International creative audio network Squeak E. Clean Studios has promoted Max Taylor from sr. producer to head of production. Taylor joined Squeak E. Clean Studios in 2020 after spending four years at 20th Century Fox coordinating music for the hit drama Empire. Since joining the team, Taylor has produced a wide range of projects, including working collaboratively with Squeak’s global ensemble on Budweiser’s “Tomorrow Is Yours to Take” campaign featuring Anderson.Paak as well as the recent Marriott “Roam Around the World” campaign that included a series of covers of “roam” by the B-52s across a multitude of genres of sound. 

Chicago native Taylor grew up in the music industry, spending his formative years around concerts and musicians with his father as a sound engineer. He studied recording industry at Butler University before kicking off his career in music ticketing and promotions. He spent five years working across multiple functions of live events between Chicago, Los Angeles and New York City, liaising between artists, management teams and venues to optimize the guest experience. In 2016, he joined the production team of Empire as a music production liaison, overseeing the end-to-end process for the music-driven series.