2025 JUROR
Beliansh Assefa GREY
Senior Music Producer // Advertising
New York
Beliansh has a degree in International Development and Social Change with a specialization in African Diasporic Human Rights from Clark University and SOAS University of London (School of Oriental and African Studies). Beyond Development, her formal education extends to music theory, sound recording, and the music business.
She composed her first song at eight years old, sixteen years later she got her first formal music business job at Kobalt Music Publishing. Beliansh has worked closely with an extensive list of composers, artists, music houses, publishers, and labels. She has worked with a variety of brands, including Coke, Simply, Sprite, Modelo, Corona, Pantene, Gillette-Venus, Tumi, Intercontinental Hotel Group, Applebee’s, Trulicity, Las Vegas, McCormick, MassMutual, Frank’s Red Hot, Ideal Image, and more.
She organizes, showcases and curates bespoke playlists. She acts and models for local NY productions and international brands.
