Director of Artist Relations & Management

Harmonic Operations | Certified B Corp; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 59,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative music management firm is looking for a Director of Artist Relations & Management in London. The role involves leading artist management, developing career strategies, and building relationships with artists and industry partners. Candidates should have a strong background in artist management and a deep understanding of the music industry. The position offers a salary of up to £70k base plus uncapped commission, with a hybrid work model of 3 days in the office and 2 days from home.

Qualifications

• Strong background in artist management or relations.
• Experience working with artists, managers, and labels.
• Deep understanding of digital distribution and platform growth.
• Excellent communicator and relationship builder.

Responsibilities

• Lead and scale the Artist Relations and Management function.
• Develop and implement long-term artist career strategies.
• Build and maintain relationships with artists and partners.
• Mentor the Artist Relations and Management team.

Skills

Artist management

Relationship-building

Knowledge of the music industry

Communication

Job description

Director of Artist Relations & Management | Fast Growth Music Management Scale Up | London

Harmonic are delighted to be working on a retained basis alongside an extremely exciting, fast growth independent rights music management scale up, in the search for a Director of Artist Relations & Management to join their consistently growing team. As a newly created role, there will be huge amounts of autonomy and ownership on offer, while suiting highly curious and ambitious candidates looking to have a real voice at the table during this next growth phase.

The Business:

The nature of this business is centred around providing real support to independent musicians, artists and label creators to ensure the maintaining of full creative control while maximizing global reach. Providing premium digital distribution and YouTube channel management services to a carefully curated roster of emerging talent, our clients invite-only platform ensures personalized attention for artists who wish to retain complete ownership of their work while accessing industry-leading tools to optimize their presence across the digital music ecosystem.

With tailored solutions for each individual client and their respective career journeys, services include supporting with music distribution, data analysis, promotion strategy, royalties and accounting and YouTube channel management. This comes with the ultimate goal of ensuring artists retain ownership of their music, protecting copyright and earnings, and expanding audience and revenue.

This extremely culture driven business focuses on values including respect, fun, knowledge and putting their clients interests at the forefront of their mission. With global headcount for the team at 35 and scaling, and turnover at £35 million and growing year-on-year, this is an extremely exciting opportunity to grow alongside, and have a real impact on the expansion of the business.

The Role:

This vacancy comes at a hugely exciting moment, with a newly created Director of Sales role also currently being hired. The business are in a period of exponential growth – with YouTube and DSP earnings up by 160% in 2025 compared to the same period in 2024. There is therefore the need to grow the team to meet the increasing demand and to expand our offering for the artist community.

The main purpose of the role will be to lead and scale the Artist Relations and Management function, acting as a senior artist manager, building trusted, long-term relationships with artists, labels, managers, and creators. The role is responsible for long-term artist career development, release strategies, platform growth, audience development, retention, and overall satisfaction, ensuring artists receive best-in-class management-style support.

Duties

Artist Management & Career Development:

• Act as senior artist manager and trusted advisor for artists and creators.
• Develop and own long-term artist career strategies, including creative direction, release planning, platform growth, and monetisation.
• Work closely with artists and their teams (managers, labels, agents, publicists) to align goals and execute career plans.
• Lead release strategy across singles, EPs, and albums
• Support artists in audience and fan engagement, and digital brand building

Artist Services & Execution:

• Oversee delivery of artist services,
• Translate platform data and performance insights into clear, actionable recommendations for artists and their teams.
• Identify opportunities for growth across monetisation, content strategy, partnerships, and new platforms.
• Ensure artists understand and maximise the value businesses services.

Relationship Management:

• Build deep, long-term relationships with artists, managers, labels, and partners.
• Act as the internal voice of the artist, championing artist needs and priorities across the business.
• Support onboarding of new artists in collaboration with Sales and Client Relations, ensuring a smooth transition into artist management.

Team Leadership & Strategy:

• Build, lead, and mentor the Artist Relations and Management team.
• Set KPIs focused on artist growth, retention, campaign performance, and satisfaction.
• Establish best practices, workflows, and frameworks aligned with modern artist management and label services models.
• Contribute to the overall music strategy in partnership with the Head of Music

Cross-Functional Collaboration:

• Work closely with Sales, Operations, Client Relations, and other teams to align artist strategies with business goals.
• Support commercial initiatives without owning direct sales targets, ensuring artist interests remain central.
• Collaborate with external partners and platforms where required to support artist growth.

What we’d like to see (essential):

• Strong background in artist management, artist services, artist relations, or label services.
• Strong experience working directly with artists, managers, labels, and agents.
• Deep understanding of the modern music industry, digital distribution, and platform-led growth
• Previous line management experience
• Excellent communicator with a passion for relationship-building, music, culture, creativity, and artist development

What we’d like to see (bonus):

• Experience in fast growth start up / scale up beneficial but not essential

Salary

up to £70k base + uncapped commission package

Location

London (hybrid – 3 days in office / 2 from home)

If you are interested in this opportunity, please feel free to reach out on 0203773350 or email on [e-mail]

At Harmonic, we are dedicated to fostering an inclusive and equitable workplace. We actively welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds and assure you that every candidate will be thoughtfully considered for the roles we represent, without regard to race, religion, gender expression, disability, or sexual orientation.