Jake Diamond is the Marketing Director at Union Stage Presents in Washington DC, running marketing efforts for their entire portfolio of venues, including multiple Pollstar top 100 clubs. He is also one of the program leads for NIVA’s Live List initiative, highlighting NIVA’s must-see up-and-coming live acts for the coming year. His previous experience includes talent buying for Live Nation in Philadelphia and booking the historic Arlene’s Grocery in the Lower East Side of NYC. He prides himself on having a keen eye for talent and getting in on artists on the ground floor. If he’s not at a show, he’s either curating a playlist with Cool Stuff Music or talking about the Philadelphia Eagles.