Cooking Vinyl appoints new Head of Sync

-          Verity Griffiths joins from Ministry Of Sound-          Working to maximise sync opportunities across label and publishing 25th April, London:- Cooking Vinyl Group has grown its ranks with the appointment of Verity Griffiths as Head of Sync.Griffiths will work across the Cooking Vinyl Records and Publishing roster, maximising sync opportunities across all platforms including adverts, film, TV and games, and ensuring the company’s repertoire is fully exploited.  She reports to Paul Kinder, Managing Director of London-based Cooking Vinyl Publishing.Griffiths joins Cooking Vinyl after eight years at Ministry Of Sound, including five years in sync licensing. Having started out as a licensing assistant in 2006, a number of significant promotions saw Griffiths assume the role of Licensing & International Manager in May 2012.Her expertise in creative pitching, relationship building and negotiation has seen Griffiths secure numerous sync deals, working with major brands including Burberry, Google, Adidas, Heineken, Guinness and Disney. Furthermore she recently designed and launched a new Ministry Of Sound sync website for music supervisors, aimed at growing the business.Paul Kinder, Managing Director Cooking Vinyl Publishing, said: “We’re very pleased to welcome Verity to the Cooking Vinyl Group. Her expertise in all areas of sync licensing is going to be of huge benefit to our artists and writers, and I can’t wait to start seeing the results from that.”Verity Griffiths noted: I’m really excited to be joining Cooking Vinyl. The company has such a diverse roster, and I’m really looking forward to getting my teeth into the wealth of back catalogue and forthcoming releases including Embrace, James and The Prodigy.”Verity can be reached at: verity [at] cookingvinyl.com

 

About Cooking Vinyl Established in 1986, Cooking Vinyl has developed a reputation as one of Europe’s prime artist-focused independent labels, inspiring an enviable loyalty among its artist roster. It is also in the vanguard of music companies offering innovative services-only deals that claim no stake in artists’ copyrights.Artists signed to Cooking Vinyl include Amanda Palmer, The Prodigy, Marilyn Manson, Underworld, Ron Sexsmith and Billy Bragg. Such is the loyalty and affection among artists for the label that the likes of Frank Black have returned close to 20 times to record fresh collections with them. The Prodigy’s Invaders Music Die was Europe’s biggest selling independent album in 2009.2014 has seen releases from The Rifles, Reverend & The Makers, The Pretty Reckless, Suzanne Vega, Gary Numan, Skindred, Embrace and Turin Breaks with new music from James, Adam Cohen, The Prodigy, Marilyn Manson, and more still to come.Cooking Vinyl Publishing has an equally diverse roster with current writers including Reverend & The Makers, The Rifles, 65daysofstatic, Tom the Lion, Exit Calm and The Virginmarys.Cooking Vinyl Records is a member of the CV Group of companies, which include Essential Music & Marketing, CV America, Cooking Vinyl Publishing and Cooking Vinyl Property.http://cookingvinyl.com/

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