Assistant, Entertainment​/Atlantic Hip Hop

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.

Assistant, 300 Entertainment/Atlantic Hip Hop

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.

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.

• 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
• Organization of 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 artist on the 300 roster
• 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 in coordination of song creation and record production, working 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 compile weekly reports
• Cover studio sessions for the A&R’s artist roster
• Attend all weekly A&R meetings and departmental song sessions

• 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

• Previous music industry experience
• Experience using industry tools such as Sodatone, Mediabase, etc.
• Proficiency in Microsoft and Google suites

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