Jackie Winkler (Picture: Official LinkedIn)
LOS ANGELES (CelebrityAccess) – Island Data has promoted Jackie Winkler to Senior Vice President (SVP), Head of A&R, the place she’s going to lead the label’s A&R division, specializing in signing and inventive improvement for its roster. Winkler, who signed Sabrina Carpenter in 2020, has labored carefully with the singer on her album Brief n’ Candy, which topped the charts in fifteen nations, together with the US and the UK. Moreover, Winkler collaborates with Grammy-nominated artists Demi Lovato, Keshi, and Lauren Spencer Smith, guiding them to multiplatinum success.
Based mostly in Los Angeles, Winkler will report back to Island Data Co-CEOs Imran Majid and Justin Eshak. In a joint assertion, Majid and Eshak mentioned, “Jackie is an distinctive chief and A&R govt. Her collaborative spirit, inventive instincts, and steadfast nature make her the best individual to run our A&R Division. We’re thrilled she’ll be part of us in creating the subsequent technology of iconic artists for Island Data.”
Winkler started her profession at Warner Data, the place she rose from intern to A&R supervisor by 2011 and found Andra Day. She joined Island Data in 2015 as A&R Director and was promoted to VP of A&R in 2022.
Winkler expressed gratitude for her promotion: “I’m deeply grateful to Imran and Justin for his or her unwavering perception and belief as I step into this new function. Their steering has not solely fueled my private profession progress however has been the cornerstone of our division’s success. I’m thrilled on the alternative to steer such an exceptionally gifted, dynamic, and fiercely aggressive staff as we push the boundaries of what we will obtain collectively.”