


Hannah Carlen
Hannah Carlen Appointed VP of Marketing and Comms at Nonesuch
The industry veteran joins the label’s top management team
Hannah Carlen has been named Nonesuch Records’ Vice President of Marketing and Communications.
The role:
Carlen will oversee marketing, sales, publicity, new media, and content creation for the Warner Music Group label.
She will report to Nonesuch president David Bither, and be based at the label’s New York City headquarters.
She succeeds former marketing chief Dan Cohen, who had been with the company since 2018.
Backstory:
Carlen was previously Senior Director of Marketing and Communications for Secretly Group and All Flowers Group.
There she worked on campaigns for artists such as Bon Iver, Phoebe Bridgers, Japanese Breakfast and more.
What they said:
Hannah Carlen: “Nonesuch’s pioneering, beyond-genre point of view is without modern comparison. Equally special is the home that Nonesuch makes for artists, the ways this team supports their work, and the patience and care Nonesuch brings to artist development. I am honored beyond belief to have the trust of its leadership, and thrilled to find an immediate friend and mentor in Nonesuch’s President, David Bither. I’m grateful to him for the opportunity, to Dan Cohen for his invaluable stewardship preceding me, and to Nonesuch’s expert senior leaders, who have been so welcoming already.”
Hannah Carlen has been named Nonesuch Records’ Vice President of Marketing and Communications.
The role:
Carlen will oversee marketing, sales, publicity, new media, and content creation for the Warner Music Group label.
She will report to Nonesuch president David Bither, and be based at the label’s New York City headquarters.
She succeeds former marketing chief Dan Cohen, who had been with the company since 2018.
Backstory:
Carlen was previously Senior Director of Marketing and Communications for Secretly Group and All Flowers Group.
There she worked on campaigns for artists such as Bon Iver, Phoebe Bridgers, Japanese Breakfast and more.
What they said:
Hannah Carlen: “Nonesuch’s pioneering, beyond-genre point of view is without modern comparison. Equally special is the home that Nonesuch makes for artists, the ways this team supports their work, and the patience and care Nonesuch brings to artist development. I am honored beyond belief to have the trust of its leadership, and thrilled to find an immediate friend and mentor in Nonesuch’s President, David Bither. I’m grateful to him for the opportunity, to Dan Cohen for his invaluable stewardship preceding me, and to Nonesuch’s expert senior leaders, who have been so welcoming already.”
Hannah Carlen has been named Nonesuch Records’ Vice President of Marketing and Communications.
The role:
Carlen will oversee marketing, sales, publicity, new media, and content creation for the Warner Music Group label.
She will report to Nonesuch president David Bither, and be based at the label’s New York City headquarters.
She succeeds former marketing chief Dan Cohen, who had been with the company since 2018.
Backstory:
Carlen was previously Senior Director of Marketing and Communications for Secretly Group and All Flowers Group.
There she worked on campaigns for artists such as Bon Iver, Phoebe Bridgers, Japanese Breakfast and more.
What they said:
Hannah Carlen: “Nonesuch’s pioneering, beyond-genre point of view is without modern comparison. Equally special is the home that Nonesuch makes for artists, the ways this team supports their work, and the patience and care Nonesuch brings to artist development. I am honored beyond belief to have the trust of its leadership, and thrilled to find an immediate friend and mentor in Nonesuch’s President, David Bither. I’m grateful to him for the opportunity, to Dan Cohen for his invaluable stewardship preceding me, and to Nonesuch’s expert senior leaders, who have been so welcoming already.”
Hannah Carlen
Nonesuch Records
Warner Music Group
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Secretly Group
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Japanese Breakfast
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This story was written with information from WMG’s press release.
We covered it because it’s news of an executive appointment at Nonesuch.
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