How to hire a music manager

How to hire a music manager, step by step

Here's a step-by-step music manager hiring guide:

• Step 1: Identify your hiring needs
• Step 2: Create an ideal candidate profile
• Step 3: Make a budget
• Step 4: Write a music manager job description
• Step 5: Post your job
• Step 6: Interview candidates
• Step 7: Send a job offer and onboard your new music manager
• Step 8: Go through the hiring process checklist

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1. Identify your hiring needs

   Before you post your music manager job, you should take the time to determine what type of worker your business needs. While certain jobs definitely require a full-time employee, it's sometimes better to find a music manager for hire on a part-time basis or as a contractor.

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   A music manager's background is also an important factor in determining whether they'll be a good fit for the position. For example, music managers from different industries or fields will have radically different experiences and will bring different viewpoints to the role. You also need to consider the candidate's previous level of experience to make sure they'll be comfortable with the job's level of seniority.

   This list presents music manager salaries for various positions.

   Type of Music Manager	Description	Hourly rate
   Music Manager		$20-62
   Department Manager	Department managers oversee the operations of the department they are assigned to. They manage all aspects of the operation, including finance, sales, quality control, and human resources... Show more	$18-55
   Part-Time Key Manager	A part-time key manager is a senior manager employed to work part-time. Key managers are hired for their expertise and experience for business development and growth to increase revenues, production, and profits... Show more	$22-54

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2. Create an ideal candidate profile

   Common skills:

   • Customer Service
   • Music Videos
   • Sales Floor
   • Travel Arrangements
   • Event Planning
   • Facebook
   • Loss Prevention
   • DJ
   • Music Events
   • Playlists
   • Press Releases
   • Inventory Control
   • Photo Shoots
   • DVD

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   Responsibilities:

   • Manage service; supervise FOH staff and daily report to owners and other managers.
   • Create Facebook accounts and fan pages for the artists.
   • Execute custom curate music playlists for national and international brands that align with their brand pillars and consumer demographics.
   • Administer performance management by diagnosing improvement opportunities, providing effective feedback, coaching, and corrective action plans.
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   • Ensure production run smoothly, solve problems under pressure, sanitize the plant daily to international health-code standards.

3. Make a budget

   Including a salary range in your music manager job description is a great way to entice the best and brightest candidates. A music manager salary can vary based on several factors:

   • Location. For example, music managers' average salary in alaska is 78% less than in new york.
   • Seniority. Entry-level music managers earn 68% less than senior-level music managers.
   • Certifications. A music manager with a few certifications under their belt will likely demand a higher salary.
   • Company. Working for a prestigious company or an exciting start-up can make a huge difference in a music manager's salary.

   Average music manager salary

   $74,253yearly

   $35.70 hourly rate

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   Entry-level music manager salary

   $42,000 yearly salary

   Updated December 14, 2025

4. Writing a music manager job description

   A job description for a music manager role includes a summary of the job's main responsibilities, required skills, and preferred background experience. Including a salary range can also go a long way in attracting more candidates to apply, and showing the first name of the hiring manager can also make applicants more comfortable. As an example, here's a music manager job description:

   Music manager job description example

   About Children's Minnesota
   
   Children's Minnesota is one of the largest pediatric health systems in the United States and the only health system in Minnesota to provide care exclusively to children, from before birth through young adulthood. An independent and not-for-profit system since 1924, Children's Minnesota is one system serving kids throughout the Upper Midwest at two free-standing hospitals, nine primary care clinics, multiple specialty clinics and seven rehabilitation sites. As The Kids Experts™ in our region, Children's Minnesota is regularly ranked by U.S. News & World Report as a top children's hospital. Find us on Facebook @childrensminnesota or on Twitter and Instagram @childrensmn. Please visit childrens MN.org.
   
   Department Overview
   
   The Child Life group promotes the continuous development of children to optimize their responses to medical care, to minimize psychological stress and trauma, and to increase understanding and coping with illness and health care experiences. Child Life provides children with opportunities for gaining a sense of mastery, for play, for learning, for self-expression, for family involvement and for peer interaction. As members of the health care team, child life staff advocate for children and families in ambulatory and inpatient settings. They serve as resources to all staff and to the community on issues related to child development and child health experiences.
   
   Position Summary
   
   Manage and coordinate the daily operations of the Child Life department system-wide. Plans and provides therapeutic interventions and child life programming for patients and families. Functions as an active, contributing member of the child life department and Children's system. Promotes effective functioning of the child life department.
   
   Child Life or music therapy certification. Master's degree in child life or child development concentration. BLS certification required. Minimum five years experience working in child life. Two years leadership experience.
   
   Physical Demands
   
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   All job offers are contingent upon successful completion of an occupational health assessment, drug screen, background investigation, and compliance with the U.S. Government Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification. Children's Minnesota requires proof of COVID-19 vaccine, and as recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), immunity to vaccine preventable infectious diseases, prior to employment.
   
   Children's Minnesota is committed to providing Equal Employment Opportunities to all applicants. EO M/F/Disability/Vet Employer.

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5. Post your job

   To find the right music manager for your business, consider trying out a few different recruiting strategies:

   • Consider internal talent. One of the most important sources of talent for any company is its existing workforce.
   • Ask for referrals. Reach out to friends, family members, and current employees and ask if they know or have worked with music managers they would recommend.
   • Recruit at local colleges. Attend job fairs at local colleges to recruit music managers who meet your education requirements.
   • Social media platforms. LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter now have more than 3.5 billion users, and you can use social media to reach potential job candidates.

   Post your job online:

   • Post your music manager job on Zippia to find and attract quality music manager candidates.
   • Use niche websites such as salesjobs, salesheads, allretailjobs.com, sales trax.
   • Post a job on free websites.

6. Interview candidates

   Your first interview with music manager candidates should focus on their interest in the role and background experience. As the hiring process goes on, you can learn more about how they'd fit into the company culture in later rounds of interviews.

   It's also good to ask about candidates' unique skills and talents to see if they match your ideal candidate profile. If you think a candidate is good enough for the next step, you can move on to the technical interview.

   The right interview questions can help you assess a candidate's hard skills, behavioral intelligence, and soft skills.

7. Send a job offer and onboard your new music manager

   Once you've selected the best music manager candidate for the job, it's time to write an offer letter. In addition to salary, this letter should include details about the benefits and perks you offer the candidate. Ensuring that your offer is competitive is essential, as qualified candidates may be considering other job opportunities. The candidate may wish to negotiate the terms of the offer, and you should be open to discussion. After you reach an agreement, the final step is formalizing the agreement with a contract.

   You should also follow up with applicants who don't get the job with an email letting them know that you've filled the position.

   After that, you can create an onboarding schedule for a new music manager. Human Resources and the hiring manager should complete Employee Action Forms. Human Resources should also ensure that onboarding paperwork is completed, including I-9s, benefits enrollment, federal and state tax forms, etc., and that new employee files are created.

8. Go through the hiring process checklist

   • Determine employee type (full-time, part-time, contractor, etc.)
   • Submit a job requisition form to the HR department
   • Define job responsibilities and requirements
   • Establish budget and timeline
   • Determine hiring decision makers for the role
   • Write job description
   • Post job on job boards, company website, etc.
   • Promote the job internally
   • Process applications through applicant tracking system
   • Review resumes and cover letters
   • Shortlist candidates for screening
   • Hold phone/virtual interview screening with first round of candidates
   • Conduct in-person interviews with top candidates from first round
   • Score candidates based on weighted criteria (e.g., experience, education, background, cultural fit, skill set, etc.)
   • Conduct background checks on top candidates
   • Check references of top candidates
   • Consult with HR and hiring decision makers on job offer specifics
   • Extend offer to top candidate(s)
   • Receive formal job offer acceptance and signed employment contract
   • Inform other candidates that the position has been filled
   • Set and communicate onboarding schedule to new hire(s)
   • Complete new hire paperwork (i9, benefits enrollment, tax forms, etc.)

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