Artist & Label Relations Manager: SoundCloud

• Artist & Label Relations Manager:
  Sound Cloud

Sound Cloud's open role is for an Artist & Label Relations Manager in New York. The New York role pays $80,000 to $90,000 annually and covers artist and label relationships, partner education, music release planning, and platform support. The position requires 1 to 2 years of experience in artist or label relations, A&R, or partnership management within a record label, distributor, management company, or digital music service.

The New York music business role works across the United States music ecosystem while coordinating with Sound Cloud teams in marketing, content operations, product, and data science. The manager develops Hip-Hop music strategy, identifies emerging artists and scenes, and translates platform data into plans for artists and labels. English fluency, broad genre interest, deep knowledge of Sound Cloud, and comfort working across time zones are part of the stated profile.

• Role: Artist & Label Relations Manager
• Employer: Sound Cloud
• Location: New York, New York
• Pay: $80,000 to $90,000 annually
• Experience: 1 to 2 years in artist or label relations, A&R, or partnership management

The manager serves as Sound Cloud's primary ambassador across the US music ecosystem. Daily work builds and maintains relationships with artists, managers, labels, and distributors. Partner education covers platform best practices, while day to day support addresses technical and operational questions from the people using Sound Cloud to release or develop music.

Release planning adds a longer planning cycle to the partner work. The manager creates strategic plans with artists and labels, coordinates with internal specialists, and turns partner needs into practical next steps. Relationship work also includes hosting artist visits and performances at Sound Cloud's New York office, where external music contacts meet the company teams responsible for platform and content work.

• Artist, manager, label, and distributor relationships
• Technical and operational partner support
• Strategic planning for music content releases

Hip-Hop strategy is a defined part of the manager's work. The position develops and executes Sound Cloud's Hip-Hop music strategy while tracking the scenes and communities connected to that work. The manager identifies emerging artists, cultural movements, and audience signals that can shape future partner plans.

Sound Cloud places this partner work alongside music marketing, content operations, product, and data science or analytics teams. The manager translates platform data and cultural signals into actionable artist and label strategies. That work requires clear communication with specialists who measure audience behavior, maintain platform operations, or build product tools.

The role also connects partner conversations with platform knowledge. An artist or label relationship can involve release planning, technical support, education on available tools, and a recommendation about the next stage of a campaign. The manager keeps those threads organized while working with teams that hold different kinds of information.

Sound Cloud seeks 1 to 2 years of experience in artist or label relations, A&R, or partnership management. The qualifying background can come from a record label, distributor, management company, or digital music service. The position also calls for broad interest across music genres, deep knowledge of Sound Cloud, and expertise in Hip-Hop and underground music culture.

Communication carries practical weight in this work. The manager needs to build relationships, explain…