Artist Growth Hires Rob Weitzner As Executive Vice President of Revenue and Growth

Executive Hiring Kicks Off Series of Ambitious Moves

FEBRUARY 28, 2022 — New York, NY — Artist Growth, the premier collaboration platform for labels, artist managers, and creative teams "from start to finish" (Bloomberg Businessweek), today announced the hiring of Rob Weitzner as Executive Vice President of Revenue & Growth.

A deeply experienced executive who deftly operates at the crossroads of music and technology, Weitzner will leverage his decades of industry expertise to forge new pathways and partnerships for the company, leading marketing, business development, and sales strategies around Artist Growth’s game-changing music industry API – which drives collaboration while streamlining workflow and data for labels, management and touring.

Throughout his career, Weitzner has delivered success for artists, labels, and digital innovators alike. After spending the first decade of his extensive career in artist management, he was recruited by then startup eMusic to serve as Vice President of Business Development and Head of the company’s NY Office, where he played a key role in architecting the launch of the first-ever digital music subscription service in 2000. From there, he transitioned to Vice President of Business Development and Digital Strategy at independent powerhouse TVT Records before taking leadership roles at A2IM (American Association of Independent Music) as a Founding Executive and IODA as Head of Global Business Development.

Holding an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School and a B.A. Economics from Stanford University, the New York native spent the last 13 years serving as Head of Business Development, Strategy & Partnerships for The state51 Music Group’s digital supply chain company Consolidated Independent (CI) before joining Artist Growth.

“Our vision is that the Artist Growth platform will serve as the collaboration standard for the entire creative media ecosystem,” said Rob Weitzner, EVP of Revenue & Growth. “This is an ambitious goal, but I feel it’s wholly achievable, given the company’s track record over the past ten years and the massive opportunity that lies ahead. There is a massive opportunity as we launch the next decade of Artist Growth.”

Artist Growth is the leading platform for collaboration across the music industry, giving artists and their teams the ability to work in real time and execute plans that elevate their careers. Founder & CEO Matt Urmy started Artist Growth while he was a touring musician. He saw a need and an opportunity within the music industry to create a single platform that enabled seamless workflow between artists, labels and managers. Since launching in 2012, Artist Growth’s client base has expanded to serve nearly every corner of the music industry.

“Having spent his career at the intersection of music, technology and entrepreneurship, Rob not only has deep experience as a leader in our industry, but he innately understands the challenges our creative and business communities collectively face in this ever-changing environment,” said Matt Urmy. “His expertise and passion are in perfect alignment with our mission. I’m thrilled he’s on the team.”

ABOUT ARTIST GROWTH

Artist Growth is the only cloud-based solution on the market today that offers labels, managers and creators the tools they need to comprehensively manage their events and the real-time collaboration required around marketing & promotion. Today, artists need to save all the time they can for their creative process, but also have to be involved in every aspect of their business. With a robust set of tools, covering Events, Tasks, Finances, Merchandise and Data Reporting, Artist Growth provides a refined set of industry best practices for organizing, managing and analyzing information. Artist Growth is the software platform for enabling creators to run their business, and for managers, labels and other industry professionals looking to modernize their team’s workflow and data strategy. Learn more at www.artistgrowth.com.

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