Event Experience
Clayton Young
CSO | Owner - Oonus Moodus
I have a multidisciplinary background that includes executive and director-level event management experience mostly, but not limited to, business administration, sustainability operations, and site operations. I have 16 years of event management experience and have also touched talent buying, staff hospo, asset mgmt, creative departments, and general consulting. I am organized, have great attention to detail and self-govern. Above all, I understand how events operate at a high level, and I can be trusted to meet the obligations of my position.
Event Highlights
I have worked 100+ events ranging from 100k music festivals to tech conferences to single day college events. This is not an exhaustive list but meant to demonstrate the level at which I have help specific roles in specific departments.
Sustainability
Operations
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Sustainability Director - Deep Tropics Music Festival (Nashville, TN) - 2024- 2025
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Sustainability Director - ILLFest (Austin, TX) - 2022
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Sustainability Director - Waterloo Music Festival (Austin, TX) 2018
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Sustainability Director - Kind Mind Campout (Minot, ME) - 2018
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Sustainability Director - Gem and Jam Music Festival (Tuscon, AZ) - 2017
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Sustainability Director - Euphoria Music Festival (Austin, TX) 2016 - 2017
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Sustainability Director - Joshua Tree Music Festival - (Joshua Tree, CA) - 2017
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Sustainability Director - Highberry Music Festival (Eureka Springs, AR) - 2017
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Asst. Sustainability Director - Lucidity Festival - (Santa Barbara, CA) - 2019
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Operations Manager - Burning Man/Ecozoic Resources (Black Rock City, NV) - 2019
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Operations Manager - Desert Daze (Lake Perris, CA) - 2019
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Public Sustainability Educator - Coachella (Indio, CA) - 2018
Site Operations
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Operations Director - Cherry Creek Holiday Market (Denver, CO) 2023 - Current
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Operations Director - Austin Holiday Market (Austin, TX) (unannounced) - 2025
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Campsite Director - Euphoria Music Festival (Austin, TX) 2015 - 2016
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Campsite Director - Imagine Music Festival (Atlanta, GA) - 2017
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Specialty Camping/Sound Camp Director - Electric Forest (Rothbury, MI) - 2018 - 2019
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Ingress/Egress Manager - Oregon Eclipse Gathering - (Big Summit Prairie, OR) - 2017
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Ingress/Egress Manager - Lightning in a Bottle - 2018 - 2019
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Wagon Master (Stage Production traffic) - Outside Lands (San Fransico, CA) - 2023
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Wagon Master - Life is Beautiful - Las Vegas, NV - 2019
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Wagon Master - Lightning in a Bottle - 2023
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Wagon Master - Hardly Strictly Bluegrass - San Francisco, CA - 2019
Administrative
Roles
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Administrative Director - Deep Tropics Festival - 2025 - Present
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Contracts & Production Box Office Manager - Envision Festival (Costa Rica) - 2017 - 2019
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Contracts & Assets Manager - Dirtybird Campout Westcoast - (Modesto, CA) - 2018
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Contracts & Admin Manager - Serenity Gathering (Oakdale, CA) - 2018
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Business Administrator - All Day I Dream (Woodward Reservoir, CA) - 2019
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Black Ops - Multiple Events (under NDA) - 2017 -2019