Big Machine Hires Staszak For Midwest Promo
• Big Machine Records announced the addition of Jane Staszak to its radio promotion team as the newly named Director, Midwest Promotion and Marketing. Based in Pittsburgh, Staszak will promote the imprint’s highly acclaimed roster which includes Tim McGraw, Rascal Flatts, Carly Pearce, Midland, The Cadillac Three, Danielle Bradbery, Noah Schnacky, and Callista Clark, to name a few.
“Jane is an unparalleled talent and has shown that at every level of the radio and record business she has been in,” says Clay Hunnicutt, GM of Big Machine Records. “She’ll be an incredible asset to our entire Big Machine team, and this is only the beginning of great things to come for her and The Machine together.”
Kris Lamb, Big Machine SVP of Promotion and Digital, commented, “On behalf of Erik Powell and myself, we are absolutely thrilled that Jane is joining the mighty Big Machine Records promotion squad. We’ve admired Jane’s promo brilliance for years and are delighted to have her knowledge and experience expand our artists’ initiatives through the Midwest and beyond.”
Staszak was most recently Director of Promotion Northeast at Black River Entertainment, and brings extra radio promotion expertise from her time spent with Nine North Records and her work on the radio side, including stops at Audacy’s WDSY (Y108)/Pittsburgh and Rubber City Radio’s WONE & WQMX/Akron, OH. “Big Machine is an innovative, forward-thinking powerhouse,” says Staszak. “The promotion team is top-notch and I know that it’s an environment that I will thrive in and excel.” Staszak can now be reached at Jane.Staszak@bmlg.net. [Photo courtesy of Big Machine Records]