AVP, Artist Relations

Yamaha CorporationFranklin, TN

About The Position

The Yamaha Artist Relations Group provides support for Yamaha Performing Artists throughout the world while leveraging the Yamaha brand through artistic collaborations. We promote Yamaha as the number one music manufacturer in the world through collaboration with our internal stakeholders.

Requirements

  • Align work efforts with brand strategy and positioning, brand attributes, and branding guidelines
  • Understand how the business works, including how YCA makes money and achieves goals
  • Ability to highlight the connection between organizational strategy and projects
  • Gather information towards appropriate solutions
  • Use skills to obtain positive outcomes and agreement with facilities contractors and vendors; settles differences with minimum noise
  • Quickly connect with prospective artists and maintain relationships
  • Accurately identify risks
  • Yamaha Way (Will, Integrity, Initiative, Challenge, Commitment)
  • Customer Focus
  • Instills Trust
  • Strategic Mindset
  • Drives Engagement
  • Cultivates Innovation
  • Drives Vision & Purpose
  • Budget management
  • Progressive success in the music industry/business
  • Demonstrated success working and influencing others in a high-volume, matrixed organization
  • Able to travel domestically up to 45%. Includes nights and weekends.
  • Demonstrated success delivering customer service to high-touch clientele
  • Demonstrated success managing or engaging or doing business with musicians and/or industry professionals
  • People management

Nice To Haves

  • 15+ years of experience working with national& international level artists
  • Bachelor’s degree in music business or related field
  • Progressive experience in music production, record label, touring, or logistics

Responsibilities

  • Drive an organizational culture that attracts, empowers, develops, retains and rewards employees who fit and enhance the defined culture
  • Drive strategic direction for YCA Artist Relations aligned with YCA
  • Drive achievement of Artist Relations objectives, goals and KPIs
  • Drive resolution of critical matters that impact Artist Relations
  • Drive artist engagement
  • Drive short and long-term business plans for Artist Relations branding
  • Drive alignment of strategic plans and priorities across YCA and YCJ, specific to artist relations.
  • Lead communication and support with artist community
  • Lead communication and collaboration and follow through with internal and external stakeholders
  • Contribute to the production of high-profile corporate events
  • Lead the plan for Franklin studio utilization

Benefits

  • Comprehensive benefits package including Medical, Vision, Dental, LTD, Life-Insurance and 401k with match AND automatic contributions
  • Performance based bonus program
  • Robust employee wellness programs including free music lessons
  • Generous Wellness reimbursement program
  • Tobacco cessation reward program
  • Private concerts from award winning artists
  • Discounted hotel, travel, entertainment, and other attractions
  • Employee product purchase program
  • Casual dress
  • Vacation, sick-time and personal floating holidays
  • Monthly events, for example -- Bring Your Dog to Work Day, Employee Singing Competitions, Spirit Week and other fun events
  • Inclusive and passionate culture
  • We foster a culture in which everyone feels welcomed, included, and valued; and recognize that diversity contributes to the success of Yamaha

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What This Job Offers

Job Type

Full-time

Career Level

Senior

Education Level

No Education Listed

Number of Employees

5,001-10,000 employees

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