José Luis Esquivel

Member of the Activity Tracking team: processing Cue Sheets and Spotify performance reports to ensure accurate royalty collection, and conducting back-claim investigations with international collection societies. Coordinates directly with Latin American collection societies, managing territory-specific requirements and documentation workflows. Developed comprehensive operational guides for SACM (Mexico) and SADAIC (Argentina) to standardize processes and improve collection efficiency. Previously part of the live claims team tracing royalties from major societies including PRS (UK), SACEM (France), SGAE (Spain), and SOCAN (Canada).

Music licensing and curation for feature films and clients including Pepsi, Coca-Cola, P&G, NU, Netflix, Disney+, HBO, and Star+. Negotiated high-profile licenses for Pepsi Black, Google, and Sabritas. Managed relationships with major labels (Warner, Sony, Universal) for rights negotiations. Music coordinator: oversee music production services. Handle budget management and legal compliance for all music-related content.

Composed scores for 5 feature films, 12 short films, and 4 TV series. Orchestrated for prestigious ensembles including Nashville and San Francisco orchestras. Collaborated with producers Mario Santos and Gustavo Santaolalla on high-profile projects such as MTV Unplugged - Café Tacvba and Gustavo Dudamel & LA Phil, feat. Café Tacvba. Founded Estesia, a specialized film music production and composition team. Produced the Grammy Latino-nominated composition 'Guapanguito' for Orquesta Moderna. Produced the album 'Abstracciones' with National Symphony Orchestra performers. Achieved #5 on the iTunes Germany Classical Music chart.