
KHALEED
Professional Music Manager and Digital Distribution Expert
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Work experience
Digital Release & Metadata Coordinator
TuneCore • Freelance
Dec 2025 - Present • 7 mos
Specialise in the unglamorous half of distribution: getting metadata right before delivery, and fixing it when it's wrong. • Audit release metadata pre-delivery — artist name consistency, title capitalisation, version labelling, ISRC and genre assignment • Correct live catalogue errors that block discovery, including misspelled titles and inconsistent artist credits across releases • Resolve distribution rejections and takedown notices with DistroKid and TuneCore support • Standardise catalogues where an artist has released across multiple distributors under inconsistent naming
Music Distribution Specialist
DistroKid • Freelance
Sep 2025 - Present • 10 mos
Deliver independent artists' catalogues to all major streaming platforms — Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube Music, Amazon, Deezer, Tidal, Boomplay, Audiomack, TikTok and Instagram — via DistroKid and TuneCore. • Managed releases across gospel, smooth jazz and roots reggae, including single, EP and 14-track album formats • Handled release scheduling, artwork specification, and platform delivery timelines • Set up artist profiles and genre tagging so releases surface correctly in platform search and recommendation • Advised artists on release strategy staggered singles versus album drops based on how each affects platform visibility
YouTube Artist Channel Manager
YouTube Video Promotion • Freelance
Aug 2025 - Present • 11 mos
Build and run artist channels from launch, following YouTube for Artists' Official Artist Channel structure. • Channel setup, branding, banner and about-section copy written for a defined target audience • Publishing schedules combining full videos and Shorts • Titles, descriptions and thumbnails built around what the target audience actually searches for • Analytics review after each upload to inform the next • Launched an Italian-language music channel from zero subscribers into a specific niche audience