CAA Promotes Matthew Rutledge To Agent

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Matthew Rutledge

Matthew Rutledge has been promoted to Agent in Creative Artist Agency (CAA)’s Music Touring department.

Based in Nashville, Rutledge formerly held positions at The Agency Coalition and Agency for the Performing Arts before joining CAA as an assistant to Brian Waymire in 2021. He was promoted to Booking for the agency’s Country Fairs and Festivals division within the Music Touring department in 2023. Rutledge is a graduate of Ferris State University, where he earned a Bachelor’s degree in Business – Music Industry Management.

CAA has also promoted Lola Castillo Murphy and Hugh Parsons to Music Touring Agents in their London office as well. Murphy began her career as an intern in The Agency Group (UTA) in 2014 before joining CAA in 2015 as a general department assistant. She was promoted to Coordinator in 2022, before being accepted to CAA Elevate in 2023.

Parsons began his career at Island Records in 2016, where he worked in Marketing. In 2017, he joined CAA as an assistant to Laura Newton, and subsequently to Ben Kouijzer and Jen Hammel. He was accepted into CAA Elevate in 2022 and promoted to Coordinator in 2023.

CAA Elevate is the agency’s next-generation training and practical development curriculum with an emphasis on entrepreneurialism, inclusion, curiosity, collaboration, service and a growth mindset. CAA Elevate is designed to cultivate best practices, encourage innovation, foster global strategic-thinking, and nurture the talents of CAA’s agents and executives in training.

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