250. On the Job with Grace Kim James, Senior Vice President of Marketing at Atlantic Records
Ali on the Run Show
Ali Feller
4.9 • 4.2K Ratings
🗓️ 15 June 2020
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
"Music literally changes peoples' lives. It really has the ability to uplift people, especially during today's times. That's a really powerful thing, and that, to me, is success. Beyond the sales and the accolades and the awards — being able to create positive change through music."
As Senior Vice President of Marketing at Atlantic Records, Grace Kim James works pretty much 24/7. On this episode, she talks about breaking into the music business, and what it's really like working for the number one label in the U.S. She talks about working closely with artists including Lizzo and Missy Elliott, and recalls that fateful day in the dining hall at NYU where it all started. There's glitz, glamour, and long, late nights on set or "at the club" — and somehow in between all that, Grace has trained for and run eight marathons.
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| 0:00.0 | The On The Job series on the Alley On The Run Show is brought to you by Tracksmith. |
| 0:04.8 | Go to Tracksmith.com slash On The Run and use code On The Run 15 for 15% off your first Tracksmith purchase. |
| 0:17.0 | Welcome to The Alley On The Run Show. |
| 0:19.1 | I'm your host Alley Feller and this is the On The Job series where we meet women with cool, |
| 0:24.6 | unique, interesting careers. |
| 0:26.9 | So far in season two, we've heard from a funeral director, a COVID-19 researcher, |
| 0:33.2 | the executive director of Northern Arizona's largest emergency shelter. |
| 0:38.3 | And now we're taking a hard detour into the music industry. |
| 0:42.9 | Grace Kim James is our esteemed guest today. |
| 0:46.0 | Grace is Senior Vice President of Marketing at Atlantic Records, which is the number one label in the United States. |
| 0:52.9 | Grace works closely with artists including Lizzo and Missy Elliott on everything from their |
| 0:58.1 | marketing strategy for their latest album release to being at their music video shoots and |
| 1:02.7 | attending awards shows. So fun, right? So how much of Grace's job is Glitz and Glamour and how much |
| 1:09.1 | is long late nights on set? And when in the midst of it all, does this eight-time marathoner have time |
| 1:15.9 | to run? Let's find out. Please welcome Grace Kim James to The On The Job series on The Alley On The |
| 1:22.6 | Run Show. Grace, I am so, so, so excited to have you here. I know that we were just saying offline. |
| 1:36.7 | I feel like you are one of the OG running bloggers and Instagrammers and I'm so excited. This |
| 1:44.1 | conversation is such a long time coming. Thank you so much for being here and welcome to The Alley |
| 1:49.3 | on The Run Show. Alley, thank you so much. I know that like you are some of the like you're like the |
| 1:55.0 | biggest cheerleader for a lot of the women that come on your show and I feel like I now need to be |
| 1:59.6 | the cheerleader for you. You have created such a great platform for not just runners but for women |
| 2:06.7 | in particular, you're fantastic host. So like this is me fan-girling like I can't believe I'm at |
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