Artist & Label Partnerships Manager
Description
As a part of the Artist & Label Partnerships team you’ll work with key labels, artists and managers to create and implement impactful initiatives focused on supporting Nashville label partners. You will work closely with the Nashville and North American team on local pivotal initiatives as well as your international counterparts on global campaigns. You will also bring to bear this relationship to further Spotify’s marketing and partnership initiatives to the mutual benefit of Spotify and its industry partners.
For the Manager, Artist & Label Partnerships role on the Nashville team we seek an outstanding candidate who is an enthusiastic music fan and proven leader with experience building and maintaining partner relationships, with an ability to multi-task and build, lead and implement complex campaigns.
What You'll Do:
- Represent Spotify’s Artist and Label Partnerships department externally, attending meetings with the industry, including label partners, managers and artists to find opportunities and cultivate partnerships.
- Track, review, and evaluate artist and label priorities, as well as culturally relevant moments, and identify in collaboration with a cross-functional team those artists that Spotify will support in on and off platform promotions.
- Work directly with the artists, their label and their management teams to gather insights and develop executive-level priority campaigns, from brief development, conception, production all the way through execution, analysis and recap.
- Develop relationships, collaborate and advocate with internal partners.
- Collaborate with internal teams on industry education, with an expectation of speaking on behalf of Spotify at key industry events both online and in-person.
- Lead and / or mentor members of the team, guiding them through campaign planning, relationship building, and cross-functional process execution.
- Inform internal product development and company strategy through the lens of an independent artist or label, advocating for this sector of the industry both internally and externally.
Requirements
- You have 5 + years of demonstrated ability building global marketing campaigns or complex project management and a proven leader able to manage multiple top priority projects simultaneously.
- You have a minimum of 3 years of experience working in Nashville, or working closely with Nashville-based artists, labels, and managers.
- You have an established passion for the Nashville music community and are in tune to various genres and cultures of music coming out of Nashville, including, without limitation, Country, Christian/Gospel, and Folk/Americana.
- Understanding of the music industry and experience including label and/or management.
- Exhibit a clear understanding of the marketplace, competitors, and current trends and innovations with strong relationships throughout the industry.
- Exhibit a thorough understanding of the Nashville label sector across all genres and key players in the industry, with the ability to identify growth areas and difficulties across this space.
- You have an exceptional ability to build and maintain relationships.
- You are an open, transparent and clear communicator.
- You are well organized and strive for operational excellence with the ability to plan and deliver on tight deadlines and pay exceptional attention to detail.
- You are comfortable in very fast paced, intense work environments and flourish with a team that moves quickly.
- An optimistic-minded, self-starter with an entrepreneurial attitude and interest in problem solving.
- Able to easily adapt and learn new skills as circumstances require.
- Willingness to travel and participate in night and weekend events.
- Located in Nashville, or willing to relocate.
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