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Junior International Marketing Manager

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 know that each talent makes our collective bolder and brighter. We are guided by four core principles that underpin everything we do across all our diverse businesses:

• 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.

• Global Growth, Local Expertise: Music is a global language. Through communication and collaboration, our success can come from anywhere and translate everywhere.

• Innovation and Insight : Pushing the boundaries requires the best information and the boldest imagination. We use both to create the future.

• Empowered by People : Like the artists we serve and the music they make, our differences make us stronger. This is a place where every talent can belong and build a career.

We remain committed to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. We know it fosters a culture where you can truly belong, contribute, and grow. We encourage applications from people of any age, gender identity, sex or sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, religion or belief, disability, and any other protected characteristic or identity.

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: Junior International Marketing Manager

A little bit about our team:

International Marketing one of the company’s most dynamic departments, we work with all the frontline labels across all artists. We work with labels, artists and their managers and our affiliate labels across the globe working to promote and marketing Warner UK artists on an international level. We are looking for a forward-thinking music professional with analytical and insight experience. Reporting into the Director, International Marketing UK, you will take responsibility for assisting the team on a day-to-day basis.

Your role:

You will be joining this ambitious department as a core member of the team and should be a self-starter who has a strong passion for music, with a can-do outlook who feels at home in a fast-paced working environment!

Here you’ll get to:

• You will be responsible for the strategic direction, planning, implementation, and management of a roster of International artist campaigns

• You will work closely with artists, artists managers and UK labels on artist development and with the digital team to drive ex UK audience growth

• Proactively seek out innovative ways to continually improve and develop your marketing campaigns and create opportunities for your roster of artists

• Create and nurture relationships with artists, artist managers and the music industry and within the global network of Warner Music

• Execution of large scale, high impact global marketing and artist campaigns for a roster of UK artists both developing and established and turning them into global superstars

• Representing and championing the needs of international territories in the best interests of the overall project.

• Handle and coordinate physical and digital releases

• Handle marketing budgets approved by head of department, monitor sales, streaming’s and activity on each project to ensure targets are being met.

• Proactive support of domestic and local marketing teams to achieve the best possible set-up scenarios for priority releases, ensuring delivery of valuable content to partners to develop artists both on and offline.

• Maximise promotional results, streaming strategies and sales against marketing spend and budgets.

• Collect and review international marketing and promotion plans to create impactful global and local marketing plans

• Work with digital managers and management where applicable to build community, databases, and viral campaigns.

• Creative input for international online marketing. Ensure that all on and off-line marketing / promotion is integrated.

• Support Global A&R teams in identifying and securing appropriate collaborations / features

• Increase marketing best practice by driving multiple new and innovative campaign

• Work with Warner Music UK data analysts and Warner Music International team to develop, report and analyse results as well as reporting on all promotional and local marketing activity to senior management, artist management and Warner Music UK team.

• Extensive international travel when required

About you:

• Strong connection with the genre and culture, musical trends and seeing opportunities.

• Sound knowledge of planning and implementing impactful global marketing campaigns, regardless of allocated budgets

• Clear understanding of the International Music market, media, digital marketing and retail

• Strong data proficiency and ability to interpret data to make strategic recommendations

• Ability to build strong relationships with artists, artist managers, A&Rs, independent labels, tour agents etc.

• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to communicate clearly and effectively

• Articulate with excellent copy writing skills

• A hardworking and innovative thinker whose able to multitask across multiple projects and work under pressure within a team environment

• Strong organizational skills with ability to work on multiple projects

• Able to travel globally where required for promo or meetings

About us:

As the home to Asylum, Atlantic, East West, Elektra, 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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Thanks for your interest in working for WMG. We love it here, and think you will, too.

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.