Matt McLernon

Matt is a senior manager on the Artist team at YouTube, helping artists grow their audiences and careers through everything from marquee projects to the daily grind. In addition to overseeing a portfolio of artist management companies, he specializes in livestream partnerships that turn events into global moments and created the process for booking artist partnerships across the company. In his 11+ years at YouTube, he's helped raise $2M+ for independent music venues during the pandemic through SOSFest, earned the company a Technical Emmy for its copyright management system, led Pride initiatives and more. He credits his job at YouTube to tap dancing.