Payday Music Publishing expands LA operations

29 April 2025 - Press release

New Synch Hires, Coachella Sessions and Studio Expansion

Payday Music Publishing (‘Payday Publishing’), the leading independent publishers of Electronic Dance Music, Pop, Hip-Hop, Jazz and Reggae, has announced two senior hires to further bolster its LA based sync department.

Jamey Sussman and Desiree Autobee will both report to Payday Publishing (formerly known as Ultra International Music Publishing), Founder & CEO Patrick Moxey and will be based in the company’s Santa Monica offices. They have been appointed to the positions of Synch Director, Trailers & Ads and Synch Director, TV & Film respectively. Both executives will be procuring placements for the songwriters and artists Payday Publishing represent in film, television, ads and trailers utilizing the company’s extensive music catalog and talented roster to drive impactful campaigns. 

The company has recently secured sync placements with Range Rover, Nissan, Martini, Fortnite, Venmo, Chase Bank and many more, as well as in TV shows such as Shrinking, Tell Me Lies, Grey's Anatomy, and Abbott Elementary among others.

Jamey Sussman joins Payday Publishing from leading music licensing agency Score A Score where she held the position of Director of Sync Partnerships for Entertainment Marketing. With a creative background in music supervision, she has built strong relationships across film, TV, trailers, streaming, sports, ads, video games, and digital brands, driving impactful sync licensing partnerships. Her strategic insights into custom and bespoke music offerings have transformed organizations she’s worked with into high-profile music production houses, playing a key role in the success of numerous award-winning marketing campaigns, including trailers for Paramount Pictures' Babylon, A24’s Sing Sing, and HBO’s The White Lotus S2.

Desiree Autobee was previously at MNRK Music Group where she was Director of Creative Sync and Licensing. She started her career in the Film/TV licensing department at Warner Music Group, before taking on a creative sync role at Universal Music Group. Placements throughout her career include Naughty By Nature "Hip Hop Hooray" in Fleishman Is In Trouble, Jelani Blackman & Manga Saint Hilare "Maybe Not" in EA's FIFA, The Score "Legend" in the trailer for Pitch Perfect 3, Maia Friedman "First To Love" in The Rookie, and numerous others in productions for Hulu, ESPN, Fortnite, Netflix, Fox Sports and more.

Patrick Moxey, Founder & CEO of Payday Publishing said, "We're so excited to have Desiree and Jamey join our six person strong in-house sync team in Santa Monica. Having dedicated, on the ground sync executives in LA, New York and London is producing amazing results for the writers and artists we represent.”

 Recent songwriter signings from Payday Publishing LA office include Reo Cragun, Gaidaa, Hugo Chan, Cassian, David Brook, Midi Jones, Konstantin Kersting, Pluko, Angry Baby, and Austin Brown. Their collective credits include co-writes with Doechii, David Guetta, Alessia Cara, Anyma, FISHER, JADEN, Flume, Marshmello, and others. 

Payday Publishing is also excited to announce the opening of an additional studio in LA, bringing its studio footprint up to four state-of-the-art rooms in Santa Monica and two in Hollywood. These studios, which have recently hosted sessions with songwriters and artists such as Tyler the Creator, Thundercat, Lil Yachty and Afrojack among others will shortly be hosting their 8th annual Coachella camp, which in previous years has included contributions from Playboi Carti, Sofi Tukker, Bob Moses, YG, DVBBs, Disco Lines, J Worra, ASAP Ferg, Bob Sinclair and many more.