Closer Artists announces new hirings to its London team
03 June 2019 - Press releaseCloser Artist Management, Recording and Publishing are delighted to announce four new appointments to the companies based in the Matrix Complex.
Manager Luke Williams joins the company, bringing with him his impressive roster of artists, songwriters and Grammy nominated mixing engineer. Luke’s roster include Calum Scott whose debut album has had over 2.5 billion streams and has sold over 13 million singles around the world and JC Stewart, a young singer songwriter who has recently signed to Warner Records UK.As well as Corey Sanders, a young songwriter who has written with Zedd, Katy Perry, The Chainsmokers, Liam Payne, Dan (Bastille) and Steve Aoki and Jon Maguire whose songwriting credits include Kodaline, Liam Payne and Tiesto. Luke also represents Geoff Swan, a Grammy nominated mixing engineer and Producer Daniel Mirza.
Luke commented;
“I am absolutely delighted to have joined the great team at Closer. I’ve been a fan of the company from afar for a while now, their consistency to break artists internationally isn’t just a fluke. Having been in the office for a short period of time already, you can really feel the passion and in-depth analysis the team go through with each artist. I feel this is a great opportunity to continue to learn and grow as a manager and for my roster to be part of such a great company and help build and develop their careers from where they are now”
Nadia Shukri teams up with Luke Williams as Day to Day Manager. Nadia joins us from East City Management and brings with her a wealth of experience. Her background also spans Music Touring at CAA and Frontline Marketing at Polydor Records.
Amelia Scivier joins as General Manager, recently graduated with an MBA from Trinity College Dublin and previously the General Manager of Good Soldier Songs.
Josie Charlwood joins as Head of Digital from Global Media and Entertainment where she managed digital strategy across Classic FM’s album releases and Global’s Enterprise brands. Josie graduated with an MA in Music Business Management from the University of Westminster in 2016.
Co- Managing Director’s Paul McDonald and Ryan Lofthouse commented
“These team additions are crucial to us not only strengthening the next phase of our company’s performance, but also adding to the service we give to all our clients. Each of these individuals will play a crucial role in our artist, writer and producer campaigns going forward, and we are very happy to welcome them all on board.In Luke we feel we have the best young manager in the country."
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