Beatport Hires Three New VPs

• The Beatport Group, the global leader in music for DJs, producers, and their fans, announced several new executive hires, (l-r): Emilie Birks joins The Beatport Group as VP of Marketing; Baptiste Grange is named VP of Marketing for Loopcloud & PlugIn Boutique; and Shana White joins Beatport as VP of Legal & Business Affairs.

Birks joins Beatport after 7 years at Yamaha Corporation, where she worked her way through the ranks becoming the company’s Customer Experience Strategy Lead for Yamaha Music Europe and consulting on global brand initiatives for Yamaha Corporation. Birks previously held positions at The Bakery Artist Management, Interguide Group, Main Room Events and AEG Live UK. Birks will be based in Beatport’s London offices.

Grange brings with him 15+ years of experience in business development, sales, and marketing, including senior Business Development positions at Ableton, Serato, and Magix. He’s the Founder of Discobole Media and Big Boost, and the Co-Founder of QRUSH. Grange is based in Barcelona.

The London-based White most recently worked for DCD Rights and contributed to intellectual property projects in the banking and pharma sector. She previously managed legal affairs at A&E Networks UK, working on History, Crime & Investigation and the BIO channels. White eventually became primarily responsible for music related legal matters across the large UKTV network of channels now owned by BBC Studios.

“As we expand our offerings to both music creators and the music industry overall, we continue to staff the Beatport Group of companies with the most experienced and talented executives in the business,” said Robb McDaniels, CEO of the Beatport Group. “Emilie, Baptiste and Shana are all trailblazers in their respective fields and we are privileged to have them as leaders at Beatport.”