Artist Relations Lead: Grow Independent Artists (Equity)

SonicCritic is a direct-to-fan music streaming platform. Artists upload work they own outright - 100% of the masters and compositions - and keep 88% of net subscription revenue, meaning every dollar left after payment processing. No data harvesting, no algorithmic gatekeeping, no waiting on a distributor to explain where the money went.

We’re and on the iOS App Store. The product was built solo. The company is pre-seed and currently raising.

THE ROLEOur bottleneck isn’t engineering - it’s catalog. This is the first non-engineering hire, and the person in it owns artist supply end to end.

What you’ll do:

Identify and recruit independent artists who own their rights, starting in New Orleans and expanding scene by sceneRun outreach across DMs, email, and in-person - and keep the pipeline honest and currentOnboard new artists and stay their point of contact through the first 90 daysConvert early artists into referral sources for the next waveReport what artists actually say back into product decisionsWHAT WE’RE LOOKING FORReal standing with working musicians. You’ve managed, booked, engineered, released, run a label, or worked A&R - and artists take your callsComfort with high-volume outreach and the rejection that comes with itClear, direct writing. Most of this job happens in a message boxEnough rights literacy to explain masters, compositions, and why we can’t take covers or uncleared samplesSelf-direction. There is no playbook here yet; you’re writing itHelpful but not required: experience at a distributor, label, or artist services company; existing relationships outside New Orleans; familiarity with the independent artist tooling landscape.COMPENSATIONStraight version: we’re pre-seed. This role starts part-time and equity-only - 0.25–0.5%, four-year vest with a one-year cliff - and converts to a market-salaried full-time role when our seed round closes. If you need cash compensation from day one, this isn’t the right time for you, but I’d still like to hear from you.

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