Spring Nashville Audience Development Internship | Spring 2027

mtheory provides artist managers and artists with services, support, and capabilities across a wide range of disciplines, including marketing, touring, live event production, financing, digital services, and label services. Some of our manager clients include The Gray Slate (Blackberry Smoke), Amanda Quinton (Ashley Monroe, Tenille Townes, Fancy Hagood) and artists including Jo Dee Messina, Underoath, Em Beihold and many more. Based in New York and Nashville, mtheory offers artist managers a platform to build their businesses and enhance their artists’ careers.

Our ideal audience development intern is someone who lives online. Someone able to pinpoint a trend before it goes global, loves coming up with an original content strategy and brainstorming creative ideas, and is not afraid to dig into data analytics and tracking. An interest in combining creative instincts with a passion for data projects is a big plus!

• →Support audience development team with day-to-day activities
• →Attend and contribute to meetings and brainstorming sessions
• →Perform critical global and regional streaming analysis for client projects using Spotify for Artists, Apple Music for Artists, Chartmetric, and Soundcharts
• →Conduct vital artist research, including social network analysis, music platform analysis, touring history analysis, and online properties analysis
• →Brainstorm creative content ideas for various artists of different genres

• Passionate about music of all genres
• Fluency in social media / digital streaming and editing platforms (e.g. Spotify, TikTok, Instagram, CapCut, etc.)
• Understanding of audience vernacular and conversations through various online communities.
• High energy, positive attitude, enthusiasm and a desire to learn
• A self-starter who can take direction but work independently
• Ability to read and report analytics in Google Sheets / Excel
• Familiarity with investigative analysis and brainstorming content ideas
• Previous internship experience in the industry is beneficial

• Internship is part-time; college credit is available, but not required
• Internship is paid at the minimum wage of the state in which the office the intern is working in
• Access to a computer and reliable internet connection is required for this position