Charlene Hegarty

Talent Development Manager, Oh Yeah Music Centre

Charlene’s music industry career began in gusto at the age of 17; she performed roles in publicity and tour management, working campaigns for Tom Waits (Anti), Presidents of the United States of America (Columbia), Frank Turner (Interscope), Fighting With Wire (Atlantic) and Devotchka (Anti). In 2011, Charlene set up Smalltown America Music (STAM), a dynamic young full service-publishing wing of Smalltown America Records, a DIY punk rock record label. During Charlene’s tenure, STAM internationally serviced the copyrights for 26 individual music projects and her natural flare for developing talent and creating business opportunity is evidenced in the global licensing contracts she brokered with MTV, Toyota, Vodafone, O2 and Emmy nominated Netflix series 'Puffin Rock' which was a first of its kind collaboration with the Ulster Orchestra. Today, Charlene heads up talent development at Oh Yeah Music Centre, supported by PRSF and YouTube Music. Alongside that she runs her own management company 'Zero Myth' with a roster including Kitt Philippa, Thom Southern, Gemma Bradley and The Darkling Air.