, instead of searching for another job, decided to have a go on his own and began managing North Carolina-based progressive post-hardcore band Codeseven. Jason Rudolph got his start at NYC's now defunct Energy Records (Pro-Pain, Bile). After a short 8-month run at the label, he was hired away to McGathy Promotions by his future partner, John Bambino, handling Artist Development, and Metal/Hard Rock Radio Promotion. After 3 years working alongside Bambino, Rudolph was again hired away, this time by Chicago independent record label Victory Records as Director of Marketing and Promotion. During his time at Victory Records, Rudolph was a key force behind the promotion and marketing campaigns of notable artists such as Thursday, Snapcase, Taking Back Sunday and Atreyu. Rudolph also worked in the A&R capacity, bringing bands such as Darkest Hour, Count The Stars and Martyr AD to the label. In the summer of 2002, Rudolph began to feel the call of artist management and his old partner Bambino. In the fall of 2002, Rudolph left Victory Records and Heavy Hitter, Inc was formed. Heavy Hitter's Hard Rock Radio Promotion division has experienced incredible success since its inception. The company deals with over 500 commercial, college, internet, satellite and community radio stations and boasts a client base that includes every major and most independent record labels. The company has experienced a wealth of chart topping successes with artists including but not limited to Poison The Well, Deftones, As I Lay Dying, Superjoint Ritual, and Sworn Enemy. Additionally, Heavy Hitter has been involved with the biggest touring festivals around like Ozzfest, Summer Sanitarium and the Vans Warped Tour. Bambino and Rudolph have each been involved in more than 50 Number 1 records at the metal radio format. Heavy Hitter's radio division delivers a level of experience, success, and work ethic that can be found nowhere else. In 2007, Heavy Hitter expanded into the world of Public Relations. Heavy Hitter PR has already made solid headway in the crowded publicity world, having taken on a variety of projects including Atreyu’s 2006 World Championship Tour, The Firm's Family Values Tour 2006 release, the soundtrack to the Aqua Teen Hunger Force motion picture, Norma Jean's Great American Noise 2007 Tour, and a myriad of other bands and label rosters. The Heavy Hitter Video Promotion department has experienced success at getting video airplay on MTV and Fuse, while also working with the a large number of regional, local and internet-based video outlets throughout North America. Heavy Hitter Video has worked on videos from notable artists such as Converge, Coheed and Cambria, Children Of Bodom, Unearth, Planes Mistaken For Stars, Ion Dissonance, 69 Eyes, U.N.K.L.E., As I Lay Dying, and many more. Heavy Hitter Management specializes in working with artists and developing their careers from the ground up. The department was started with Bambino’s and Rudolph’s passion and faith in the band Codeseven and has grown exponentially since, having managed numerous other bands since they started, making Heavy Hitter Management a force to be reckoned with. Their current artist roster includes Through The Eyes Of The Dead (Prosthetic Records), The Human Abstract (Hopeless Records), The Chariot (Solid State) and Destroy The Runner (Solid State). |
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