Digital Apprentice | Orbit Artist Group

About Orbit

Orbit is an artist partnership company - an intimate team that moves with intention, built to give artists the infrastructure, strategy, and people they actually deserve. We do the work of a label, a management company, and a creative studio, but the model is built around the artist, not the catalog.

We work at the intersection of culture, artist strategy, and data intelligence. We're already working with artists. We move fast, think differently, and we're just getting started.

The Opportunity

This is not an internship.

Our first cohort of Founder's Apprentices helped us build the foundation - strategy, operations, artist development infrastructure. This fall, we're looking for the people who'll help define how Orbit shows up creatively.

We're selecting Founder's Apprentices to work directly with the CEO on social media strategies, content creations, video editing, visual storytelling, and building worlds online this fall.

Who Gets In

Creators, editors, designers, social strategists, cultural translators. Backgrounds vary - music business, fashion, film, design, communications, or something entirely self-taught. What doesn't vary: sharpness, taste, and a real connection to music and culture.

You move fast, communicate clearly, and figure things out without someone walking you through every step. You have taste, not just awareness. Ideally, you are a participant in culture, not a spectator. Tapped into a scene: local, digital, or both. You know artists, creators, or tastemakers - and you understand how content moves people.

What You'll Get

Paid biweekly, 3 days/week
Direct access to how a music company gets built from day one
Real exposure and practical experience in artist strategy and execution
Increasing responsibility as you prove yourself
An opportunity to keep working together beyond the summer

How to Apply

Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis - apply early.

Resume upload
What are your top 5 favourite artists and why?
What have you built or worked on? Tell us about it. 200 word count limit
Pick one artist or brand you think is being marketed wrong. What would you do differently? Create a content plan for a week and upload the file.
How would you break a song in two weeks? 350 word count limit
Make us a 60-second video that shows us who you are, what you see, and why you should be in the room. Upload.

Closes officially September 13, 2026 at 11:59PM ET.

Apply to Orbit

Show us what you make, what you notice, and how you move culture.

Each application is scored across 5 signals, rated 1–5. Maximum score: 25.

Signal 1 - Builder Proof

Have they actually made or built something?

Score	Description
5	Concrete, specific, and impressive. A real project, platform, artist, event, brand, or community they can point to with evidence of traction or output.
4	Clear builder with a real project - may be early but has tangible output.
3	Something exists but it's vague, unfinished, or hard to verify.
2	Mentions involvement in something but doesn't own it or drive it.
1	Nothing built. Generic involvement (class projects, passive roles).

Signal 2 - Taste & POV

Do they have genuine taste and a sharp, specific perspective on music and culture?

Score	Description
5	Their artist critique is specific, opinionated, and shows they really know the music - not just the marketing. They sound like someone with a real ear.
4	Good POV, specific enough to be credible. Minor gaps in depth or originality.
3	Competent take but safe or somewhat generic. Doesn't stand out.
2	Vague or surface-level. Reads like they're guessing what we want to hear.
1	No real perspective. Could have been written about anyone.

Signal 3 - Scene Credibility

Are they actually plugged into a real scene, or just claiming to be?

Score	Description
5	Names real people, real places, real scenes. Clearly has genuine access and relationships - not just awareness.
4	Credible scene connection with some specificity. A few names or places that check out.
3	Claims a scene but stays surface-level. Hard to verify real access.
2	Vague. Mentions a genre or city but no real signal of being plugged in.
1	No scene. No names. No real connection to how culture moves.

Signal 4 - Creative Instinct

Is their answer to "10,000 people in 2 weeks" original and grounded in how music actually spreads today?

Score	Description
5	Original, specific, and shows real knowledge of how attention and culture move in 2025–2026. Haven't heard this answer before.
4	Smart and specific. Not groundbreaking but reflects genuine platform and cultural literacy.
3	Decent instincts but generic execution. Reads like a textbook answer.
2	Lacks originality or specificity. Could have been written by anyone with a basic marketing class.
1	No real strategy. Vague, obvious, or completely disconnected from how music spreads today.

Signal 5 - Communication

Is the writing clear, confident, and their own voice?

Score	Description
5	Clear, confident, and distinctly their own voice. Not templated, not corporate, not trying too hard. Reads like a real person with something to say.
4	Good writing. Minor issues with tone or clarity but overall strong.
3	Competent but forgettable. No real voice coming through.
2	Stilted, overly formal, or clearly templated. Hard to get a read on the person.
1	Unclear, sloppy, or generic to the point of being a liability.

Review Schedule

Applications close
September 13, 2026 at 11:59PM ET

Weekly reviews
Every Wednesday (August 26, September 2, 9) + Final review September 14, 2026

Tier Guide

Score	Tier	Action
22–25	Strong	Shortlist
16–21	Maybe	Second look
0–15	Pass	Do not advance