Tim Burnett serves as Vice President of Business and Publishing Administration for Heavy Hitters Music and Vice President of Music Publishing for its parent company, Made in Memphis Entertainment (MIME). In these roles, he oversees all MIME publishing activities across its companies, from administration to sync licensing and more.
Burnett worked at Warner/Chappell Music Publishing from 2001-2015, where he rose to Senior Manager of U.S. Royalties. In 2015, he moved to Universal Music Publishing as the Senior Manager of Global Royalties. After a turn at David Weise and Associates (now part of NKSFB) as Royalty Manager – Audit, he joined Heavy Hitters as Manager of Royalties and Publishing Administration in August 2019 and was promoted to Senior Director of Business and Publishing Administration in January 2021.
During his time at Heavy Hitters, Burnett has implemented a new royalty program, which brings increased transparency for clients to view performance and royalty metrics, that covers all MIME publishing activities including Heavy Hitters, MIME Publishing, and Beatroot Publishing. He has also moved MIME’s entire catalog under his supervision to ensure everything is housed together.