Talent & Artist Manager
Creative
Represent and promote artists, performers, and athletes in dealings with current or prospective employers. May handle contract negotiation and other business matters for clients.
Picture the job
Where you'd usually workAn office
- Mostly indoors
- Sitting for most of the day
- Rarely dealing with the public
- Regular working hours
An illustration of a typical workplace, not a photo. The work-style notes come from US O*NET data, so read them as a guide.
In Malaysia
Malaysian artiste managers work for talent agencies, record labels (e.g. Universal Music Malaysia), broadcaster-linked talent divisions and a fast-growing number of influencer/KOL agencies. Much of the work is securing brand endorsements, shows and social-media deals, and pay is often commission-based rather than a fixed salary.
- How people get into it here
- No fixed route. Common paths: SPM → Diploma/Degree in Mass Communication, Creative Industry Management, Music Business or Marketing → assistant/executive at an artiste management company, record label or influencer (KOL) agency → Artiste Manager
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Pay in Malaysia
We don't have a sourced Malaysian salary range for this job yet, and we'd rather show nothing than a number we can't stand behind.
Where to check:
- JobStreet and Hiredly job ads for this title
- DOSM Salaries & Wages Survey
- SSPA scheme tables, if you're aiming for a government post
How far is this from you?
Roughly how much preparation this job usually takes. In Malaysia your UPU route and the programme's syarat still decide entry, so treat this as a guide, not a gate.
1
Entry straight after SPM
2
SPM + sijil / short TVET course
3
Diploma / TVET (sijil–diploma)
Typical entry
Degree (ijazah sarjana muda)
5
Postgrad (sarjana / PhD) or professional route
How to get here
Post-SPM pathways with programmes in this career's fields. Tap one to see real programmes and entry requirements.
Compare routes against your results and interestsCheck what you may qualify for
Enter your SPM grades and see which routes and programmes you may qualify for. An estimate to plan with, not an offer.
Quick answers
How do you become a Talent & Artist Manager in Malaysia?
No fixed route. Common paths: SPM → Diploma/Degree in Mass Communication, Creative Industry Management, Music Business or Marketing → assistant/executive at an artiste management company, record label or influencer (KOL) agency → Artiste Manager.
What should I study to become a Talent & Artist Manager?
Related fields of study: Creative Arts & Media and Business. SPM subjects that help most: Business, Economics, English and Visual Art (PSV).
How much does a Talent & Artist Manager earn in Malaysia?
We don't yet have a Malaysian source we can cite for Talent & Artist Manager pay, so we show no figure.
What you'd do all day
The tasks that matter most in this job, most important first.
Also known as
What this job is called on JobStreet, LinkedIn and in job ads. Search these too.
Subjects that matter here
The SPM subjects worth your effort for this career, with the reason for each.
What you'd need to know
The subject areas this job leans on most, and the SPM subjects that build them.
- Customer and Personal Service87%
- Sales and Marketing81%
BusinessEconomics
- English Language78%
English
- Administration and Management77%
BusinessEconomics
- Fine Arts75%
Visual Art (PSV)
- Communications and Media74%
EnglishBahasa Melayu
Tools you'd use
Software and equipment that show up in this job, worth learning early.
What the work feels like
Day-to-day working conditions, so you can tell whether the job suits how you like to work.
- Face-to-face discussionsEvery day
- Contact with other peopleConstant contact
- Dealing with customers or the publicNot at all
- Leading or coordinating othersHigh
- Handling conflict situationsOften
- Indoors, air-conditionedEvery day
- Outdoors, in all weatherAlmost never
- Noisy environmentAlmost never
AI and demand for this job
A few real, dated data points, not a single score. AI making some tasks faster usually means a job changes, not that it disappears.
Share of everyday tasks today's AI can already help with (2023)
This estimate is from 2023, already out of date, since AI moves fast. Treat it as a rough, aging starting point, not the current picture.
Of Malaysian Claude conversations, about this kind of work
Measures how much people use Claude for this work, not how many Malaysians do this job, and more AI use can mean people relying on it, not that it's replacing them.
US Bureau of Labor Statistics data, not Malaysian. Shown because it's the only forward-looking demand estimate we have for this job.
What beginner adverts asked for
We read 27 internship and fresh-graduate adverts in related fields (August 2026). A small sample from one job site, not every vacancy.
25 of 27 were internships
Allowance or pay, when stated
RM950 – RM1,225
8 of 27 adverts printed an amount: usually between RM950 and RM1,225 a month. Many print none.
Minimum CGPA asked
3.00 to 3.20
Stated in 2 adverts. Others did not state one.
Languages named
Bahasa Malaysia, Mandarin
An empty line means the adverts did not say, not that employers have no requirement. Check each employer's own advert before you plan around it.
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About this information
This describes what the job involves. Pay, demand and entry routes differ in Malaysia, so check the Pathways and Programmes pages for local requirements.
O*NET occupation: Agents and Business Managers of Artists, Performers, and Athletes
Job responsibilities, knowledge areas and work context from O*NET 30.3, US Department of Labor, used under CC BY 4.0. onetcenter.org