Hired Machine Guns: 

Big Machine Label Group Sr. Graphic Designer Becky Reiser has been promoted to Dir./Graphic Design Art, Coord./International Jimmy Chapin is upped to Mgr./International Marketing and Coord./Creative Seth Hellman adds Asset Mgr. duties. The company has also added 14 staffers to support the additions of the Dot (CAT 3/24) and Nash Icons imprints (CAT 5/14). They are:
- Brandon Hardy, Sr. Mgr./Royalty Acccounting & Income Analysis, brandon.hardy@bmlg.net.
- Shea Windley, Mgr./Brand & Products, shea.windley@bmlg.net.
- Kristen Etlzer, Mgr./Production, kristen.etlzer@bmlg.net.
- Ashley Collier-Medley Mgr./Admin & Licensing, ashley.collier@bmlg.net.
- Allan Geiger, Graphic Designer, allan.geiger@bmlg.net.
- Katie Rose, Coord./Publicity, katie.rose@bmlg.net.
- Abbey Bennett, Coord./Graphic Design, abbey.bennett@bmlg.net.
- Ellen Mundy, Valory Coord./Promotion, ellen.mundy@bmlg.net.
- Lauren Baggett, Video Editor/Production Asst., lauren.baggett@bmlg.net.
- Sarah Champion, Coord./Licensing, sarah.champion@bmlg.net.
- Andrew Thoen, Coord./Traffic, andrew.thoen@bmlg.net.
- Ryne Hambright, Admin. Asst. to Scott Borchetta, ryne.hambright@bmlg.net.
- Hunter Claire Rogers, Asst. to Sandi Spika Borchetta, hunterclaire.rogers@bmlg.net.
- Sara Boddie, Asst./A&R, sarah.boddie@bmlg.net.
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