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Lucy Dickins, managing director at Creative Artists Agency
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Lucy Dickins

Managing Director, Creative Artists Agency

CAA managing director and music agent whose career spans senior agency leadership in London and Los Angeles.

Last updated 2026-09-15

In short

Lucy Dickins is Managing Director at Creative Artists Agency. Her 2026 move from WME to CAA shifted a senior agent and client relationships between two major representation firms. Lucy Dickins is a managing director at Creative Artists Agency and continues to work directly with music clients.

Quick facts

Current role
Managing Director
Primary category
Management
Known for
Music agency leadership; Global touring representation; Move from WME to CAA

Executive summary

Lucy Dickins is a managing director at Creative Artists Agency and continues to work directly with music clients. CAA announced her appointment in March 2026, with a mid-April start, after she left WME. Current coverage and CAA's announcement control this profile's present-tense affiliation.

At WME, Dickins had served as global head of contemporary music and touring, overseeing teams across several offices. That role ended in March 2026 and appears here only as career history, not as a current dual appointment.

Agent moves matter because representation relationships can redirect negotiations across promoters, venues and territories. The profile does not list individual clients unless the current relationship is supported by the cited material; it focuses on the institutional move and her agency remit.

Why Lucy Dickins matters in live music

Major agencies aggregate negotiating expertise and artist rosters. A managing director who also works directly with music clients can influence both firm strategy and the terms on which tours reach promoters.

Dickins' move is a useful, current example of competition in representation: market power shifts not only through acquisitions but when established agents and client relationships change firms.

Career record

  1. Before 2019Worked at International Talent Booking in London.
  2. 2019–March 2026Joined WME and later served as global head of contemporary music and touring; this affiliation is historical.
  3. Mid-April 2026Joined CAA as managing director and continued direct client work.

Sphere of influence

Levels are categorical — Core, Major, Significant, Limited — and each is stated with the evidence it rests on. No numeric score is published, because none would be defensible.

Music representation
Core
She is a senior agent and managing director at one of the major global agencies.
Global touring
Major
Her agency career includes leadership of contemporary music and touring teams across markets.
Agency strategy
Major
Managing director is a senior institutional role at CAA.
Concert promotion
Limited
She represents clients in promoter negotiations but does not lead a promotion company.

Entity relationships

Current

Historical

  • Lucy Dickins served as global head of contemporary music and touring at WME.

  • Lucy Dickins worked at International Talent Booking.

Timeline

  1. 2019Joined WME to lead its UK music operation.
  2. 2022Became WME global head of contemporary music and touring.
  3. March–April 2026Left WME and joined CAA as managing director.

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