Anya Jones was A&R / Head of A&R at SYCO Music where she creatively directed the musical careers of artists such as Ella Henderson, Leona Lewis, Little Mix and Susan Boyle, delivering 20 UK number 1 singles. After being so heavily involved with huge pop artists for 12 years, she has now turned her hand to full-time songwriting. Anya has been working various a-list collaborators in the US such Timbaland and Marshmello and in the UK with TMS, Kamille Purcell and Dan Smith (Bastille).
In the space of a few months Anya has procured cuts with the likes of Tom Grennan, Bebe Rexha, Leona Lewis and Ali Gatie. She also had 3 cuts on Little Mix’s latest top 5 album.
Since signing to Spirit she has started to expand her close network of collaborators, Anya is very keen to create long-lasting relationships and create meaningful hits, rather than chasing trends. She is a fantastic writer who can bring a fresh concepts as well as a overarching A&R mentality and guidance to a session. She is excellent with artists after her experience over the years of getting in their heads and making sense of what both they and their audience need.