Over 30 Years Experience
SPECIALIZING IN MUSIC, FILM, & TALENT
Beachwood Entertainment Collective is a diversified full-service entertainment public relations company with a focus on music, film and talent. Our diverse roster allows us to be innovative and unique, with media relationships that extend well beyond the norm. We excel in strategy, opportunity and placement.
Over the years the principals of Beachwood Entertainment Collective have spearheaded hundreds of publicity campaigns for both major and indie labels, musical acts ranging from chart-topping, multi-platinum icons to up and coming bands-on-the-verge, and everything in between. We have handled publicity for independent films, documentaries and major motion pictures. Additionally, the team at Beachwood Entertainment Collective has worked with a variety of actors from up and comers to Academy-Award winning stars of the screen.
We have more than 30 years of combined experience and success handling traditional media and management campaigns for artists on nearly every major and independent record label in the industry across all genres of music. Our experience extends to actors at all stages of their careers and films associated with major and independent studios across the board. Our history in working with a wide variety of projects and companies from major studios to independent artists allows us to be strategic in knowing what it takes to get our client to the next level and successfully increase their visibility.
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STRATEGY
We work with you to create unique ideas and identify the most effective publicity plan.
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PLACEMENT
We work to land the best possible placements for our clients from major publications, television appearances, traditional media, influential blogs and everything in between.
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PASSION
We are passionate about what we do, who we work with and all things entertainment
Jean Sievers
President
Jean Sievers is a veteran publicist and manager of 25 years who created an independent firm that uniquely specializes in working with both actors, musicians and music themed entertainment projects. Her A-list client base includes over 2 decades with music icon and Beach Boys co-founder Brian Wilson and legendary Academy Award® winning actor Jeff Bridges.
Jean began her career in the music industry doing public relations for both independent and major labels, including Rick Rubin’s American Recordings. There she worked an eclectic roster including Johnny Cash, Slayer, Nusrat Fate Ali Khan and also met her husband Todd. From American Recordings she moved to Irving Azoff’s Revolution/Giant Records, where she met Brian Wilson and changed the trajectory of her career. She left the label and went to the independent firm The Lippin Group where she spent 12 years as a Sr. Executive VP, spearheading campaigns from a diverse roster of talent including Prince, Mark Knopfler, Pat Benatar, Poison, Eric Clapton. At The Lippin Group she expanded her publicity expertise and began working on music documentaries including “The Mayor of the Sunset Strip,” “New York Doll” and “Who Is Harry Nilsson?” as well as representing actors Jeff Bridges, Bruce Greenwood and others. Eventually she was brought in on other music related films including “Ray.” It was at this time that she expanded into artist management with Wilson being her first client.
In 2010 she joined her husband’s successful radio promotion and marketing company CO5 Music and launched CO5 Media and Management. There she took a different approach to the business using her skills as a talent manager and publicist to cover a wider range services across all platforms.
After many awards campaigns, including Jeff Bridges’ first Oscar win for Best Actor in Leading Role for “Crazy Heart,” Jean wanted to focus more on theatrical themed music projects and on September 1st 2017 she rebranded her company and launched Beachwood Entertainment Collective. Over the years Jean realized that the music world and film world don’t really completely understand each other and found that she was a valuable voice who had been fully entrenched in projects in both worlds. She is an asset to major and independent film studios as well as music labels and artists who are beginning to do projects in television and film.
Lauren Mele
Vice President
Lauren started her career public relations soon after graduating from Penn State University over 10 years ago. As soon as she finished college she headed west to Los Angeles to pursue a career in the music industry.
Lauren landed a job at the Lippin Group where she worked with veteran Publicist Jean Sievers and learned the ins and outs of the entertainment industry. Lauren worked on album promotion campaigns, coordinated press for national concert tours, independent film releases and red carpet events for two years.
In 2010 Lauren joined CO5 Media and continued to work on various successful publicity campaigns, working with everyone from legendary artists like Brian Wilson, INXS, Steve Miller Band, to major labels like Capitol Records, Universal Music Group, Rhino Records and more.
10 years into her career Lauren launched Beachwood Entertainment Collective with Jean Sievers in 2017, overseeing legendary clients like Brian Wilson, actor Jeff Bridges, Sublime (estate), the Dirty Heads, actors Bruce Greenwood, Gil Birmingham, Tom Arnold as well as music documentaries and up-and-coming independent bands and artists.