Joy Autumn Schuett

Co-Founder | Painted Bird - Branding, Marketing, PR

• Successfully co-founded of Painted Bird, a groundbreaking branding, grassroots marketing, and PR company specializing in creative campaigns that resulted in heightened brand visibility and market presence for musical artists.
• Developed comprehensive branding strategies, including visual identity, messaging, and positioning, enhancing clients' overall brand image.
• Authored compelling story driven content, including articles, interviews, bios, and press releases, contributing to successful promotion of major label (Warner Music and Sony) and indie clients.
• Executed PR campaigns resulting in features for clients in prominent music tastemaker magazines, including Billboard, Rolling Stone, Parade, LA Weekly, and HuffPost.
• Collaborated and ensured the alignment of creative marketing and PR efforts with the overall brand voice and strategy.
• Managed social content across platforms: Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, X (Twitter), and Youtube, utilizing organic and cold traffic methods to grow following.
• Stayed up-to-date on industry trends and best practices
• Pioneered "The Brand Breakdown," a webinar series on artist branding. This included research, script writing, promotion, and public speaking engagements.
• Contributed expertise as a guest speaker on branding workshops sponsored by companies including SCENES Media and Vocal Dimensions.
• Providing strategic guidance while engendering strong client relationships, which consistently exceeding expectations and ensured high levels of satisfaction.

• Taught general music, songwriting, piano, guitar, music production, and ukulele to elementary and middle school students. This entailed creating, planning, and implementing inquiry inspired curriculum to students with a unique range of musical abilities and learning needs.
• Directed and produced musical productions; Annie, Flakes, and On with the Snow, as well as the annual SCDS All School Concert, and Talent Show, and The Ukulele Showcase.
• Engendered positive relationships with parents, maintaining regular communication about student progress.
• Supported and developed curriculum for students with different learning styles including autism, ADHD, and dyslexia
• Tailored instruction to meet individual student needs and cultivated inclusive learning environment.
• Collaborated with teachers in other discipline to expand student knowledge and deliver comprehensive learning experiences and higher order skills
• Fostered love for art and learning to inspire students to pursue passions and interests.

• Wrote, produced and led major production elements for 6 self-released albums including Midnight, which was on the 2018 1st round 61st GRAMMY® Awards ballot.
• Vocalist and Songwriter with work is used for TV, film, and commercials, and is available at: www.joyautumn.com
• Performances at top festivals and venues (e.g., SXSW, The Echo, The Hotel Café, The Viper Room, The Village Studios).
• Music supervisor and composer on several indie shorts including The Memory She Carries.
• Assisted Grammy nominated composers with recording, music editing, and orchestration (Joseph Trapanese – Tron Animated Series).