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Job Description:
At Warner Music Group, we’re a global collective of music makers and music lovers, tech innovators and inspired entrepreneurs, game-changing creatives and passionate team members. Here, we turn dreams into stardom and audiences into fans. We are guided by three core values that underpin everything we do across all our diverse businesses:
Curiosity: We do our best work when we’re immersing ourselves in culture and breaking through barriers. Curiosity is the driving force behind creativity and ingenuity. It fuels innovation, and innovation is the key to our future.
Collaboration: Making music and bringing it to the world is all about the power of originality amplified by teamwork. A great idea, like a great song, travels globally. We ignite passions and build connections across our diverse community of artists, songwriters, partners, and fans.
Commitment: We pursue excellence for our team and our talent. Everything in music starts with a leap into the unknown, and we’re committed to keeping the faith, acting with integrity, and delivering on our promises.
WMG is home to a wide range of artists, musicians, and songwriters that fuel our success. That is why we are committed to creating a work environment that actively values, appreciates, and respects everyone. We encourage applications from people with a wide variety of backgrounds and experiences.
Consider a career at WMG and get the best of both worlds – an innovative global music company that retains the creative spirit of a nimble independent.
Job Title: Assistant, 300 Entertainment/Atlantic Hip Hop
A little bit about our team:
300 Entertainment and Atlantic Records have always been and continue to be A&R driven record labels. The A&R Department operates as the primary source of talent scouting and record making within 300 and Atlantic. Our A&Rs allow us to identify and sign new talent and continue making records for currently signed artists on the roster.
Your role:
You would be supporting the Co-President of 300 Entertainment and Hip Hop, R&B and Global Music at Atlantic Records, in our New York office. Your work would be to support and fulfill all of their A&R and administrative duties. In this role you will have the opportunity to learn all aspects of the A&R process.
Here you’ll get to:
Manage and schedule meetings, showcases, and calendars
Coordinate sessions for artist clients with producers and songwriters
Handle travel and itineraries for A&Rs and artist clients, in addition to executives.
Act as a liaison between the label, artists, and management companies
Work closely with all departments including marketing, publicity, sales, product management, finance and legal
Provide all levels of support including phones, scheduling, expense reports, artist meetings, travel, studio bookings, and more
Liaise between artists and manager teams on behalf of the executive
Organize meetings with all departments at 300 including A&R, marketing, publicity, sales, product management, finance and legal
Attend weekly and bi-weekly staff and breakout meetings, staying up to date on each all artists on the 300 roster
Liaise with different departments within the company, learning how each interact with each other
Scout and research new artist, songwriter, and producer talent
Review demo submissions and cover shows
Provide creative ideas and support on team and brainstorming ideas of potential artists and present artists on the label
Assist and have the opportunity to participate in coordination of song creation and record production. Work with songwriters, publishers, mixing and mastering engineers, studio managers, and artists throughout the process
Maintain and develop relationships directly with artists
Assist with Event Planning for the department and label as a whole
Work with the A&R research team and help to compile weekly reports
Cover studio sessions for the A&R’s artist roster
Attend all weekly A&R meeting and departmental song sessions
About you:
Self-motivated and a great communicator
Assistant or administrative experience
Detail oriented and organized
An amazing ear and hunger for new music discovery
A vast knowledge and understanding of music across all genres
Ability to maintain relationships and evaluate talent
Proactive, passionate and driven to learn about all aspects of A&R
We’d love it if you also had:
Previous music industry experience
Experience using industry tools such as Sodatone, Mediabase, etc.
Proficiency in Microsoft and Google suites
About us:
As the home to 10K Projects, Asylum, Atlantic Music Group, East West, FFRR, Fueled by Ramen, Nonesuch, Parlophone, Rhino, Roadrunner, Sire, Warner Records, Warner Classics, and several other of the world’s premier recording labels, Warner Music Group champions emerging artists and global superstars alike. And our renowned publishing company, Warner Chappell Music, represents genre-spanning songwriters and producers through a catalog of more than one million copyright
About the Company
Warner Music Group (WMG) brings together artists, songwriters, entrepreneurs, and technology that are moving entertainment culture across the globe. Operating in more than 70 countries through a network of affiliates and licensees, WMG’s Recorded Music division includes renowned labels such as 10K Projects, 300 Entertainment, Asylum, Atlantic, Big Beat, EastWest, Elektra, Erato, First Night, Fueled By Ramen, Nonesuch, Parlophone, Reprise, Rhino, Roadrunner, Sire, Spinnin’, Warner Records, Warner Classics, and Warner Music Na...
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