A lot has been written about the supposed dire state of the music industry, but truth be told there are a number of successful and growing companies, including record labels, that are thriving in 2014. In this column we bring together every job opening we can find from the companies responsible for building the future of the business and present them to you, our reader, in hopes of aiding you on your journey to join the global music industry professional family.
The first two months of this weekly roundup have taught us a lot, and we want to thank you for continuing to stop in every week to see what new openings have become available. We are continuing to develop this area of our blogging efforts and hope to further aide and guide aspiring professionals in the months ahead. You can help us better serve our community by sending any job openings you find or have to james@haulix.com. Be sure to include the name of the company hiring, a detailed description of the position being offered, a desired start date, contact information, and any additional supplemental information you feel may be needed.
Job Openings:
Freelance Coordinator, Music & Media Licensing (Viacom)
Job summary: Negotiate favorable rates and secure rights for material (music, film/tv clips, news and celebrity footage, photos and other media) included in projects produced by MTV East Coast and additional client groups as necessary. Send please issues, draft licenses and process all payments. Work closely and communicate regularly with production, production management, music supervisors and business and legal affairs. Record and track rights information for multi-platform programming.
Assistant Director for Youth Curriculum and Assessment (Berklee College Of Music)
Job summary: The Assistant Director for Curriculum and Assessment is a music educator with teaching experience and proven knowledge of assessment and evaluation with evidence of work in qualitative and quantitative research. S/he is eager to serve and is versed in nonprofit or school administrative management, cutting-edge music & arts in education practices that include instruction through the use of technology, and youth development. The ADCA possess knowledge of the best practices in popular, contemporary and world music pedagogies, more specific to the musical practices and pedagogical and methodological traditions of the African diaspora. The ADCA is an inspiring leader who is dedicated to service and can motivate and empower youth, staff, teachers and families into transformative experiences. The ADCA is caring, passionate, cooperative and collaborative, and has the ability to speak to anyone. He/she has respect for and experience with bureaucratic and hierarchical structures that require active listening, patience, mild tenacity and humility both internally and externally. The ADCA appreciates and respects all styles of music, believing in contemporary music as a social common denominator that can connect everyone. The ADCA is receptive to learning and teaching, as well as maintaining a student-centered environment and teacher/staff learning-community, performances, and youth development.
Director of Marketing & Communications (Boston Lyric Opera)
Job summary: Oversees all aspects of marketing and sales of the company including Marketing and Communications, Audience Services, Public Relations and Promotions. Manages a department of five including Marketing and Communications Manager, Audience Services Manager, Audience Services Coordinator, and Public Relations consultant. Reports to the General & Artistic Director.
Product Manager – Digital instruments and Effects (Gibson Brands)
Job summary: Cakewalk has an immediate opening for a creative, organized, and energetic self-starter to help us create next-gen, market-leading music production software for Mac, PC, iOS, and Android. As the Virtual Instruments and Effects Product Manager, you will apply your passion and deep understanding of synthesizers and audio effects to design and deliver software that inspires musicians.
Account Executive (Clear Channel Radio)
Job summary: Identify opportunities to put the advertising and promotional power of the radio stations to work for local businesses.
Content Editor – Music and Festivals (Axs)
Job summary: The Content Editor, Music & Festivals for AXS.com solicits, creates and edits the written and visual content across the Music and Festivals channel. The function owns the editorial calendar for AXS.com, Music and Festivals, and works closely with content operations and creative colleagues to deliver highly engaging and share-able content that speaks to our audience, for the brand, and meets or exceeds the creative standards and business goals.
Social Media Manager (Beats Music)
Job summary: The ideal candidate will be incredibly passionate about all things social media and music! This person will be in charge of maintaining our brand voice while creating exciting and out of the box social content to drive new customer growth and engagement.
Digital Content Manager (WXPN)
Job summary: Develop, implement and evaluate WXPN’s online strategy. Using a “digital-first” set of web skills the Digital Content Manager will create, curate, edit, develop, deliver and help to produce digital content while engaging users across all social and digital platforms. Create original content and supervise social media staff. With direction from the Assistant Station Manager for Programming, this manager will oversee the day-to-day web, mobile and social media related content for The Key, World Cafe and XPN.org.
Music Coordinator (Camp Hope)
Job summary: Special Needs Camp in East Hanover, NJ is looking for an Activities Coordinator of Music. We are looking for an individual that has experience running a class and carrying out a curriculum. This position needs a person with a lot of creativity.
Sports Media – Music Assistant (company confidential)
Job summary: Provide administrative support, including answering phones, scheduling meetings, booking conference rooms and setting up conference calls, and processing invoices and expense reports. Provide general office support for the department, including collecting and distributing mail.
Tour Manager (Invasion Group)
Job summary: Seeking professional tour manager for national touring artist based in Savannah, GA. Artist is on the road 200+ days a year and tour manager is needed as soon as possible.
A&R Admin Coordinator (Universal)
Job summary: Duties include knowledge of the financial systems, processing and paying invoices, A&R
travel requests, preparing and processing union enrollment and contracts, monitoring
showcase, 1Mic 1 Take and remix expenditures, and general office duties. Must have a
strong knowledge of Microsoft Word and Excel and can work well with high volume work
and deadlines. Must be organize and able to multi task.
Royalty Manager (Tunecore)
Job summary: Processing all incoming Royalty statements.
Urban Music Label Assistant (eOne)
Job summary: Seeking someone with knowledge and understanding of current music market place trends
Community Manager, Social Media (Live Nation)
Job summary: Do you think in #hashtags? The Community Manager will be responsible for the social monitoring, listening, and moderation activities for Live Nation North America social communities on multiple platforms. Working closely with social team, content manager, customer service, vendors, and other stakeholders, the Manager will lead daily community moderation efforts and detailed reporting on the LN fan base. We are seeking a candidate who is passionate about building lasting relationships with social fans/followers, and is able to utilize listening tools & new technology to take our interaction with the Live Nation social audience to the next level.
Staff Accountant (Victory Records)
Job summary: Assisting our existing four person Finance Department; Royalty Processing; Cost Accounting; Accounts Payable; Accounts Receivable; report preparation and data analysis; collections; conducting month end accruals and closings; auditing experience; special projects and the ability to think outside of the box. Excellent communication, computer and multi-tasking skills, especially exceptional proficiency with Counterpoint and Excel are mandatory. We have a fast-paced, casual, team oriented environment.
Music Management/Label Digital Marketing Coordinator (Confidential)
Job summary: Key overall responsibility is conceptualizing and integrating digital content/strategy into overall artist and label marketing plans/landscape
Promotion Coordinator (Capitol)
Job summary: This position provides administrative and project support to the Capitol Records Nashville Promotion Team.
Manager, Accounting (Warner Bros Records)
Job summary: The Manager of Accounting for Warner Bros. Records (WBR) is responsible for all aspects of the monthly close process and label accounting for WBR.
A&R Research Analyst (Sony/ATV Music Publishing)
Job summary: Perform statistical analytics of upcoming artists to evaluate their potential earning power.
Repertoire Management Coordinator (Concord Music Group)
Job summary: The Repertoire Management Coordinator is responsible for supporting in the creation, maintenance, and management of Concord Music Group’s metadata and digital assets, as well as bulk delivery of content to our distributors.
