Big Yellow Dog Music hires Jacee Badeaux as Creative Director

Big Yellow Dog Music has hired Jacee Badeaux as Creative Director. In this role, he will assist the creative services team responsible for writer management and song plugging.

In 2011, Badeaux appeared on season 10 of American Idol, where he made it to the Top 40. He then attended Belmont University and interned at Big Yellow Dog Music while pursuing his degree. Following graduation in May 2017, Badeaux served on the administrative staff at APA before finding a home at Big Yellow Dog Music.

"As a growing publishing company, we always look for the brightest lights to bring to Big Yellow Dog and to our music community," says Big Yellow Dog Music CEO Carla Wallace. "If you get a chance to meet this guy, you will see why he got a gig here. He can also make a really good gumbo."

About Big Yellow Dog Music:

Big Yellow Dog Music is an independent music publishing and artist development company based in Nashville, TN. Over its 19 years of experience, it has been recognized with such accolades as four GRAMMYs (including all-genre Song of the Year "Need You Now"), 34 No. 1 songs, four Song of the Year awards (ACM, BMI, and two ASCAP), an ASCAP Global Award, five ASCAP/BMI Pop Awards, and the 2017 AIMP Independent Publisher of the Year award.

Its catalog includes songs performed by Meghan Trainor, Maren Morris, Lady Antebellum, Demi Lovato, Rascal Flatts, Luke Bryan, Charlie Puth, Keith Urban, Labrinth, Jennifer Lopez, Chris Lane, Jason Derulo, Florida Georgia Line, DJ Khaled, Dierks Bentley, Fifth Harmony, Michael Bublé, Josh Turner, and others. Big Yellow Dog Music's film, television, and brand division had more than 400 placements in both 2016 and 2017, including uses by Big Little Lies, JCPenney, How to Get Away With Murder, Shades of Blue, HP, Mad Max: Fury Road, Moana, The Peanuts Movie, T-Mobile, and The Edge of Seventeen.