Music & Artist Relations Lead

About GRAI

GRAI is reimagining how music is discovered and shared, created around the social layer of it. We're pre-launch, moving fast, and building the infrastructure for how the next generation of artists connects with their audience.

Responsibilities

• Own the artist relations strategy end-to-end — landscape, priorities, and how it maps to GRAI's growth stage
• Define how GRAI works with artists, including onboarding, co-marketing, content integrations, and ambassador relationships
• Build the onboarding pipeline as a system, from industry networks and platforms to live events and social discovery
• Manage the most important artist relationships personally; build a team and playbook to run the rest
• Hire, lead, and develop the artist relations team
• Turn ground-level insight into product and marketing decisions
• Create partnership opportunities beyond the app: campaigns, content, and events

Requirements

• A senior operator from the music industry with experience building and leading artist- or partnership-facing teams (label, streaming platform, music tech, artist management)
• Real, owned relationships across the US emerging/mid-tier artist ecosystem
• Fluent in both the creative side of artists and the business side of partnerships
• Experience doing 0→1 and managing people — comfortable being in the weeds pre-launch and scaling into pure leadership as the function matures
• Strategic thinking and execution in one person

Qualifications

• Proven track record of success in the music industry
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team
• Passion for music and technology

Skills

• Artist relations strategy and execution
• Relationship-building and partnership management
• Onboarding and pipeline development
• Team leadership and development
• Product and marketing decision-making
• Business acumen and strategic thinking

Benefits

• Leadership seat with a direct line to the founding team
• Shape product direction
• Ground-floor moment at a music tech company with serious backing and a clear thesis
• Competitive compensation + equity
• Flexibility in how you work
• US/remote option