Director, Marketing Strategist, Nashville - The Orchard
About The Orchard: The Orchard is a leading global music distributor and Artist & Label services company operating in 50+ markets worldwide. The Orchard empowers creators and businesses to grow and adapt in the dynamic global music industry. We specialize in being artist focused, blending industry expertise and technology, leveraging data to drive success, and providing streamlined digital and physical distribution solutions. The Orchard’s comprehensive artist & label services offerings include marketing, sync licensing, premium video services, transparent data analysis, advertising, rights management, radio promotion, D2C, and more. The Orchard focuses on providing a comfortable, social, and engaging environment to encourage productivity and creativity. We are seeking an experienced, innovative, and results-driven Marketing Strategist to join our Nashville based team. You will lead best-in-class marketing initiatives for high-profile artist and label partners, owning end-to-end strategy development and execution across campaigns, data initiatives, and audience engagement efforts. You’ll serve as a trusted advisor internally to stakeholders and externally to artists, managers, and labels using data-driven insights, creative acumen, and global market intelligence to drive measurable impact. You will manage cross-functional partnerships and help drive marketing innovation within the region. The role reports into SVP, Nashville with functional reporting to Senior Director, Creative Marketing & Strategy (NYC). Please note: This role requires hands-on campaign execution with occasional late night and weekend support to fully support our clients. While you will have cross-functional support from across the organization, this position does not have direct reports. What you'll do: Office- first role, in office 4 days a week. Strategic Marketing Lead the development and execution of integrated marketing strategies for priority artists & labels and releases across multiple markets and genres (country, americana, indie, hip-hop, phonk, metal & more). Own campaign planning, rollout strategy, campaign execution & measurement - ensuring alignment with audience, platform, market trends and company and client KPI’s. Client & Partner Management Act as the marketing point of contact for assigned label and artist partners. Provide strategic counsel and build deep relationships with managers, artists, labels and internal stakeholders to identify growth opportunities and drive long-term value. Creative & Storytelling Oversee the conceptualization and execution of unique, culturally resonant campaigns that break through the noise and resonate globally. Drive innovation across content, audience development, digital strategy, creator marketing, D2C/e-commerce and fan engagement within 3rd party communities and owned 1st party data like email and SMS & more. Performance Analytics & Optimization Translate campaign dat...