Creative Services Director (12 month maternity cover - October start)
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.
Warner Chappell Music (WCM ) is the music publishing division of Warner Music Group. We are interested in those who can join and contribute to our company’s values: Curiosity, Collaboration, and Commitment. We value input, ideas, and feedback from everyone at every level and the voices and contributions of every team member at WCM matter.
At WCM we put the songwriter first, offering high touch service to move the cultural dial across the globe. We want team members who have a service-oriented mindset and care about the collective work. We are searching for those who are comfortable thinking globally while leveraging local expertise. We are Warner Chappell Music - where songwriters are heard.
Job Title: Creative Services Director (12 month maternity FTC)
A little bit about our team:
Warner Chappell is seeking a highly organised, detail-oriented, and motivated professional to join our Creative Services team. Creative Services was recently established to service our writers and catalogues in innovative, new ways. We strategically work to amplify and add value for our iconic songwriters and legacy catalogues through multi channel marketing campaigns, media/brand partnerships and IP development. We play a key creative role, working closely with our catalogues and songwriters to identify, develop and execute initiatives that drive revenue and ensure our songs stay front of mind culturally. Collaboration is key - we work closely across departments within Warner Chappell Music, the broader Warner Music Group, and beyond!
Your role:
As the Creative Services Director, you’ll play a key role in a future-focused department of a top global music publishing company. You’ll get to dive deep into WCM’s world-class music catalogue, uncovering opportunities to revitalise songs and maximise new releases. You’ll work with some of the best creative, commercial, and strategic partners to add value, boost engagement and build lasting legacies for our music.
You’ll be responsible for creating a wide range of new assets; from covers and remixes for sync to collaborative content such as short-form videos, podcasts, film/TV projects, immersive experiences, theatrical productions, orchestral arrangements and even print. You’ll celebrate anniversaries, launch new releases and tap into cultural trends to connect our music with audiences in fresh, exciting ways.
Leading the UK Creative Services team, you’ll implement global CS initiatives for the region and deliver dozens of impactful projects. You’ll nurture strong relationships across a large roster of key catalogues signed out of the UK, many with global rights. In this role, you’ll be in regular contact with managers, estates and WCM writers; so you’ll need to enjoy a good conversation, listen deeply and get energised by uncovering opportunities in each catalogue. You’ll shape strategic ideas and partnerships, ensuring every project is delivered effectively and on time.
This role reports directly to the VP of Global Creative Services (based in the US) and works closely with the UK MD to deliver on both regional and global goals. This role will have one direct report.
Here you’ll get to:
* Lead UK Catalogue strategy: Oversee and manage a high volume of writer catalogues, closely with Business Affairs, Finance and A&R to prioritise catalogues and titles at risk/up for renewal.
* Stakeholder Collaboration: Work directly with managers, estates, songwriters and internal teams to understand priorities and needs, collaborating across departments including finance, administration, legal, digital, strategy, A&R and Sync.
* UK Creative Services Leadership: Attend high level meetings representing the CS Department and roll out the strategy for the UK Creative Services team for opportunity development and creative project execution. Support on creation of internal, cross-team & upper level management presentations.
* Repertoire Project Management: Independently manage marketing and IP projects across both frontline and catalogue repertoire. Leading on the project strategy, KPIs as well as activation ideation and execution, ensuring to consistently collaborate closely with the rest of the team.
* Prioritise and multi-task effectively, communicating new releases and catalogue milestones to the wider CS team and company. Effectively anticipate potential risks or challenges for each project as well as provide creative solutions.
* Manage opportunities to ensure requests are fulfilled in a timely manner and partners are contacted effectively with updates.
* Relationship Management:
* Strategically manage project details, negotiate general deal terms, and ensure all aspects of vendor onboarding, rate agreements and campaign performance remain aligned with contractual obligations.
* Manage relationships with key internal partners across departments, with our songwriters and throughout the media industry.
* Repertoire Growth: Identify additional areas of growth and opportunity for potential further development.
About you:
* You have significant experience in entertainment projects and marketing management.
* You are proactive and self-motivated, with strong leadership skills and a clear understanding of how to develop and deliver on strategic pillars.
* You have the ability to analyse data, spot gaps, design workflows and operate confidently on both a big-picture and detail-focused level.
* You have a solid working knowledge of music rights and the music business structure.
* You are creatively driven, with a sharp commercial focus on maximising revenue from catalogue.
* You will identify new music and catalogue opportunities, set KPIs, engage the right partners and deliver content activations on time and with clear objectives.
* You are meticulously organised and thrive on keeping projects moving smoothly.
* You enjoy collaborating effortlessly with colleagues, partners and artists.
* You are unshakable under pressure, with a can-do approach to solving problems.
* You have excellent people skills and are brilliant with clients, acting as a trusted pair of hands who can inspire writers and catalogue owners to collaborate on Creative Services projects.
* You have managed a team member
We’d love it if you also had:
Experience across the following areas:
* Account Management (i.e. managing client relationships, results, timelines etc.)
* Business Development
* Advertising/TV/Film Production
* Live music / events management
* General music industry experience
* Content development (across various mediums)
* Marketing/Tech/Social Media
About us:
At Warner Chappell Music, we shape the culture of songwriting and champion songs that resonate for generations by creating transformational opportunities for songwriters everywhere.
Before the fans and fame, the soundtracks and syncs, there is the song. And before the song comes the songwriter - the heart of an art form that defines generations, and the soul of our business. Songwriters are our inspiration; we are their partners, collaborators, and crusaders.
Songwriters shape culture; and here at WCM we help hone their craft, build their careers, and protect their legacies. We value curiosity, collaboration, and commitment – which helps set us apart and helps us in our commitment and global service to our songwriters.
We are Warner Chappell Music - where songwriters are heard.
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. And 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.
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