Director, Catalogue, Warner Chappell Music

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.

The Catalogue team acts as the dedicated engine for maximizing the cultural and commercial value of Warner Chappell Music’s legendary assets. We serve as a strategic bridge between our iconic legacy compositions and the modern entertainment landscape, ensuring our catalogues remain vibrant, relevant, and profitable.

You will be at the forefront of curating, nurturing, and expanding our existing music catalogue. Your primary focus will be identifying and acquiring high-quality music assets from various sources that align with our company's vision and goals. Your in-depth knowledge of music history, genres, and industry trends will enable you to evaluate potential catalogue acquisitions and administration deals, ensuring that we expand our portfolio with valuable and culturally significant content.

While we cherish and champion our legendary legacy acts, “Catalogue” at Warner Chappell means so much more to us. We are focused on capturing the soundtrack of a generation – the definitive anthems, cultural touchstones, and music that sound-tracked our most formative years. You will look at the music landscape through a living, breathing cultural lens, knowing exactly what audiences are connecting with right now.

You’ll be skilled at identifying these goldmine assets and transforming timeless nostalgia into modern cultural currency. You will shape the future of how these iconic eras are celebrated and redefine what catalogue music means to the next generation of music lovers.

• Develop and deliver the UK catalogue acquisition and administration strategy in partnership with the Managing Director and Global Head of Catalogue.
• Build and maintain a robust pipeline of acquisition and administration opportunities across the UK and international markets.
• Identify new catalogue opportunities through proactive market engagement, market intelligence and strategic relationship management.
• Contribute commercial insight and market expertise to support Warner Chappell’s wider global catalogue strategy and investment priorities.

• Lead the commercial evaluation of catalogue opportunities, assessing financial performance, copyright position, historical significance, market trends and long-term strategic value.
• Develop commercial business cases and investment recommendations for senior leadership.
• Lead complex negotiations with songwriters, estates, publishers, lawyers, managers, investors and other rights holders.
• Partner with Finance, Legal & Business Affairs, Copyright, Creative and Sync teams to structure, negotiate…