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Tamara Francois
Talent Executive, BET

 

In the three short years since moving to New York City, Tamara Francois has already made a name for herself as a person to watch in the male-dominated Hip-Hop music industry. Building on her experience with industry powerhouses BMG and Sony Music, Tamara joined MCA Records, where she launched countless new initiatives to integrate Internet promotions into the overall marketing strategy of MCA's Black Music Division.

 

Tamara then left MCA to channel her vast network of contacts and her entrepreneurial spirit into her own independent consulting venture, MaraMedia where she provided marketing and special event planning services to a client roster including Ruff Ryders, MCA, HBO, and Essence.

 

While on hiatus, MaraMedia is also home to the monthly panel discussion series, Real Stories. Now in its third year, Real Stories has attracted top-level music industry executives, artists, and producers that share with aspiring artists an insider's point-of-view of what it really takes to make it in the music business. Her success in developing the series has not gone unnoticed, with write-ups in Billboard and Source magazines. Tamara's work with Real Stories has made her a much sought after consultant, leading her to work on the Vibe Music Conference in 1999.

 

In the summer of 1999, Tamara joined Volume.com, an HBO funded Internet venture. As the Associate Music Producer, Tamara took her amazing insight on music and culture to an emerging role on the Internet with this company. However, never slowing her pace and constantly developing new opportunities, Tamara recently left Volume.com and took her talents to BET as a Talent Executive. YOU GO GIRL!

 

Her seemingly ceaseless energy and unique perspective on life makes Tamara Francois clearly one of the more refreshing and talented young professionals on today's music and entertainment industry scene.

 



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