Senior Director ~ Vice President, Brand Partnerships at Warner Music Group in Los Angeles, CA

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. Job Title: Senior Director / Vice President, Brand Partnerships (Title/Salary commensurate with experience) A little bit about our team: The Brand Partnerships and Commercial Licensing Department at Atlantic Music Group is responsible for all outreach to brands, advertising and entertainment marketing agencies with the ultimate goal of aligning the label and our artists with branded campaign and partnership opportunities. Your role: You will cultivate brand partnerships for the company and Atlantic's diverse roster of top-notch artists with the goal of: a) creating impactful campaigns and promotions to increase consumption of our artists’ music; b) raising the profile of our artists and the Atlantic Music Group brand; and c) offsetting costs by funding our creative marketing campaigns, artist visuals and promotional events. Here you’ll get to: Devise and pitch brand partnership deals and campaigns for all artists on the Atlantic Music Group roster to amplify the artist's presence in the marketplace, increase consumption of the artist's music and garner revenue for the artist and label. Campaigns that range from traditional NIL/endorsement deals, to video product placement deals, tour sponsorship and activations, partner funded pop-up activations, paid social media posts, performance opportunities, etc. Cultivate and maintain key relationships with brand marketers, talent, marketing and influencer agencies to garner income for artists, revenue for label and amplify album marketing campaigns; lead team outreach to the multicultural brand marketing community. Work with product managers, digital and social marketers, the fan engagement team, streaming, creative & visual services, radio promotion, and publicity departments to develop creative marketing strategy and plans as needed for all artists on the roster. Work closely with the artist and management team to execute all partnership deliverables. Work with artist legal teams and label business affairs to contract all deals. About you: 7+ years of experience in label, management or agency brand partnerships, or brand management You have excellent communication skills You have the ability to manage multiple tasks and yield results You possess competitive negotiating skills You bring a positive disposition to the team and are eager to collaborate and build relationships Skilled at cold calling new clients and pitching creative ideas (internal/external pitches) Strategic thinker Organizati