Assistant, Catalogue Development & A&R

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.

Job Title:

Assistant, Catalogue Development and A&R

Global Catalogue is both the communication centre between Warner Music Catalogue labels and International Territories around the world, and the paramount frontier for marketing artists in the streaming era. We work closely with all labels and artists under the Recorded Music division to develop new catalogue opportunities in marketing, A&R, content development, and consumption, and then convert our findings into new strategies that are deployed across the company to our Catalogue teams around the world.

With catalogues from great heritage acts such as Led Zeppelin, Fleetwood Mac, David Bowie, Phil Collins, The Doors, Aretha Franklin, Joni Mitchell, Madonna, Prince, New Order, to more current artists such as Wale, Jess Glynne, Clean Bandit, Muse, and many more…the Warner Music catalogue is a rich and varied one that requires constant management and reinvention. This can vary from reimagining a classic album, creating and promoting a playlist managed by us or encouraging consumption of key tracks on streaming services, through to maintaining artist profile with digital suppliers.

The Assistant, Catalogue Development and A&R will be instrumental in executing the strategy for the company's extensive music catalogue, developing new products and driving physical revenue growth and enhancing the cultural impact of legendary and enduring recordings. Here you’ll get to:

• Product & Project Management:
  Assist the team in producing physical and digital catalogue releases (reissues, deluxe editions, boxsets, etc.) with copy checking, compiling audio, lyrics, video and more. Opportunity to develop skills into sole responsibility of project management over time.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration:
  
  Coordinating the organisation of the release schedule with different stakeholders to ensure all teams have the necessary information in an efficient manner, working closely with Production, Artist Brand Management, Commercial, Business & Legal Affairs, and Finance teams to ensure successful execution of release schedule.
• Stakeholder Communication:
  Liaise with artist management and estate representatives on project specifics, asset delivery, and timeline updates, ensuring alignment on the execution of the approved product strategy.

• Enthusiasm and understanding of the physical music market, including current trends, distribution channels, and consumer purchasing behaviour.
• Strong project management skills, with the ability to manage multiple campaigns simultaneously and meet tight deadlines.
• Excellent written and verbal communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills.
• A deep passion for music history and a genuine appreciation for the cultural significance of iconic recordings.

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