A Day in the Life of an Olivia Management Intern!

By Faith Harting

Hi everyone! I’m Faith Harting and I am an intern here at Olivia Management. Today I am going to take you along with me for my day as an intern!

9:00am

I get to the office at 9am, say hi to everyone in the office, log onto Slack, and say good morning on there! 

First I look through all my notifications and see what happened on the days I wasn’t working. Then I go to Asana, our task software, and start on tasks that I may need to continue working on or any repeating tasks! (I am the OM Social Media Maven every week, which means coming up with ideas for the OM Instagram each week and keeping track of how each post does!) 

After that, I check the #interntasks slack channel and see if there are any tasks that need to be claimed!

10:00am

Since it is a Monday we have a staff meeting!

Everyone at OM (including the interns) joins this meeting either in the office or over Google Meets. During these meetings, we read our affirmations that we write each other each week, share one thing we are proud of ourselves for, and then go through each of our artists and discuss what we need to accomplish this week for them. 

These staff meetings are one of the best parts of interning at OM, in my opinion, because they’re always a little positivity boost that we could all use at the beginning of the week. It’s also really nice to be a part of these meetings as an intern so I can understand what we are working towards.

10:30/10:45am

After the meeting, I continue doing tasks!

12:00pm

I am a student at Belmont University so I have to leave around 12pm to go to my French class. On my way to campus, I stopped at Surefire (which is just outside the building) to get an iced chai latte with campfire syrup. Their campfire syrup is the absolute BEST.

1:00pm - 1:50pm 

French Class!

2:30 pm

I get back to OM at 2:30pm. Another weekly task I have is to get snacks for the office! I messaged in Slack to get everyone’s snack requests to make sure I get things everyone likes! Some of our staple snacks are:

• Strawberry/Blueberry Poptarts

• String cheese sticks

• Fruit snacks

• Pretzel crisps

• Fig Newtons

• Lime La Croix

• Strawberry Lemon Poppi

Then I drive over to Publix (which is just around the corner) and get everything on my list!

When I get back from the store, I put everything away and reorganize the snack shelf and fridges a little. Then I checked asana/slack for my next task!

SNACKS!

5:00pm

Our work day is over at 5pm and we all log off for the day and head home!

Thanks for coming along with me for my day as an intern at Olivia Management! I hope this gave you a little bit of insight into the day to day at an artist management company. See you in the next blog!

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Hey, you!

Yes, you! Liking what you’ve read? We’re currently on the lookout for new interns to join the team for the Summer and Fall Semester of 2025 for school credit. Here’s the link to the application if you’re interested!

What does an artist manager’s intern do?

by Chelsea Hallman

I feel like even my friends that are in the music industry are still curious about what an artist manager does, and what I am doing for them. Here’s a look into my week, what I do in my position, what I believe is important, and what I’ve been learning.

For background, I will explain the purpose of an artist manager. An artist manager is the person behind the artist that helps manage their fast-moving career. They professionally represent and advise an artist to make the smartest business decisions. Artist managers work to get their artists to stand out enough to attract labels, music supervisors, playlisters, and others in all sectors of the music industry. They negotiate contracts, set up tours, make marketing plans, promote them, give budgets, and overall help develop the artist. Find more information here.

So if you think that’s cool, or maybe something you’d want to do, many artist management companies, like Olivia Management, have internships available to teach you just that. But what does that mean you’d be doing? 

First, before you even land an internship, make sure you are bringing your class knowledge with you. Pay attention in your major classes because it matters more than you think. I use this knowledge almost every day in this internship. I have Belmont’s Music Business program to thank for helping me get prepared for this one!

Now you are prepared professionally and start to look for an artist management internship. What does that mean day-to-day? Like I said previously, this is a fast-paced career. Every day there are different deals to be made and different things to discover in the ever-changing music industry. New ideas come up, new people reach out, new songs are written, all just depending on how people are feeling. This is a pretty unpredictable day-to-day job. But that’s also what makes it so much fun.

Because of the unpredictability, there are sometimes gaps. You never really know what you’ll be working on that day until you step into the office. Sometimes it's a crazy busy day where you can barely get time to eat. Olivia Management specifically gives interns “semester-long projects” of their choosing to discover more about the music business. My semester-long projects are diving into artists’ Youtube and working on Search Engine Optimization (SEO) for the company, both things I’m interested in. Others are working on merchandising, social media, press releases, sponsorships, etc. It really depends on what interests you!

Most days, I am not working on my semester projects. Instead, on various projects and tasks that come up and the team needs help with. I could help route a tour, make a calendar, edit a music video, edit show posters, make social media posts, do some research for someone on the team, organize something physically, or in a database. There are lots of opportunities. Recently, those are a few of the things that I’ve been up to. 

Arguably, more importantly, is the stuff that will advance my interpersonal skills from this internship. I know what an office environment in my field looks like. I’m watching my co-workers find their work/life balance. I observe what meetings with professionals are like and how to act. These are all invaluable skills that can be learned from any internship. They are the reason that internships are so important before graduation. 

For all of these reasons, I am so grateful for Olivia Management. I’ve learned so much already and will continue to. If you’re a student aspiring to be in the music industry, this is the place for you!