AVP, Artist Relations

Yamaha Careers•Franklin, TN

1d•Onsite

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. This role promotes Yamaha as the number one music manufacturer in the world through collaboration with internal stakeholders. The position drives an organizational culture that attracts, empowers, develops, retains, and rewards employees, aligns strategic direction for YCA Artist Relations with YCA, achieves Artist Relations objectives, goals, and KPIs, resolves critical matters impacting Artist Relations, drives artist engagement, develops short and long-term business plans for Artist Relations branding, and ensures alignment of strategic plans and priorities across YCA and YCJ specific to artist relations.

Requirements

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
Align work efforts with brand strategy and positioning, brand attributes, and branding guidelines (Brand Promotion – Artist Relations)
Understand how the business works, including how YCA makes money and achieves goals (Business Acumen – YCA)
Ability to highlight the connection between organizational strategy and projects (Business Environment – YCA)
Gather information towards appropriate solutions (Customer/Artist Problem Resolution)
Use skills to obtain positive outcomes and agreement with facilities contractors and vendors; settles differences with minimum noise (Negotiation/Vendor Management – YCA)
Quickly connect with prospective artists and maintain relationships (Relationship Building and Maintenance – Artist Relations)
Accurately identify risks (Risk Management – Artist Relations)
Yamaha Way (Will, Integrity, Initiative, Challenge, Commitment)
Customer Focus
Instills Trust
Strategic Mindset
Drives Engagement
Cultivates Innovation
Drives Vision & Purpose

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