--- title: 'A&R Manager (Asia) at Too Lost' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/a-r-manager-asia-too-lost-new-york-sm5b20kvqd8g' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-09-07' --- # A&R Manager (Asia) at Too Lost - **Company:** Too Lost - **Location:** New York, NY - **Employment:** contract - **Work type:** remote - **Posted:** 2026-06-29 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-07 - **Apply:** https://jobs.lever.co/too-lost/058385b2-113e-4d00-9c24-ebb1a4c070ed ## Job description Too Lost is a music and technology company, providing SaaS solutions for independent music rights holders. Our distribution and publishing services deliver, monetize and protect songs across the globe for over 450,000+ musicians, record labels, studios, brands, investors, and platforms. ## The Role You will act as a spokesperson and representative of Too Lost and engage independent labels and artists, educate them on the Too Lost Product Suite, and establish a working relationship with these prospective clients. You will assist Priority clients with product management to ensure assets are ingested with technical precision. Your goal is to increase the company’s market share by bringing high-value artists, labels and catalogs into the ecosystem and maximizing their commercial potential post-ingestion. This is a contractor position focused on the Asia target market. ## What You'll Be Doing - Rights Verification: Review digital assets to ensure all tracks are eligible for ingestion and that ownership splits are correctly documented. - Lead Generation & Pitching: Actively scout and identify high-value independent artists, labels and catalogs currently dissatisfied with their distribution or administration. - Pitch the benefits of Too Lost to key decision-makers and potential clients. - Educate: Identify opportunities to move clients into higher-tier services during the onboarding process. - Revenue Optimization: Identify and advise on key tracks within the catalog to drive mutual ROI. - Stakeholder Liaison: Act as the primary point of contact between the artist and the onboarding team to resolve upload and/or delivery errors. - Conflict Resolution: Identify and resolve double-claiming or takedown issues that may arise during the delivery window. - Post-Ingestion QC: Perform Quality Control on DSPs (Spotify, Apple Music, etc.) to ensure releases are correctly linked, profiles are mapped and play counts are preserved. ## What We Are Looking For - Previous A&R experience and network in target market - Fluent in both English and various local languages - Proven track record of success with building pipelines through cold outreach and market research - Strong communication skills and customer-friendly approach - Ability to follow structured workflows and meet deadlines and uphold KPI metrics - High attention to detail and strong organizational skills - Ability to work independently and manage multiple projects simultaneously - Comfortable working with digital music assets (audio files, artwork, metadata). ## About Too Lost ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: Too Lost is a global music and technology company that provides a comprehensive digital suite of distribution, publishing, monetization, and protection services for independent rights holders. - **Entity Type**: Private (total funding $205.3M; latest round $150M led by TA Associates and GoldState Music in March 2026) - **Headquarters**: New York, New York, United States - **Founded**: Not publicly available (pre-seed round in August 2022 suggests founding around 2021-2022) - **Founders**: Gregory Hirschhorn (CEO), Bjarki Larusson (CTO), Alex Silverstein (COO) ## Core Business - **Primary industry**: Music technology, digital distribution, publishing administration - **Target customers**: Independent musicians, record labels, studios, brands, funds, and platforms (B2B/B2C mix) - **Mission**: To provide creators with the access, infrastructure, and tools required to build and scale successful music businesses while retaining full control of their rights and ownership. ## Products & Services - **Too Lost Platform (SaaS)**: A comprehensive digital suite for distribution to 450+ stores and streaming services, publishing administration, sync licensing, royalty collection, and copyright protection. Includes analytics and rights management tools. ## Market Standing - **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed - **Key Metric**: Total funding of $205.3M; $150M+ paid to artists; 500K+ artist and label clients; 5M+ represented recordings - **Notable Investors/Partners**: TA Associates (lead investor), GoldState Music, Sound Royalties, Pinnacle Financial Partners; member of A2IM, Merlin, RIAA, and Music Fights Fraud Alliance - **Growth Signals**: Headcount of 73 employees (+31.1% YoY); 22 open positions across multiple locations (New York, Los Angeles, Reykjavík, Nashville, Miami, UK, LATAM, Asia); LinkedIn followers up 49.1% year-over-year ## Competitive Advantages - **Independent focus**: Entirely dedicated to the independent music sector, allowing artists and labels to retain 100% ownership and control - **Scale and reach**: 450+ integrated stores and services, global distribution with offices in the US and Iceland - **Industry credibility**: Active membership in major trade organizations (A2IM, Merlin, RIAA) and anti-fraud alliances - **Technology stack**: Proprietary SaaS infrastructure for rights management, royalty tracking, and data analytics ## Strategic Focus - **Growth priorities**: Expanding global client acquisition (A&R managers in multiple regions), deepening DSP relationships, scaling engineering and cloud infrastructure, and building out the People team to support rapid headcount growth - **Direction**: Continue to empower independent creators with enterprise-grade tools while maintaining independence and flexibility ## Why Work Here - **Culture**: Motivated, committed team focused on empowering independent artists and labels; described as a "music and technology company" with a startup-like energy - **Work policy**: Hybrid workspace (typically 4 days on-site in the office); remote roles available for certain positions - **Offices**: New York (HQ), Los Angeles, Reykjavík – with remote possibilities across the US, UK, Latin America, and Asia - **Notable perks**: Transparent salary ranges posted (e.g., $95k-$100k for Business Intelligence Analyst, $130k-$140k for Senior Full Stack Developer in NY, $50k-$56k for Recruiting Coordinator); engineering team in Reykjavík; opportunities to work across music, tech, and global markets ## Sources 1. [toolost.com/about](https://toolost.com/about) 2. [toolost.com/careers](https://toolost.com/careers) 3. [jobs.lever.co/too-lost](https://jobs.lever.co/too-lost) 4. [builtin.com/company/too-lost](https://builtin.com/company/too-lost) 5. 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