Moody Jones is an entrepreneurial entertainment executive and artist who thrives on creating new rules and executing unique concepts. Currently, he’s the GM of Dance at EMPIRE – an independent distribution company and record label pioneering the future generation of the music business. Here, he’s building EMPIRE’s dance division globally which started with acquiring Claude VonStroke’s Dirtybird Records. Prior to becoming GM of Dance, Moody was the SVP of Digital & Creative working on campaigns with top artists such as Yung Bleu, Busta Rhymes, XXXtentacion, Snoop Dogg, Aaliyah, and more. Moody also operates his own marketing agency – Everybody Knows – a creative collective and has featured Brent Faiyaz, JLO, among others. Before EMPIRE, he helped build Wavo as GM, where he was instrumental in scaling its media buying and data-driven music marketing business.
Moody is a strong advocate for mental health, wellbeing, and mindset as his awareness of these topics has contributed to a positive change in both his personal and professional life, and allowed him to pass it on to others. He’s participated in featured conversations with Digital Marketing World Forum, the Music Business Association (Music Biz), A2IM, Reeperbahn Festival, among others. He was also named a 2021 HITS Magazine Noisemaker, as well as served on the prestigious music marketing jury for the Clio Music Awards in 2022. Catch him on IG @moodyjones.