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.
For WMG’s label Spinnin' Records, we are looking for a Project Manager Marketing. Spinnin’ Records is the world's leading dance music label, with artists such as Tiësto, Cyril, David Guetta, KREAM, Alok, KSHMR, Lucas & Steve, Gabry Ponte, and many more on its roster. We specialize in electronic music and manage the largest online dance community in the world, with more than 12 million followers across social media. In addition, we have our own YouTube channel, Spinnin' TV, counting more than 30 million subscribers and over 18 billion views. We are an international company and offer you a unique opportunity to contribute to our journey and join our team.
About the Role
In this role, you will be responsible for creating and executing release & brand strategies for national and international projects. You can translate our artists' vision of their music – storytelling – into a strategic and innovative plan. When creating those, you use data & market trends and work closely with in-house teams and the artists / managers. Reporting into the Marketing Director of Spinnin’ Records, you oversee keeping track of budgets, planning, monitoring achieved results, and adapting action points to keep the project moving forward.
Job requirements
Key Responsibilities:
Market and manage assigned national and international artist projects.
Initiate well-thought-out marketing and release plans for our artists with a focus on dance music.
Create and execute big and unique marketing ideas, hand in hand with all departments within Spinnin’ (such as A&R and Marketing Services) and ensure a flow of content for each artist and track.
Maintain an overview of deadlines, data insights, KPIs, project budgets, and campaign goals.
Create weekly marketing and release reports for internal and external stakeholders and ensure results and information are shared. Communication is key.
Work closely with artists and their representatives and keep them updated on all relevant information surrounding each release.
Oversee the creation and distribution of creative assets and marketing tools.
Establish and continuously grow your network within the music industry.
About you:
You’re deeply passionate about dance and electronic music with experience within the music industry.
You have a bachelor's / master’s degree or equivalent (HBO level in Dutch).
You’re a multi-faceted creative thinker, great communicator, and team player.
You have a high understanding of digital trends, online/social media platforms, and the DSP landscape.
You are excellent at translating strategy and initial goals into specific action points and keep your cool when working with budgets and timelines.
You adapt well to change within a fast-moving industry.
What We Offer?
A pivotal role at the world’s leading dance music label. You will work with an unparalleled repertoire in an energetic, international environment in the heart of Amsterdam. Consider a career at WMG and get the best of both worlds: an innovative global music company that retains the creative spirit of a flexible independent label!
You can count on an informal working atmosphere within a creative and talented team, with plenty of room for personal development. This is a full-time position (40 hours per week) operating on a hybrid model with time spent in our Amsterdam office. We offer a competitive salary and an extensive package of secondary benefits.
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.
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