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Capitol Music Group has appointed Sara Nix and Joe Mortimer as Co-Heads of Artistic.
The duo can be based mostly on the Capitol Tower in Hollywood, theCommon Music Group-owned label mentioned Tuesday (Might 6).
Nix joins Capitol after six years as Government Producer at Partizan, the manufacturing firm based by director MichelGondry. Her profession spans practically 15 years, starting in Amsterdam earlier than working throughout a number of continents on tasks for artists together with Pharrell Williams, Daft Punk, Travis Scott, Billie Eilish, Usher, Dua Lipa, A$AP Rocky, Burna Boy, Doja Cat and SZA.
Nix has additionally labored with administrators Warren Fu, Nono Ayuso and Rodrigo Inada and Ally Pankiw on music movies, branded documentaries and quick movies.
“I’m thrilled to be becoming a member of the Capitol crew,” mentioned Nix.
“It’s an iconic label with a wealthy historical past, and I’m excited to collaborate with the unimaginable artists right here to assist them deliver their inventive visions to life.”
“I’m thrilled to be becoming a member of the Capitol crew.”
Sara Nix
Mortimer involves Capitol from digital label Astralwerks, the place he served as Artistic Director since 2018. There, he constructed campaigns for acts together with Marshmello, Illenium, Avalanches, SG Lewis and Zhu, whereas collaborating with Capitol artists similar to The Beatles, Katy Perry, and Beck. He additionally labored on Troye Sivan‘s Grammy-nominated One thing to Give Every Different marketing campaign.
Earlier than relocating to Los Angeles, Mortimer labored in London as an artwork director for artists like Jungle and Bob Moses. His collaborative roster contains photographers and administrators Jack Bridgland, Gordon Von Steiner, Hannah Lux Davis, Charlotte Rutherford, Torso & Zhang + Knight, and Stillz. Earlier this yr, he co-created the California Image Venture, a photographic print sale that raised funds for Los Angeles wildfire reduction by means of contributions from over 160 artists together with Spike Jonze, Sofia Coppola, Gabriel Moses, Nadia Lee Cohen and Petra Collins, amongst others.
Commenting on his appointment, Mortimer mentioned: “Through the years I’ve labored carefully with lots of the executives and artists at Capitol.
“I’m so excited to be taking over this position to steer the inventive imaginative and prescient of the label together with Sara.”
“I’m so excited to be taking over this position to steer the inventive imaginative and prescient of the label together with Sara.”
Joe Mortimer
Final yr, UMG consolidatedInterscope Geffen A&M and Capitol Music Group below the brand new title of Interscope Capitol Labels Group (ICLG).
ICLG is comprised of all artists, labels, and personnel throughout the firms previously namedInterscope Geffen A&M and Capitol Music Group. ICLGis headed up by Chairman & CEO John Janick.
“Sara and Joe come to Capitol after having labored with a few of the most acclaimed artists, administrators and artistic visionaries on this planet.”
Tom March, Capitol Music Group
“Sara and Joe come to Capitol after having labored with a few of the most acclaimed artists, administrators and artistic visionaries on this planet,” mentioned Tom March, Chairman and CEO of Capitol Music Group.
“Collectively they type a potent crew to assist the unimaginable artists on our label attain their full inventive potential and drive our ongoing transformation at Capitol.”Music Enterprise Worldwide
