Artist Relations Lead

Believe • New York, NY

21h • Hybrid

About The Position

TuneCore is looking for an Artist Relations Lead to join our team to drive strategic artist acquisition while supporting the company’s artist experience with creativity and innovation at the forefront of the role. TuneCore’s Artist Relations team works directly with artists, DSP partners, and internal teams to deliver a best-in-class digital distribution experience. In this role, you will play a key part in identifying and bringing high-potential independent artists onto the TuneCore platform while ensuring our top accounts receive white-glove support throughout their lifecycle. As an Artist Relations Lead, you will support A&R-driven artist acquisition efforts by proactively identifying, researching, and cultivating high-potential independent artists, managers, and partners aligned with TuneCore’s growth priorities. You will build and manage a qualified pipeline through industry networking, market analysis, DSP insights, live events, and social discovery—contributing to the full lifecycle from prospecting to onboarding. You’ll confidently articulate TuneCore’s value proposition, lead commercial conversations, and close strategic deals that convert prospects into long-term, high-value partners. In addition to growing the roster, you’ll provide highly personalized, omnichannel support to strategic accounts, guiding artists through their release lifecycle—from catalog upload and release day to sales reporting and performance. You’ll work cross-functionally to advocate for artist needs, deliver product feedback, and ensure clients have access to industry insights, monetization optimization through TuneCore’s Accelerator program, early access opportunities, and more. To be successful in this role, you’ll be a seasoned music industry professional with experience in A&R, artist development, or business development, alongside a strong track record of client success. You’re commercially savvy, strategically minded, comfortable building relationships from the ground up, and willing to roll up your sleeves to get the job done. Availability outside of regular business hours will be expected to support artists in executing their release strategies. You will be in an artist-facing role that encompasses the following responsibilities:

Requirements

• 5+ years experience working in the music industry preferably in distribution, artist management, or independent labels.
• Excellent communications skills: written, verbal and interpersonal.
• Must be an enthusiastic self starter with a proven track record of executing client retention programs and artist growth opportunities.
• Extremely technologically savvy with both known platforms and tools, as well as picking up proprietary tech quickly.
• Be highly motivated with the ability to solve problems creatively and quickly.
• Excellent time management skills, with the ability to prioritize, multi-task and work under shifting deadlines.
• Must be collaboration minded and comfortable working cross-functionally across varying organizational levels.
• You should be able to demonstrate thoroughness, follow-up/follow-through, and attention to detail.
• Solid Knowledge and proven ability to apply the principles of in digital distribution and the digital music space, and common issues facing music professionals.
• Knowledge and experience in social media.
• Demonstrated leadership ability and a track record of successful planning and execution.
• Proactive, energetic attitude with a desire to work in a results-oriented environment.

Nice To Haves

• BA/BS Degree preferred
• Knowledge of music metadata preferred.
• Experience with Jira, Asana, customer relationship manager platforms (Zendesk, Salesforce, etc.)
• Experience with digital content management systems (iTunes Connect, Music Providers, etc.), data platforms (Chartmetrics, Tableau), and streaming platform artist portals, preferred

Responsibilities

• Proactively identify, research, and cultivate high-potential independent artists, managers, and partners to drive new artist acquisition aligned with TuneCore’s strategic growth priorities.
• Build, curate, and manage a qualified pipeline of artist leads through industry networking, DSP insights, market analysis, live events, social discovery, and inbound opportunities—owning the lifecycle from prospecting to onboarding.
• Support commercial conversations, articulate TuneCore’s value proposition, negotiate where appropriate, and close strategic deals that convert prospects into long-term TuneCore partners.
• Provide highly personalized omni-channel support for a cohort of strategic TuneCore artist accounts to ensure seamless distribution experiences from start to finish.
• Partner with Artist Support & Operations teams to optimize processes and resolve high-profile artist issues quickly and efficiently.
• Participate in artist retention and brand-building activities within the music community alongside other members of the TuneCore team.
• Build strong brand loyalty through relationship building, release management, and proactive opportunity sharing.
• Assist in the execution education programs that help artists accelerate their career growth.
• Assist in artist catalog transfers and cross-sell opportunities with TuneCore’s parent company, Believe.
• Identify, alongside Believe Distribution Services, cross-stream opportunities for new and existing artists.
• Represent TuneCore within the music community by attending conferences, events, and showcases, partnering with Marketing to maximize reach and engagement.
• Engage with music communities both online and offline, advocating for the benefits of TuneCore.
• Curate and manage key data, metrics, and analytics to monitor account health, growth opportunities, and churn risk.
• Additional special projects as needed.

Benefits

• Paid Time Off including vacation, holidays, paid bereavement, unlimited paid sick days, and company-wide week off between Christmas and New Years
• Wellness Fridays
• Universal Paid Parental Leave for both parents
• Comprehensive health, vision, dental, FSA and dependent care from day 1 of employment
• 401k match
• Company wide events, outings and volunteer days
• Hybrid Work
• Learning and development opportunities and career development training
• Free distribution subscription for employees

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Associate degree