Dan Rutman has joined Spotify as its Head of Music Creator Partnerships, in response to a publish on LinkedIn noticed by MBW.
In accordance with a job commercial posted for this very position by Spotify, Rutman can be answerable for a partnerships technique that “drives constructive sentiment towards Spotify for Artists”.
Moreover, Rutman can be answerable for “develop[ing] the Spotify for Artists model amongst creators”, in addition to “enact[ing] experiments with new services partnerships that assist creators’ profession objectives”,.
His remit, in response to the job advert, may also embody growing “scalable processes to handle a number of partnerships concurrently whereas prioritizing these that can have the best impression on Spotify’s relationship to creators”.
Rutman was beforehand Head of Enterprise Growth at TuneCore, a job he was promoted to in January 2022, from his earlier position as Director, US & Canada, which he was appointed to in Could final yr.
As Director, US & Canada, at TuneCore, Rutman was employed to guide enterprise growth alternatives for each acquisition-based strategic partnerships and model partnerships throughout all key industries for the corporate.
He was additionally chargeable for Canadian artist relations and partnerships as Head of TuneCore Canada.
On the time he was appointed to the Director, US & Canada position, Rutman, stated: “Because the rise of the impartial artist turns into the distinguished narrative throughout the music business, I really feel very lucky to be entrusted to this place at TuneCore; an organization that exists on the nexus of music and tech.
“I’m thrilled to construct TuneCore’s model and core providing by means of artistic and business strategic partnerships.”
Apart from TuneCore and Spotify, Rutman can also be the founding father of Solitaire Recordings, an impartial report label that has collected over 100m streams over its lifetime.
The label, based mostly between Melbourne, Australia and Brooklyn, New York, is house to artists similar to Little Child, Jonathan One thing, Widespread Holly and Jack Grace.
Rutman has additionally labored at Distant Management Data, the ANZ satellite tv for pc workplace for Beggars Group/XL Recordings/4AD/Tough Commerce/Younger Turks/and so on, and Sneak Assault Media, which was acquired by The Syndicate in 2018.Music Enterprise Worldwide
