Artist & Label Relations Lead

The Neal Agency•Nashville, TN

About The Position

Sticks Management is looking for an Artist & Label Relations Lead to serve as the connector between our artists, their management team, and record label partners. This role reports to the department head and owns day-to-day project management for a roster of 2–3 artists, ensuring release strategies are executed on time, at the highest level, and authentic to each artist’s brand and vision.

Requirements

2+ years of experience in artist management, record labels, or music project coordination.
Prior experience managing release cycles and/or working directly with record labels strongly preferred.
Excellent project management skills; comfortable managing multiple timelines, deliverables, and stakeholders simultaneously.
Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to translate between artist/management priorities and label operations.
High attention to detail, especially around approvals, deadlines, and asset tracking.
Proactive, self-directed, and able to anticipate needs before they become urgent.
Comfortable working with senior artists, managers, and label executives with professionalism and discretion.
Working knowledge of the music release ecosystem: streaming/sales, marketing, media, sync, radio, and international rollout.
Proficiency with project management tools and standard office/communication tools.

Nice To Haves

Existing relationships with label partners, DSP reps, or PR agencies.
Experience supporting award season campaigns or press strategy.
Genuine passion for music and artist development.

Responsibilities

Take project management lead on 2–3 artists.
Keep in lockstep communication with artist manager(s) to align on goals, needs and present plans to artist(s) as needed.
Project manage and oversee music release plans, timelines, strategies and execution across record label(s) to ensure things are on time, maximized and authentic to the artist’s brand and wants.
Build and maintain relationships with label partners.
Work in tandem with all label departments including Creative/Content, Streaming/Sales, Marketing, International, Media, Sync, Radio, etc.
Help update appropriate label counterparts with key dates and artist approvals.
Keep track of necessary production deadlines to ensure requests are delivered in a timely manner.
Work with Digital Marketing & Creative departments at Sticks Mgmt to align social/digital strategies, creative needs and execution.
Maintain communication and relationships with DSP artist reps and work in tandem on respective DSP activations.
Work in tandem with the artist’s PR agency (when applicable) and/or their label PR rep to strategize award show campaigns, press opportunities and review/update media assets.
Manage and send weekly internal project updates to artist manager(s) of outstanding items, deadlines and ongoing projects.
Send weekly project updates to artist(s) recapping highlights of their current music release/focus(es) (radio/charts, etc.).