Assistant to EVP, Marketing & Artist Development

Job Description:

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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, sexual orientation, race, religion, ethnicity, disability, veteran status, and any other 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: Assistant to EVP, Marketing & Artist Development

A little bit about our team:

Warner Records is home to some of the most influential and innovative artists of our time. Its reputation and extraordinary roster of new and established recording artists is unparalleled, and its collective influence on digital content trends is without precedent! With a transformative approach toward discovering and championing musical talent, the Warner Records family of labels is currently home to an impressive generation of major artists.

Your role:

The Assistant to the EVP, Marketing & Artist Development will support one of the top executives at Warner Records in all facets of their duties and responsibilities. You will act as the right hand to the executive and will be fully immersed in their daily activities and the label operations.

Here you’ll get to:

• Manage the executive’s numerous day-to-day events such as scheduling calls and meetings, organizing travel and accommodations (both domestically and internationally) as well as processing expenses

• Ensure the executive is timely for each call/meeting and is equipped with any prep materials or agendas, take detailed/thorough notes in meetings, analyzing the information post-meeting and circulating timely recap emails/documents; as well as building out action item lists where needed

• Serve as a reliable contact between internal and external partners, communicate high priorities to the executive in a timely manner

• Review the executive’s correspondence and perform quality control checks for accuracy, grammar and spelling

• Process and maintain T&E expenses for the executive, via Concur

• Manage the executive’s calendar – providing a weekly breakdown of scheduled events for the approaching week

• Collate artist budget requests on a weekly basis

• Handle the circulation of the weekly Artist Meeting schedule across the label

• Uphold and conduct work within the standards and procedures of the company’s Code of Conduct and core values

• Plan and organize quarterly events for internal Warner Records employees – partnering with Finance to obtain budget approvals and with the Facilities Team to coordinate logistics ahead of the event

• Liaise with IT, as needed, to ensure all technological needs (both audio and video) are in-place ahead of meetings, presentations, etc.

• Interview, hire, train and supervise interns semesterly

• Attend company events and shows regularly

• Welcome new hires and ensure they are well prepared for onboarding

• Organize department gifting for birthdays

• Complete ad hoc projects as needed for the executive

About you:

• You possess 2+ years of relevant work experience as an Assistant, supporting at an executive level within the entertainment industry

• You bring positive energy and a positive and welcoming demeanor into any room you enter 

• You are a music enthusiast who has an affinity for all genres and loves to attend live events

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