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Sound Talent Group Promotes Kate Vastano To Senior Management Team  

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Kate Vastano has joined Sound Talent Group’s senior management team with a promotion to the role of director of HR, agency partners Matt Andersen, Tim Borror and Dave Shapiro announced Jan. 22.

Vastano previously held the role of head Of HR.

The announcement says she will play “a key role in leadership for the company while focusing on STG‘s success of keeping their culture strong and aligned with shared goals for the future. As an industry veteran, Kate’s knowledge of recruiting, performance strategies, employee engagement, employee benefits and love of music have made her an integral part of the STG team and a great asset for all of the artists and staff.”

Before joining STG, Vastano most recently worked as a People Operations Manager at United Talent Agency. She also served as an HR Business Partner at UTA. Before The Agency Group was acquired by UTA in 2015 Kate was the Director of HR at the company.

“Kate has been an incredible addition to our team. Her knowledge and expertise has been invaluable and the energy that she brings to work each day can’t be matched. We are lucky to have her here!” Andersen said in a statement.

Vastano added: “My first year at STG has been the most rewarding of my career, and I’m excited to help grow the company in a thoughtful, impactful way in future years now working as a part of our management team. As we say here, ‘We get to do cool sh_t with our friends’—and I could not agree more.”

STG was launched in 2018 and has since grown to more than three dozen employees with offices in New York City, Nashville, and San Diego. The agency’s roster features more than 400 artists including Pierce The Veil, Lamb of God, I Prevail, Sum 41, Hanson, Vanessa Carlton, Beartooth, Steve Vai, Movements, Clutch, Citizen Cope, Ice Nine Kills, The Front Bottoms, Killswitch Engage, Motionless In White, Story of The Year, Alexandra Kay, In This Moment, Destroy Boys, Parkway Drive, Struggle Jennings, Black Label Society, and Citizen, among others.

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