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I’m Kate Siem, an Associate Music Supervisor here at our lovely Redmond office. Working here has been a perfect fit, a professional outlet for a lifelong personal love of music.

It all started with an obsession with the local oldies and Motown radio station as a child and transformed to include the many surf, garage and punk DIY shows I started attending during my high school years in Southern California. Once in college I immediately joined the college radio station, KVCU 1190. During my tenure in Boulder, CO, I made sure to stay on-air, with radio shows ranging from riot grrrl to city spotlights. Having promoted, attended and enjoyed a milieu of shows in the Denver/Boulder area I found myself in the Emerald City just over three years ago.

Once here I dove into Seattle’s new (to me) and mysterious music scene. I began working with a group that booked shows, tours, put out local comps, and a whole gamut of music related activities. My focus was on garnering press hits both locally and nationally for the artists we worked with but got my hands dirty with everything from working door at shows, stage managing, working merch and everything in between.

Prior to working at PlayNetwork I was in the promotions department at KOMO/Star 101.5, did copywriting and marketing content for local nonprofit Northwest Center, held the keys for CU Boulder’s social channels, and worked with PR firm CSG in Denver. Excited and humbled for my next chapter to be with PlayNetwork!