Artist Partner Engagement Manager

About Duetti Duetti is redefining how independent music creators monetize and grow their careers. Founded in 2022 by CEO Lior Tibon and COO Christopher Nolte, Duetti partners with creators to unlock the value of their catalogs through flexible, straightforward deals, while also offering top-tier catalog management, distribution, and marketing services. Since its founding, Duetti has partnered with over 1,100 music creators across 40 countries - including Connor Price, Ingrid Contreras, and Brent Morgan - helping them monetize their music on their own terms and reach new audiences. Backed by leading investors including The Raine Group, Flexpoint Ford, Nyca Partners, Viola Ventures, and Roc Nation, Duetti has raised over $635 million in capital to fund independent music creators. Fueled by a belief in independence and financial empowerment, Duetti is building a more sustainable future for music creators everywhere. With offices in New York City, Los Angeles, Miami, and London, Duetti offers a competitive benefits package, including healthcare coverage, flexible paid time off, and a hybrid work model. Duetti provides an ambitious, high-ownership environment where your work will have an immediate, tangible impact. About the Role The goal of this role is to ensure every artist partner feels genuinely supported - starting at signing and continuing throughout the full life of their partnership with Duetti. We're looking for an Artist Partner Engagement Manager to join our Marketing team. This role is responsible for building the systems and relationships that help us show up for artists in a meaningful way - not just when a deal is signed, but over the long arc of their careers. You sit at the intersection of relationship management, cultural intelligence, and strategic process. You also understand how artists think, what they care about, and how trust is earned in the music world. What You'll Do: Artist Partner Strategy Own the onboarding experience for newly signed artist partners, ensuring a seamless and intentional transition from deal close to active relationship Own and develop long-term relationship strategies for priority artist partners, thinking in timelines of 1224 months rather than immediate opportunities Identify the right moments to engage - upon signing, releases, tours, life moments, career transitions, Duetti milestones - and help the team show up with intention and relevance Build and maintain relationship maps for key contacts, including managers, lawyers, producers, and other key members of an artist's extended team Represent the company in select artist-facing settings, building credibility and trust directly with artists and their circles Relationship Management & Process Build and maintain a clear system for tracking relationship activity, touchpoints, and next steps across all priority accounts Develop playbooks and cadences for different stages of the relationship lifecycle Partner with sales ops to keep our CRM current and accurate so it functions as a real time view of relationship health that the full team can rely on and actively reference Report on relationship health and development to marketing and A&R leadership regularly Meet with artist partners to help them get acquainted with Duetti, manage deliverables, and work on ongoing projects and campaigns with them Requirements: 47 years of experience in the music industry in a role that required both relationship building and organizational discipline artist management, label marketing, A&R coordination, artist partnerships, or similar Deep cultural fluency with artists - you understand their world, their language, and what it takes to earn their trust Strong instincts for process and systems - you build structures that actually get used because they make people's work better A natural collaborator who can work across teams (Marketing, A&R, Creative) without needing to own every outcome Comfortable with CRM tools (Salesforce, HubSpot, or similar) and able to use data to track and communicate relationship health over time Excellent written and verbal communication - you can craft an outreach message that doesn't sound like one Low ego, high standards - equally comfortable behind the scenes and in the room Nice to Have: Experience on the artist or management side (ie. former artist manager) Existing relationships within the independent or major label ecosystem Experience building a relationship management process from the ground up Why This Role: This is a new function, which means real ownership over how it's shaped and built. You'll work closely with both Marketing and A&R leadership, with direct influence on how we grow and sustain relationships with artists over time. If you believe that the best deals start with genuine relationships - and you want to help a team actually live that out - this is the role. $90,000 - $120,000 a year #J-18808-Ljbffr Tanzu