Amazon Music makes a hire for artist marketing

Amazon Music has hired Kirdis Postelle for the new role of global head of artist marketing. She was most recently EVP/general manager at Hitco Entertainment, and has also worked at Warner Bros Records and Capital Music Group. Postelle begins at Amazon today.

“We’re thrilled to welcome Kirdis to the Amazon Music team,” said Ryan Redington, director of Amazon Music. “As we continue to scale globally, there isn’t a better leader than Kirdis to drive the team through our next stage of growth. Her work with artists, across every genre and stage of their career, brings so much value to our customers and to the industry. We can’t wait for Kirdis to get started.”

Amazon Music kicked off the year with the announcement that it had more than 55 million customers.

Anna Washenko