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Music Industry Job Board (May 20, 2019)

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Director, New Business (UMG – Santa Monica, CA)

The Director, New Business is responsible for the development and execution of strategic marketing partnerships that drive incremental revenue across identified priorities within UMG’s catalog portfolio of Artists, Content, and IP. Reporting to the SVP, New Business, the Director will work with brands and agencies to develop integrated marketing campaigns that leverage digital, social and experiential marketing as well as new content creation with the support of media promotional budgets to drive new business. He/she will develop new business prospects and contribute to delivering best in class entertainment marketing, content, and event programs for clients.

Partner Solutions Manager, Music (Facebook – NYC)

Facebook is seeking to grow its Partner Solutions team within Entertainment Partnerships, with a role working closely with Strategic Partner Managers to optimize how musicians leverage our platform. This role works directly with Strategic Partner Managers, Data Analysts, Product Managers, Media Operations, and other partners to ensure a seamless experience. Media Partnerships is a rapid growth organization that connects people with the musicians, creators, and media publishers they care about.

Manager, Influencer & Talent Relations (WMG – Culver City, CA)

UPROXX is seeking a Manager, Influencer & Talent Relations to work with our creative and production teams to source, outreach to, pitch and contract talent for our branded content partnerships as well as internal content opportunities.

Director of Sponsorships – Midwest (Twitch – Chicago, IL)

The Director of Sponsorships – Midwest will be based in our Chicago office and report to the Head of Sponsorship Sales in the US Twitch Advertising group. This role will immediately dive in and connect Twitch with new business as well as champion the existing business in their portfolio. This individual will be tasked with championing the sponsorship sales product at Twitch including esports leagues, esports teams, original & licensed content and influencers to designated client categories located within the midwest territory of the United States. This role will require a passion for sales development – with the ability to manage client outreach, pipelines and sales goals.

The Director of Sponsorships – Midwest will work with the Sr. Director, Global Sponsorships to co-manage a geographically dispersed client list in a disciplined, metric-focused environment. This role will also possess a self-starter element and be responsible for individual client identification & management, requiring a moderate amount of travel. Key to this role will be working closely across the Advertising, Marketing, Partnerships, Content, and Events teams at Twitch – good communication skills and ability to work cross-collaboratively are a must!

Content Manager (EMPIRE – San Francisco, CA)

EMPIRE works with today’s hottest talent from superstars such as T.I. and Tyga, and red-hot newcomers such as Mozzy. We are searching for a Content Manager to join our award-winning team and play a pivotal role in developing the next generation of industry talent.

Brand Director (Live Nation – NYC)

The Brand Management team is the get stuff done, turn-problems-into-solutions, make our clients look like the rock stars, the driving force within the Live Nation Media & Sponsorship division. We are a collection of resourceful, ambitious, and strategic-minded individuals that thrive in an environment full of variables and unknowns. If you like to sit at a desk, write white papers, and theorize on how things should work this is not the job or team for you. If you’re ready to do the best work of your life, we should talk.

Head of Creative Content (TH3RD BRAIN – Los Angeles, CA)

We at TH3RD BRAIN are searching for a creative director to serve as our head of content. In this role, the individual will be in charge of commissioning content creation for our company and its artists, ranging from brand identity and design to music videos to micro social content campaigns. From brand decks and sizzle reels to music videos, and everything in between.

Director, Regional Promotions / Columbia Nashville (Sony – Nashville, TN)

As a Regional Director, you can put to use your exceptional communication skills and your motivation to get the job done by proactively promoting airplay for Columbia artists such as Luke Combs, Jameson Rodgers, Faith Hill, Tim McGraw, Maren Morris, Mitchell Tenpenny, and Tenille Townes.

Senior Manager, Consumer Events & Brand Partnerships – MTV, VH1 & CMT (Viacom – NYC)

We are searching for a person to deliver on our goals and exercise their skills and knowledge of the industry to contribute to our innovative team. We are seeking a passionate and highly motivated team player who is a strategic thinker and superbly organized. “Can do” attitude and solution-oriented mindset is a must. This position will report directly into the Senior Director of Consumer Events and Brand Partnerships under the direction of the VP of Consumer/Brand Marketing, Events & Partnerships and oversee all event activation plans for the channels.

Associate Director, Marketing (Sony – Culver City, CA)

The Associate Director, Marketing will serve as a member of Columbia’s marketing department. This role requires comprehensive communication and coordination both internally and externally in order to keep projects moving forward while maintaining the overall message and brand. A willingness to serve as a team utility player is a must.

Director, Editorial & Programming (Sony – NYC)

Develop multifaceted campaigns to build audience and awareness for emerging and established artists on streaming platforms.

Marketing Manager (Faherty Brand – New York, NY)

Do you have a knack for combining strategic thinking and creativity to execute on high-impact programs? Faherty is seeking a Marketing Manager who has deep knowledge of marketing concepts to grow brand awareness through strategic partnerships, public relations, omni-channel collateral and large brand events. 

E-Commerce Operations Manager (Light In The Attic Records & Distribution – Los Angeles, CA)

Leading catalog and distribution company Light In The Attic seeks an E-Commerce Operations Manager to head our Direct to Consumer and Business to Business storefronts and ensure best-in-class E-Commerce services across all channels. In this role, you will have end-to-end ownership of both storefronts – from product setup and import to sales analysis and recommendations, you will be at the center of our online business. You will also play an integral role in establishing strategy and processes for the company, working closely with Co-Founders, Digital Lead, and Customer Service Lead to install a wholistic strategy for driving sales and delivering an on-brand experience for both our “LITA Store” and wholesale customers. You will be an ambassador for the Light In The Attic brand to outside partners and be the direct point of contact for our network of over 150 like-minded distributed labels, our fulfillment partner, and our Shopify Plus support team. You will play a key role in collaborating with key stakeholders to support and scale our rapidly growing online business across both D2C and B2B channels.

Premium Conversion Campaign Manager (Spotify – NYC)

We’re looking for a highly motivated Conversion Campaign Manager to join our Premium Upsell team to road-manage global launches and initiatives to increase awareness of our Premium product and to expand our rapidly growing subscriber base of over 83 million users.

Church Music Marketing Manager, Distributed Catalogs (Word Music and Church Resources – Nashville, TN)

Word Music & Church Resources is one of the world’s leading contemporary evangelical church music publishers. Based in Nashville, we are owned by Lorenz, one of the country’s largest publishers, manufacturers, and distributors of printed music for the school and church markets. We are looking for amazing people to join our Word Music & Church Resources (WMCR) team in Nashville, TN. As a team member of WMCR, you’ll help shape our image and help expedite meaningful products that help our customers succeed. You’ll work closely with your peers in various departments. At WMCR, you can be yourself, work in a casual work environment, and know that you work with people who are dedicated to creativity, growth, teamwork, openness, improvement, and good stewardship.

Manager, Publicity (Verve Label Group – New York, NY)

VLG is seeking a Publicity Manager with ideally 3-5 years of experience in the entertainment/music industry. This individual should also ideally have broad musical interest across genres, preferably classical and jazz. The position requires a self-starter who can work both independently and within a team environment. Ability to independently problem-solve and organizational skills are a must. Working under the department head of publicity, the candidate will be involved in aspects of PR campaigns for releases on the Verve Records, Verve Forecast, Impulse!, Decca Gold, Deutsche Grammophon, Decca and Mercury KX imprints.

Manager, Digital Marketing and Strategy (Live Nation – NYC)

We’re seeking a Manager, Digital Marketing and Strategy who will report to the Director of Digital Marketing and Strategy and serves as a key member of the Roc Nation Digital Music Team. This individual will lead on management, publishing and joint venture clients. The role will support continued development and growth for a diverse roster of Roc Nation artists. Responsibilities will include executing promotional campaigns, designing and implementing creative marketing plans, securing digital retail merchandising, facilitating requests between partners, managers and artists & maintaining artist web and social platforms. This Manager will be responsible for shaping both digital strategy and the execution of plans, including social media publishing, on a daily basis.

Operations Manager (DICE FM – Los Angeles, CA)

We built DICE for fans. We’ve gone from being a tiny six-person company in London to a 90+ person (and growing) company that is now launching around the world. DICE is obsessed with data and technology and on a mission to be the world’s best platform to discover and buy tickets to amazing live experiences. The best artists all work closely with us to make sure their tickets go to their fans, not scalpers or touts. As Operations Manager for LA, your main responsibility will be coordinating the new DICE city launches, as well as the successful delivery and execution of partnerships with venues, promoters, artists and brands. We’re looking for a skilled executor with a strong analytical and problem-solving mindset. Someone with our same high standards to ensure fans, promoters and venues have the best possible experience with DICE in our new markets.

Director of Operations (Yonder Media Mobile – New York, NY)

Play a key role in the management of the company as strategic partner to CEO. Serve as part of the Senior Management Team (SMT) and assist other SMT members in ensure operational efficiency to meet business objectives.

Product Manager (Sony – NYC)

The Orchard is looking for a Product Manager to join our talented product, design & engineering team based in NYC.

Music Talent Program Lead (YouTube – NYC)

As the Music Talent Program Lead, you will be responsible for securing musical talent for event and performance opportunities across YouTube and Google. In this role you will connect and build relationships with internal Google teams looking for artist engagement, helping define and amplify events. You possess experience securing musical talent, have exceptional relationships in the music industry, and the skills that enable you to excel in cross-functional work flows across multiple areas.

VP Industry Marketing (Pandora Media, LLC – New York, NY)

The VP, Industry Marketing at Pandora is a key leader in the entire Sales Org. This role is responsible for driving industry leadership for Pandora within the B2B space. You will be responsible for reinforcing our core B2B positioning and bringing it to life from sales narratives to digital marketing programs to industry tentpoles. This role is for someone who has an insatiable curiosity to discover what’s ahead and craft new stories. You are a strategic and creative thinker who will lead full 360 marketing campaigns from concept to completion, helping to further Pandora’s leadership as an advertising platform. We are looking for a thought leader who can create as well as execute, developing new ideas that will engage our marketing and advertising audiences in fresh ways to increase consideration for Pandora.

Head of Industry relations & Content, LATAM (Deezer – Miami, FL)

Deezer is a global music streaming service with over 53 millions of tracks and a leading presence in over 180 countries, with 14 million monthly active users. Behind the code and the pixels is our team of 500 music lovers, and we’re building something incredible together. Want in? If you’re looking for an adventure, not just a job, and you fancy seeing ideas come to life in a heartbeat, you’re in the right place.

Head of AMP Production (AMP – Santa Clara Valley, CA)

We’re looking for a skilled Senior Manager, Production, to lead a cross-functional team of content producers and platform publishers, responsible for managing the execution of all featured content and bespoke campaigns and programs across Apple Media Products, including Apple Music, App Store, iTunes Store, TV App, Apple Books, and Apple Podcasts. Department Summary: The Production Team implements and deploys on-service/in-store offerings across products (iTunes Store, Apple Music, App Store, TV App, Books Store) and platforms (Desktop, Apple TV, iOS).

VP, Branded Content (WMG – Culver City, CA)

The VP, Branded Content at UPROXX is a key leadership position that will directly report to the Head of Studio. This role will contribute to UPROXX’s overall content strategy and work cross-functionally to develop and deliver the highest quality content programs to reach and serve both our audience and brand partners. You will be responsible for the oversight of productions from presales, through execution to delivery. The ideal candidate will bring a deep understand of digital production and distribution.

Technical Product Manager – Partner Analytics, Music (Apple – Santa Clara Valley, CA)

At Apple, great ideas have a way of becoming great products, services, and customer experiences very quickly. We’re looking for a motivated, ambitious Technical Product Manager with a real passion for music to join the Apple Media Partner Data and Analytics team in Cupertino. You’ll work with partners from a diverse set of business and engineering teams to design and build innovative analytics tools. You will uphold Apple’s industry-leading standards and provide our partners with clear, accurate, and actionable insights. You will chart a strategic course with combined expertise in the music industry and analytics. In this role, you will join the team responsible for building the reporting and data systems used globally by our partners across a wide range of content types, including apps, music, film, and books.

Director, Music Licensing (Audio Network – NYC)

The Director of Branded Content will be responsible for winning new clients, developing existing relationships and long-term growth of license sales within the advertising and branded verticals.

Vice President, East Coast, Music Licensing (Audio Network – NYC)

Based in Manhattan and reporting to the CEO (London), the Vice President, East Coast is a key strategic appointment that will play an integral role in leading the execution of the company’s commercial strategy in licensing Audio Network’s world-class music to television, advertising, enterprise and digital media customers. The role will manage the East Coast sales and creative teams to maximize revenue opportunities through synchronization licensing and generating performance royalties by driving usage with a focus on key strategic partners in advertising & branded content.

Senior Manager, Global Business Development (Sony – NYC)

The Orchard is a leading music distribution company distributing music from artists such as Ozuna, Jorja Smith, Run The Jewels and Kelsea Ballerini. With cutting edge operations and an unparalleled global team, The Orchard partners with companies of all sizes to make their music available across hundreds of digital outlets and physical retailers around the world. At The Orchard, the focus is to provide a comfortable, social and engaging environment to encourage productivity and creativity. The Orchard has an immediate opening for a Senior Manager, Global Business Development in our NYC office.

Senior Event Operations Business Manager (Innovation Arts & Entertainment – Chicago, IL)

The Senior Event Operations Business Manager is the bridge between the Event Booking Department, the Event Managers and Accounting Departments. This individual in this position will be very analytical thinking, but with the ability to lead others to find outside-of-the-box solutions. Having a full-time team of 3-5 Event Managers, the role is responsible for the overall success of the teams business actions, including staying within budgets as well as accurate and timely event settlements.

Talent Buyer (AEG – Nashville, TN)

The Talent Buyer is responsible for building relationships, identifying talent and confirming profitable shows. This position will create budgets, map scaling for venues and build offers for artists. Additionally, the Talent Buyer will compile all relevant documents and ensure that all shows are settled accurately. They will also work in conjunction with management to identify and build festivals. 

Director of Music and Sound Production Program (Interlochen Center for the Arts – Interlochen, MI)

The Director of Music and Sound Production Program provides leadership for Interlochen programs in music production/technology, including the major for Interlochen Arts Academy as well as courses available to non-majors; programs offered at Interlochen Arts Camp and programs offered at Interlochen College for Creative Arts. The Director leads all faculty teaching; reviews and oversees curriculum; recommends curriculum revisions, as appropriate; and ensures student learning and student success. The Director also leads and manages a program of visiting artists. The Director is a member of institutional committees, as appropriate. The Director teaches courses, as needed and appropriate; and the Director advises students in the program, ensuring their success and completion.

Church Music Editorial Production Coordinator (Word Music and Church Resources – Nashville, TN)

As a team member of WMCR, you’ll help shape our image and help expedite meaningful products that help our customers succeed. You’ll work closely with your peers in various departments. At WMCR, you can be yourself, work in a casual work environment, and know that you work with people who are dedicated to creativity, growth, teamwork, openness, improvement, and good stewardship.

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Journalism Tips: Be Prepared To Lose Your Job

Hello, everyone! Thank you for carving a little time out of your schedule to browse this site and learn about the crazy place we call the music industry. The following post is written with journalists and bloggers in mind, but it can be applied to any profession within the entertainment industry. Times are hard for everyone, but with a little preparation you can learn to maneuver the business with ease.

This site exists to promote the future of the entertainment industry, and to do that we need input from people like you and your entertainment-loving friends. If you have any questions about the content in this article, or if you have an artist you would like to see featured on this blog, please contact james@haulix.com. We can also be found on Twitter and Facebook.

I have been writing about music for the better part of seven years at this point, and while I have always had a site of my own there have been several other opportunities along the way that I either messed up or had to leave. To be clear, when I say I ‘messed up’ I am dancing around the fact some places have told me they’d rather not work with me moving forward. Sometimes this is due to disagreements over the editorial direction or the style of content being created, but other times it’s a matter of resources and the ever-shrinking amount of money allocated to paying content creators. After all, anyone can create a listicle. You don’t need four years of college or any real training in journalism to tell me ’25 Things Everyone Should Be Doing By The Time They’re 25,” or to create a gif-driven post like “35 thoughts anyone who has ever been front row at a show has had.” You just need to have experienced life, and pretty much anyone capable of stringing sentences together can say they’ve at least done that.

The point I’m trying to make is that regardless of how good you may be, or how much training you have in a particular field, there will more than likely come a day (or five) in your life when you find yourself without a job. Even if you’re not currently getting paid for that ‘job,’ which I know is the case for many bloggers reading this now, you may wake up one day to discover the site and team you’ve been working with have decided you are no longer needed. This happens to everyone in music, and given the incredibly high turnover rate at many larger labels/companies it’s not uncommon for it to happen multiple times over the course of someone’s career. This doesn’t mean you’re an awful professional, unless of course you do something to warrant being fired. More often than not this simply means the business you work with cannot support its staff, and as much as they would like to keep everyone on board that is not always possible from a financial standpoint. It may also mean the company in question is changing its direction or planning to try something different, which often requires certain funds be re-allocated to whatever new project is in development. The reasons are limitless.

I won’t lie to you: Losing a job sucks and it never gets any easier. People working in music today know their career is almost always on shaky ground, and anytime the bottom does give way it only adds volume to that voice in the back of their head that claims they are ‘not good enough’ to make this industry their home for the duration of their professional life. This is hard to believe, I know, but you are good enough. Heck, you’re probably better than some who have been working in this business for decades, but the only way you can make it in this industry is by first believing in yourself. I cannot tell you how to do that, but I can tell you what to do afterwards. 

Once you learn to believe in yourself, losing a job is more of a stumbling block than proof you’re not cut out to work in the music business. It’s a blow to your ever-fragile ego that forces you to step back and think about what exactly it is you’re doing with your career. This is a good thing to an extant, but it can also be a very frustrating time in your life. The best advice I can offer is tips on how to be prepare for the day you find yourself back on the market, and I have outlined them below:

DO GOOD WORK

Quality work is likely not enough to get you hired, as there are a plethora of talented writers currently seeking employment, but finding success on your job hunt begins with proving you’re more than capable of meeting the the the demands of the industry. Networking and digital know-how will get you far, especially if you have a proven ability to build huge social followings, but no one is going to bring you on full time unless they believe you are capable of creating quality work on a regular basis. 

DEVELOP YOUR PERSONAL BRAND

If the word ‘brand’ makes you feel like a dirty business person who is void of a soul, feel free to replace it with ‘reputation.’ The two are one in the same, and in today’s music industry your reputation means almost as much as the quality of your work. Your reputation is what sets you apart. It makes it known that you are not a generic journalism who willing to turn out whatever content needs to be created as long as their is a paycheck at the end of the day. There is certainly nothing wrong with being a content generation machine, but you have a higher likelihood of getting a callback, as well as better pay, if you can showcase specific skill sets that you possess. If you’re an interviewer, make it clear that is where you excel. The same goes for critics and those who enjoy creating longform editorials. Being able to do everything is good, but having a specialty is far more important. Generic journalists are dispensable because there are countless writers who will happily churn out whatever content is requested, but those able to do one thing incredibly well appear more valuable/rare to those in control. Be unique.

BUILD, MAINTAIN, AND NURTURE YOUR NETWORK CONNNECTIONS

Networking is yet another key to success in the music business, but many writers do not realize that in order to network well you must frequently engage in conversation with those you consider to be contacts. Simply replying to press releases and requesting content is not enough. That is what is expected of you as a writer, and it’s what every person a publicist contacts does, so in order to forge a real connection you need to go beyond the requirements of the job. You need to learn about the people who represent the artists you cover, and in turn allow them to understand the person you are outside of writing. Creating real friendships over the internet can be tricky, but it’s certainly not impossible, and when the day comes that you find yourself without a job it will be the people you’ve forged real relationships with that help you the most.

KEEP YOUR RESUME UPDATED

This is probably the most obvious item on this list, but at the same time I know a good number of current industry professionals whose online portfolios stopped being updated around the time they landed whatever job they have now. This is understandable, as the presence of new work often comes with the hope you’ve found a home for your writing career, but it’s also incredibly foolish because it will slow any job hunt that may need to embark upon in the future. In 2014 there are a number of sites and services that exist to simplify the process of maintaining your resume and digital portfolio, each with their own pros and cons. LinkedIn is probably the one site everyone uses, and I would encourage each of you reading this now to use it as well. Beyond that, however, you simply need to find a site or service that fits your needs. As a writer, you should be maintaining an archive of your best content, as well as a URL all your own. You should have your own corner of the net that people can visit regardless of where you are currently employed, and if you don’t then you should head over to hover.com and reserve your domain today. 

BUILD GOOD WILL

There was a time in journalism when the most talented writers could also have the worst personalities and there was very little anyone could say or do to deter them. They were already kings and queens of the journalism game, so any attempt to take shots at their career or ego would run the risk of being viewed as jealously, envy, or a combination of the two. Today, however, the supply of great writers vastly outweighs the demand for great writers, and when it comes down to it companies are more likely to hire the people they believe will fit in with the rest of their editorial team. They don’t have to deal with journalists who carry a chip on their shoulder because there are countless other writers who could not be more humble, and those writers tend to be the ones others will recommend. In fact, as much as your experience may determine whether or not your considered for a position, my experiences have shown that people hire people they like and who are recommended to them by people they trust. Those people are never assholes, so do yourself a favor and lose whatever sense of superiority you may possess. You might be talented, but without a likable personality you may find securing work in this business incredibly difficult.

James Shotwell is the blog editor and social media coordinator for Haulix. He’s also the founder of Under The Gun Review and the host of the Inside Music podcast. His work has appeared on numerous websites and in several major publications, including Alternative Press, AbsolutePunk, and Rolling Stone. He tweets a lot, and would love it if you followed him on Twitter.

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