Big Machine, Nashville Harbor Expand Team with Four Hires

Big Machine Records/Nashville Harbor Records & Entertainment, the core record company brands in Scott Borchetta’s portfolio of businesses, have announced four new hires. The move follows Borchetta’s reacquisition of Big Machine Records in February this year.

New staff:

• Jay Cruze is National Director, Promotion & Marketing.

• He will oversee day-to-day chart objectives, single strategy and additional national promotion responsibilities for the label’s radio releases.

• He will report to Nashville Harbor Records & Entertainment Senior Vice President Ryan Dokke.

• Cruze previously served as National Director of Radio Strategy for Blue Highway Records.

• Carly Leach, a former Big Machine Label Group intern, returns as Coordinator, Promotion & Marketing.

• She will collaborate with Dokke, Cruze and the radio team on weekly tracking reports, creative requests and field support for Senior Directors.

• Christina Hunt moves from Label Coordinator & Executive Assistant to Manager, Digital Marketing.

• She will support various digital and social initiatives across the label’s roster.

• Claudia Deters joins as Label Coordinator/Executive Assistant to President and CEO Jimmy Harnen.