Ciara Shortridge

music publisher at nashville songwriting workshopA&R Manager, Disney Music Publishing

Originally from Rochester New York, Ciara attended Belmont University in Nashville and began working for Disney Publishing in 2009. Starting out as the catalog manager/assistant, Ciara was promoted to A&R manager in 2017 where she was the main creative point of Disney’s Nashville-based office.

In 2019 she was hired as Sr. Creative director, Country at the thriving company Curb Word, home to a diverse roster of hitmakers including Jason Walker, Billy Montana and Rodney Atkins.