Jonah Gordon has joined Jody Williams Songs (JWS) as Manager, Sync & A&R. Gordon comes to JWS from the sync department of Big Yellow Dog Music (BYD), which was recently acquired by Sony Music Publishing.

“Jonah is the right person at the right time to ramp up our sync business and enhance creative services for our writers,” shares Nina Fisher, VP/GM of JWS. “He brings a skill set to our company that will help us to evolve and broaden the reach of our songs.”

In addition, JWS announces the promotion of Tenasie Courtright to Director, Creative & A&R. Formerly Creative Director at the company, Courtright took on added duties by performing hands-on A&R for JWS writer-artists Emily Ann Roberts, Ashley McBryde, Harper O’Neill and Peytan Porter.

“When we discovered Tenasie’s natural abilities for A&R we encouraged her in this area and were extremely pleased with the results,” Fisher adds. “She is a key member of our creative team, and we are lucky to have her.”

JWS is an independent music publishing company that is a joint venture with Warner Chappell Music. The company represents Ashley McBryde, Driver Williams, Ed Williams, Emily Ann Roberts, Harper O’Neill, Jason Nix, Jeremy Spillman, Natalie Hemby, Peytan Porter and Vince Gill.

Jody Williams is founder of the company and serves as CEO.

Congratulate Gordon at jonah@jodywilliamssongs.co and Courtright at tenasie@jodywilliamssongs.co.

Jonah Gordon , Tenasie Courtright Photo Credit: Gina Di Maio