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• Music is Everything: Music is our passion, and we can never get enough. Tastes, trends, and tech will change, but great artists and songwriters will always be our driving force.
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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.

Job Title: Vice President, Communications

A little bit about our team:

Rhino/Warner Global Catalog is the catalog division of Warner Music Group, responsible for Warner’s vast, eclectic roster of iconic artists, songs, albums, and labels. We work closely with our artists and the frontline labels under the Recorded Music division to create new catalog opportunities through marketing, A&R, content development, and engagement strategies that are deployed across the company to our catalog teams around the world.

Your role:

As the Vice President, Communications, you will develop and execute the overall publicity and radio promotion strategy for Warner Music Group artists and their song and album catalogs, as well as the overall division branding.

Here you’ll get to:

Media Relations

• Hire and manage outside publicity firms, photographers, videographers, and bio writers as needed
• Pitch and secure a wide range of media coverage focused around new album releases, artists on tour, and artist milestones (anniversaries, awards, birthdays, etc.) with national and regional press (print and online), blogs, television, radio, and industry trades
• Develop global press strategy including generating worldwide press releases, setting announcement timing, identifying audio and video assets for global premieres, and coordinating international schedules for artist interviews and appearances
• Execute and run publicity campaigns working closely with marketing, product development, art, business affairs, A&R, and international departments
• Lead Rhino and Global Catalog Corporate Communications with Warner Music Group including deal, partnership, new hire, and promotion announcements as well as official label press statements and executive interviews
• Build and maintain positive relationships internally and externally with key media contacts, and build knowledge and expertise in dealing with media in all formats
• Maintain global schedule of press release announcements and asset premieres
• Organize press conferences, satellite media tours, junkets, red carpet appearances, and photo and video shoots

Radio Promotion

• Service full albums and singles to wide array of radio formats, based on content
• Coordinate schedules for interviews, satellite radio tours, in-studio appearances, and performances in relation to new releases, tours, and other artist activity
• Implement and handle national and local radio campaigns for all releases
• Hire and manage outside radio promotion firms in execution of radio single, product giveaway, and other radio visibility campaigns
• Develop and lead all aspects of production and distribution of radio specials on projects as needed
• Organize both nationally syndicated and locally focused product giveaway campaigns in exchange for promotional consideration
• Supervise radio single campaigns for newly recorded and/or previously unreleased tracks and hire independent radio promoters to execute to appropriate formats

About you:

• Is a team player and able to lead media outreach on all designated projects large and small
• Are familiar and interested in working across different genres of music
• Ability to communicate effectively and maintain composure under stressful and complex situations between label staff, artist management, and artists
• Strong organizational skills
• Committed, hard-working and upbeat
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Stays up to date and maintains curiosity regarding digital media and consumer behavior trends
• Have strategic agility in terms of foreseeing trends and problems before they occur

We’d love it if you also had:

• Experience managing budgets and third-party vendors
• Proficiency in Microsoft Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), Keynote, and other formats
• Background in building compelling presentations that relay key ideas

About us:

As the home to 300 Elektra, Asylum, Atlantic, 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 catalogue of more than one million copyrights worldwide. Redefining what it means to be a music company in the 21st century, our consumer brands include trend-setters like UPROXX, Songkick, HipHopDX, and EMP. We’re the home to WMX – the next generation services division that connects artists with fans and amplifies brands in creative, immersive, and engaging ways – and Alternative Distribution Alliance (ADA) – the ground-breaking global distribution company for independent artists and labels.

Together, we are Warner Music Group: Music With Vision & Voice.

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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.

Salary Range

$140,000 to $170,000 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.

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, religious creed, color, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, ancestry, marital status, medical condition as defined by state law (genetic characteristics or cancer), physical or mental disability, military service or veteran status, pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions, genetic information or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local law.

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