Well Hello Everyone! Humans, Dogs, Birds, Cats, Gerbils, Hamsters! LOL No seriously welcome to the wonderful world of yours truly. ME! Now that the introduction is over and backstage, I am Sean McLeod. Or as you can see from my long name Ronald Sean Anthony McLeod. I am the Ventriloquist of the world. Just joking!
I am true to the craft and the constant passion I have developed while interning with Radio-One is unparallel to anything I have experienced in my young professional life. Coming from a small HBCU in North Carolina I found this place called Syracuse University nestled on a hill, and beautiful in the summer time and Snow fest 9000 in the winter.
Day in and day out I constantly fell in love with the major we call Television Radio and Film. Im the comedian. I’m the funny guy during sad moments and the funny guy during happy moments.
I am the quiet guy that loves observation and research and I am the voice of reason when I absolutely do not like something. At the end of the day I’m awesome and I credit my fellow sequence 63 classmates and outstanding professors because of it.
During the school year I researched different internship opportunities. I was fortunate enough to interview with MTV after the mid-mester in January. This is where I was able to travel to NYC and network with professional alumni. I was given a card by a fellow alumni from MTV and interviews for internship’s soon followed. After 3 interviews and not receiving the one I really wanted I just took it as a sign and looked for different opportunities. Along came radio-one.
They also did not have any internships available but one call to a contact (USE YOUR CONTACTS) changed my entire outlook on the internship process. I went from sitting at my house in syracuse being a sad to driving back to Maryland (my homestate) to start an opportunity I thought I would never get. I currently intern in the corporate sales office learning the business of radio broadcasting from reviewing contracts to planning concerts. I have been fortunate to interact with record label executives and managers of artist. I got here via a contact I have known a majority of my life. Moral of the story is my come up was due to hardwork and dedication as well as discipline and frankly I am absolutely happy about the journey I am embarking on!