Senior Director, A&R and Label Acquisition

Job Description:

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. 

A little bit about our team:

Alternative Distribution Alliance (“ADA”) is a worldwide service organization committed to independent artist and label development.  As part of Warner Music Group, ADA gives the indie record labels and artists access to an unparalleled global distribution system and a dedicated team that provides a complete spectrum of marketing, merchandising, promotion, and music licensing services.  

Your role:

The A&R and Label Acquisition Senior Director will play a crucial role in driving A&R communications and streamlining the dealmaking across ADA in the United States. This role will have a direct supporting relationship to the Vice President of A&R, will work closely with Legal and Business Affairs and Finance, and will collaborate with several other departments and global ADA team members.

Here you’ll get to:

• Cultivate a network of contacts within the independent music community, and make creative connections with a goal of bringing in incremental business
• Organize and run pitch meetings as part of the deal process, bringing in relevant members of the ADA team providing them contextual information and materials in order to improve business outcomes
• Track, analyze and socialize pitch outcomes in order to enhance and grow our business and value proposition
• Serve as point of contact and advocate for the client, making sure they are supported and understood throughout the acquisition process
• Work with label and product management teams to manage expectations and socialize deal terms in order for proper service levels to be preserved with ADA partners
• Provide guidance and expertise after partners become clients of ADA, improving their business outcomes and making relevant connections both creatively and within the internal ADA and WMG teams
• Work with the finance teams to improve and solidify projection models for new deals
• Work with internal data teams to establish pipelines for new talent, both from public data and track upstream opportunities through our various platforms
• Attend concerts, studio sessions and playbacks as needed

About you:

• You have 7+ years experience in the artist and label partnerships space 
• You have a strong passion and intimate understanding of cultural trends, and how those trends translate to the current music landscape
• You have a wide network of contacts within the independent community, and have established yourself as someone who makes relevant creative and business connections
• You are a multi-tasker, with the ability to track a large volume of deals, conversations, and partnerships, with the aim of achieving a mutually beneficial outcome for all
• You have a working knowledge of finance, with the ability to understand and evaluate how to hit revenue targets, profit, and market share goals
• You have a high degree of data literacy, and are comfortable deriving insight with self-service BI tools and platforms
• You are a problem solver, with the ability to reach out the right people to tear down roadblocks, accelerate timelines, and motivate others around you to success

We’d love it if you also had:

• Experience/ within the independent distribution space
• Extensive network of relationships in the independent music space

About us:

As the home to 10K Projects, Asylum, Atlantic Music Group, East West, FFRR, Fueled by Ramen, Nonesuch, Parlophone, Rhino, Roadrunner, Sire, Warner Records, Warner Classics, and several other of the world’s premier recording labels, Warner Music Group champions emerging artists and global superstars alike. And our renowned publishing company, Warner Chappell Music, represents genre-spanning songwriters and producers through a catalog of more than one million copyrights worldwide. Warner Music Group is also home to ADA, which supports the independent community, as well as artist services division WMX. In addition, WMG counts film and television storytelling powerhouse Warner Music Entertainment among its many brands.

Together, we are Warner Music Group: Independent Minds. Major Sound.

Love this job and want to apply?

Click the “Apply” link at the top of the page, or apply directly with your LinkedIn. Applying with LinkedIn will import all of the information you put in your profile, but will still allow you to upload a resume and cover letter.

Don’t be discouraged if you don’t hear from us right away. We’re taking our time to review all resumes, and to find the best people for WMG.

Thanks for your interest in working for WMG.  We love it here, and think you will, too.

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This position requires a minimum of four days per week in the office. We value in-office collaboration and believe it's essential for talent development and fostering strong working relationships.

Salary Range

$140,000 to $160,000 Annually

Salary ranges are included for job postings where required by law. The actual base pay is dependent upon many factors, such as work experience and business needs. The pay range is subject to change at any time dependent on a variety of internal and external factors.

Warner Music Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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