Victor Murgatroyd
Creator & Talent Partnerships | Digital Media | Strategic Relationships | Business Development
(310) 270 8587
vmurgatroyd1@gmail.com
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Creator & Talent Partnerships
Strategic Relationships
Business Development
Digital & New Media
Executive Relationships
Creator Strategy
Brand & Audience Development
Negotiation & Deal Development
Cross-Functional Leadership
Marketing Vision & Positioning
Production & Budget Leadership
Technology & Entertainment
High-Trust Client Work
Private Client Advisory
About Victor
Victor Murgatroyd is a senior business, digital-media, and creative executive whose career has centered on recognizing potential, understanding a creator's vision, and assembling the people and resources required to bring that vision to market. He combines a creator's perspective with executive judgment, financial discipline, and deal fluency.
Victor has contributed to the sale of over 11 billion streams and worked directly with artist teams including The Michael Jackson Estate, Evanescence, Incubus, Megadeth, Jane's Addiction, Seether, The Cult, Drowning Pool, Finger Eleven, 12 Stones, Escape the Fate, Lindsey Stirling, and Buckcherry.
Career Highlights
Private Client Advisory (Independent) — Confidential Advisory & Crisis Management, 2020–Present
Better Noise Music — Senior Vice President, A&R, 2019–2020
Straight Up Films — Senior Vice President, Production & Creative Affairs, reporting to founder Kate Cohen, 2016–2018
Barry's Bootcamp — Strategic Consultant / Advisor to founder Barry Jay, 2014–2016
M.J. Online — Co-General Manager, official digital operation of Michael Jackson Estate, 2010–2014
WMG / Perezcious Music — President, Warner Music Group venture with Perez Hilton, 2010–2014
J Records — Senior Vice President, A&R, reporting to Clive Davis, 2005–2010
Wind-Up Records — Senior Vice President, A&R, 1999–2005 (Evanescence, Finger Eleven, Seether, Drowning Pool)
Epic Records — Director, A&R, 1993–1999 (identified and signed Incubus; produced music for True Lies)
Laffitte Entertainment — Junior Management Associate, 1991–1993 (Megadeth, Jane’s Addiction, The Cult)
As a musician, Victor has been signed to Def Jam, Atlantic, RCA, Red Ant, and WB/Giant Recordings, and as a songwriter to Rondor Music Publishing.