Music Manager in London

Mowalola, founded by Nigerian designer and visionary Mowalola Ogunlesi, is a dynamic fashion brand celebrated for its bold, contemporary, and culturally infused designs. The brand has gained critical and commercial success. Mowalola blends futuristic aesthetics with cross-cultural influences, delivering unique and distinctive ready-to-wear collections that deconstruct maximalist glamour. The brand fosters creativity and innovation, making it a beacon for the next generation of fashion enthusiasts.

Core Purpose: Serve as the operator of Mowalola's music career, responsible for identifying opportunities, building strategic relationships, coordinating execution, and ensuring the artist's vision is translated into sustained career growth and commercial success.

Responsibilities:

• Strategic Career Management: Develop and oversee the artist's long-term career strategy; identify opportunities that can elevate the artist's profile, audience, and business; advise on key career decisions and priorities; build and maintain relationships across the music, media, entertainment, and creative industries; source and evaluate potential partnerships, collaborations, and growth opportunities; act as a trusted advisor to the artist and senior team; ensure all activities support the artist's long-term vision and positioning.
• Opportunity Creation: Proactively create opportunities rather than simply responding to them; identify pathways for audience growth, industry visibility, and commercial expansion; facilitate introductions to strategic partners, collaborators, and decision-makers; seek out performance, media, branding, and business opportunities that align with the artist's objectives; maintain awareness of market trends and competitive positioning.
• Leadership & Team Coordination: Serve as the central point of coordination for all music-related activities; align the efforts of A&R, Digital Director, creatives, and external partners; ensure all team members are working toward common objectives; manage communication, priorities, and decision-making processes; protect the artist's time and focus by filtering distractions and managing incoming requests.
• Business & Operations: Assist in the development and management of budgets; coordinate with legal, distribution, marketing, and external service providers; support contract negotiations and business discussions alongside legal representatives; ensure operational excellence across all music-related activities; maintain systems and processes that allow the artist's career to scale effectively.
• Performance & Accountability: Establish clear objectives and success metrics for projects and campaigns; monitor progress against goals and recommend adjustments when necessary; drive execution with urgency and accountability; ensure momentum is consistently maintained between releases and key moments.
• Growth & Opportunity Responsibilities: Identify and pursue opportunities that can advance the artist's career; develop strategies to move the artist from one stage of growth to the next; build and maintain relationships with key industry stakeholders; source potential collaborators, partners, and strategic opportunities; monitor industry trends and identify opportunities relevant to the artist's goals; seek opportunities for increased visibility, recognition, and cultural impact; develop and execute plans that support long-term career growth; identify barriers to growth and implement solutions to overcome them; evaluate opportunities and prioritise those that align with the artist's vision and objectives; advocate for the artist's interests in business and industry settings.

Qualifications:

• Essential Qualifications: Strong passion for music, fashion, culture, and contemporary creative industries; deep understanding of digital culture, social media, and audience-building strategies; ability to identify opportunities and proactively create momentum without constant direction; self-starter with strong ownership, accountability, and ability to manage multiple priorities in fast-moving environments.
• Preferred Qualifications: Experience working with artists, creatives, brands, cultural projects, or entertainment ecosystems; existing relationships or active network within music, fashion, media, nightlife, or creative industries; experience managing projects, collaborations, campaigns, or cultural initiatives; understanding of audience growth, marketing, partnerships, or digital strategy.
• Industry Qualifications: Strong understanding of how the music industry works (distribution, marketing, artist development, monetization); deep awareness of how fashion, music, and culture intersect to create relevance and identity; knowledge of brand partnerships, collaborations, and commercial cultural opportunities; strong awareness of youth culture, internet culture, and emerging trends across platforms.
• Strategic & Business Skills: Ability to identify opportunities and turn them into tangible outcomes; strong judgment in evaluating partnerships, collaborations, and strategic direction; ability to balance creative vision with commercial awareness and growth; strong relationship-building and stakeholder management across creative and business environments.
• Communication & Relationship Building: Strong interpersonal and networking skills with ability to build trust quickly; ability to represent artists confidently in creative and professional settings; clear, effective communication (verbal and written); comfortable engaging with creatives, executives, brands, and cultural stakeholders.
• Fashion & Cultural Brand Qualifications (Mowalola Context): Deep understanding of fashion as a cultural and storytelling system, not just an industry; awareness of how music, fashion, art, nightlife, and media combine to shape culture; ability to position artists within cultural conversations beyond just music spaces; understanding of global youth culture, identity, and trend cycles.
• Bonus (Not Required, but Highly Valuable): Existing high-quality relationships across music, fashion, media, or entertainment industries; experience working directly with notable artists, fashion brands, or cultural figures; strong understanding of data analytics, audience insights, or growth strategy; experience executing brand partnerships, sponsorships, or commercial deals; experience across multiple markets or international cultural scenes; hands-on experience in nightlife, creative direction, content production, or cultural programming.

Ideal Candidate Profile: The ideal candidate is a culturally connected operator across music, fashion, and culture. They are proactive, resourceful, and able to turn ideas into action in fast-moving, unstructured environments. They combine strategic thinking with strong execution. They are comfortable working across creative and business spaces, building trust and momentum without direction. Most importantly, they are motivated by long-term growth and building from the ground up, helping shape an emerging artist and cultural ecosystem rather than a traditional role.

Opportunity Structure: This role is best suited for someone looking to build alongside an emerging artist and creative ecosystem. While the position is not initially salaried, it offers meaningful hands-on experience, direct access to industry networks, involvement in high-level creative and business decision-making, and the opportunity to play a foundational role in shaping the artist's long-term career. As the artist's business and opportunities grow, there will be potential for the role to evolve into a long-term leadership position with increased responsibility, compensation, and participation in the broader success of the venture. We welcome applicants from both traditional and non-traditional backgrounds. Whether your experience comes from artist management, fashion, creative production, nightlife, community building, media, cultural programming, or launching your own projects, we are ultimately looking for people who know how to create opportunities, build relationships, and make things happen.