About the Role
The Junior Manager, A&R and Content Development will execute the strategy for the company's extensive music catalogue, developing new products, driving physical revenue growth, and enhancing the cultural impact of legendary recordings.
Responsibilities
- Manage the full product lifecycle for assigned physical and digital catalogue releases from initial concept sign-off through manufacturing, distribution setup, and final release.
- Coordinate all creative and production elements, including sourcing audio masters, securing artwork, approving liner notes, and managing quality control checks.
- Act as the lead project manager for individual catalogue re-issues, setting internal timelines, managing asset delivery deadlines, and troubleshooting production issues.
- Secure necessary approvals for all product content from artists/estates and internal stakeholders.
- Work closely with Artist Brand Management, Production, Creative, Business & Legal Affairs, and Finance teams to ensure successful execution of release schedule.
- Manage and track specific project budgets for individual product developments.
- Liaise directly with artist management and estate representatives on project specifics, asset delivery, and timeline updates.
Requirements
- Minimum of 4 years of experience in the music industry, with a strong emphasis on creating catalog re-issues, and physical product promotion within a record label or entertainment company.
- Good understanding of the physical music market, including current trends, distribution channels, and consumer purchasing behavior.
- 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.
- Creative and strategic thinker with a hands-on approach to execution.
- Proactive, results-oriented, and highly organised.
- Ability to work collaboratively in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
- Strong analytical skills with the ability to translate data into actionable insights.
- Adaptable and open to new ideas and approaches in presenting products to super fans and new fans.
Skills
- Project Management
- Product Development
- Content Development
- Physical Music Market
- Communication
- Presentation
- Interpersonal Skills
- Analytical Skills
Location
- Onsite
Work Type
- Full-time
- Hybrid
Experience Level
- Minimum of 4 years of experience
About the Company
- 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.
- WMG is home to a wide range of artists, musicians, and songwriters that fuel our success.
- 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.
- 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.
- The Warner Music catalogue is a rich and varied one that requires constant management and reinvention.
- 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.
- 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.
Equal Opportunity
- WMG is committed to inclusion and diversity in all aspects of our business.
- We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and will evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, religion or belief, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or gender reassignment, marital or civil partnership status, disability, pregnancy, childbirth or any other characteristic protected by law.
