ABOUT CATERA
Catera is led by its founder and owner Kennita Hickman, who is an urban cultural micro-influencer, writer, content producer, and executive producer. Her 26-year career has spanned writing, public relations, voiceover talent, event production and artist management. Artists managed include The Cranberry Show, Tapebenders, and B ALXNDR. Prior to her work at Catera, she wrote for various music publications including Urbanology, Relevant, and The Source. She served as a board member for Above the Clouds, faith-based art and youth organization. She also served as Vice President for Wisconsin Area Music Industry (WAMI) and committee member at Repairers of the Breach.
OUR ETHOS
VALUES + BRAND = CULTURE
This is interchangeable with Values + Behavior = Community. Ultimately, we believe that how we engage with the world begins with what values we hold and live by. Catera is committed to building community, driving culture through our shared values.
GREATNESS IS THE DESTINATION
Greatness is excellence and domination in skill, strategy, and execution. You hire Catera, you hire the best. We are thoughtful, forward-thinking, and tacticians in getting the work done. We have little interest in being increasingly good. We strive to be exponentially great.
WE CENTER OVER MARGINALIZED COMMUNITES
We know inequity is real. It’s why we started Catera (formerly KIS Communications), to help marginalized communities gain access to local music scenes and resources. Our work centers on marginalized communities. When you work with Catera, know that we center on over-marginalized communities and will look for ways to include those communities in our projects. It also means we pay artists.
WE ARE SOLUTION ORIENTATED
Catera solves problems. It’s how we build out great projects. It centers the work and always establishes our WHY.
WE BELIEVE OUR WORK IS BOTH NOW AND THE NEXT
We are what is and what’s to come as it relates to creating equity for artists through partnerships with companies like yours. We are ambitious because we know what’s possible.