Jerry Doby has been making promotion waves in the entertainment industry since 1998 when he left his paralegal position at a multi-national law firm to accept his first challenge as Talent Coordinator on a major documentary film, Welcome to Death Row. In 2001, he became the first independent producer to create a successful overseas tour for the NBAs Celebrity Basketball League to celebrate over 60 years of the USOs support of our troops in harms way. In 2002, the Hip Hop Hall of Fame honored Jerry for his creative work with independent record labels and his lecture work at Dillard University in New Orleans. 2004 welcomed Doby with a listing in the Indie Bible, a whos who listing for the independent music industry. His current projects include column based special events for the industrys top urban media outlet, The Source Magazine. Responsibilities include market expansion and attaching The Source brand to exclusive events like international activities to support and entertain U.S. troops abroad. Generating and solidifying relationships between his clients and their target demographic has become his specialty.
Alongside the above benchmarks in his career, Jerrys promotions/public relations client list has included, Topeka City Councilwoman Lover Chancler, Black Entertainment Magazine, Nickelodeon Movies, Capital Records, Stevie Wonders House Full of Toys, Brandys Norwood Kids Foundation, Buena Vista Pictures (Disney), Layzie Bone, Mindstorm Creations, Sony Music, The Hip Hop Hall of Fame and Edutainment Centers, the NBA, USO, the Armed Forces Entertainment Offices of the Pentagon and more. His duties have ranged from marketing assistant to director of national promotions and it is this experience as a premier reputation manager he brings to his clients today.
Clients deal with a professional having a complete knowledge and understanding of media relations and public relations communications principles with the ability to independently assess, determine, develop, apply and supervise the execution of media relations strategy and actions across the board or in response to any problem of critical importance to the client including crisis management. Doby exercises mature judgment and the ability to lead in fast-paced and complex endeavors involving multiple issues. Doby works to quickly assess the clients position and opportunities in their market and leverages his knowledge of the national press to the benefit of the client.
Key Projects:
* Real Talk With Kietta
* Lonewolf Productions
* Larry Rust (Iron Butterfly vocalist/keyboardists 1999-2005)
* R&B singer/songwriter - The One and Only A R I
Topeka City Councilwoman Lover Chancler, District 3
Kansas Department of Health and Environment Laboratories Chemical and Biological Terrorism programs (on-site and online training development)
The Source Magazine (special events/military liaison)
Open Mic DVD Digizine (Public Relations and Brand Marketing)
Sean Healy Presents (LAs top indie venue promoter and talent booker with over 30 clubs and theatres in more than 5 cities)
Centerline Music and Entertainment (Film/TV music production company w/over 100 major credits including My Babys Daddy, Starting Over on NBC, Beyond Tough starring Ice T)
Silkski of Wu Tang Clans Brooklyn Zu
Splow (Rolling Stone Magazine Reggae Artist) Artist of the Year Nominee, Southbay Music Awards, 2003.
Hip Hop Hall of Fame
Rapsheet publisher Darryl James
Black Gender Gap lecture series
Black Entertainment Magazine
Joint One Radio Show and multi-national record pool (Tokyo Japan InterFM 76.1)
Armed Forces Entertainment Offices (Pentagon)
The Independent Video Show Network (over 350 independent video shows)
The Night Jocks Network (over 171 Top 40 BDS/CHR radio stations)
