Epidemic Sound, a Swedish startup that enables YouTubers to incorporate licensed music into their videos for a monthly subscription fee, has onboarded former YouTube and Spotify exec Kate Vale to serve as its managing director, North America.
Vale, who was the first Google employee in Australia and New Zealand, will be tasked with driving U.S. market growth for Epidemic. Her hire arrives in the wake of a $20 million funding round, as well as other newfangled collaboration efforts by Epidemic to promote the symbiotic way that it connects creators and musicians.
Vale started her tenure at Google as head of sales and operations -- a position she held for roughly seven years, during which she grew her team from zero to 500 amid revenue growth of roughly $500 million, according to Epidemic. She then was named head of YouTube for Australia and New Zealand, where she lead the implementation of the platform's monetization model there.
Vale, who was the first Google employee in Australia and New Zealand, will be tasked with driving U.S. market growth for Epidemic. Her hire arrives in the wake of a $20 million funding round, as well as other newfangled collaboration efforts by Epidemic to promote the symbiotic way that it connects creators and musicians.
Vale started her tenure at Google as head of sales and operations -- a position she held for roughly seven years, during which she grew her team from zero to 500 amid revenue growth of roughly $500 million, according to Epidemic. She then was named head of YouTube for Australia and New Zealand, where she lead the implementation of the platform's monetization model there.
- 11/26/2019
- by Geoff Weiss
- Tubefilter.com
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