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: Sr. Merch Brand Manager (Temp)

A little bit about our team:

WMX, Warner Music Group’s culture-driving media, creative content, and artist services’ division, sets a new standard for artists, advertisers, and fans through world class experiences, award-winning creative content, and industry leading audience insights. We work closely with labels and artist to execute their vision and bring their brands to life through merchandise. The Brand Merchandising group for WMX is responsible for delivering the overall Go to Market strategy for the merchandise business, including D2C, tour and retail. This group tailors individual plans for artists as an extension of their brands along with hitting our revenue goals and also maintaining a profitable business. We also work with all the labels within Warner Music Group to help deliver best-in-class merchandise business.

Your role:

As Brand Manager, you are responsible for creating the Go to Market and product strategy for a roster of artist (by label group) including ecommerce, tour and retail. Your job is to execute the product line with the creative and production teams to hit the goals of all the commercial channels, but also maintaining the artist creative and brand in the product. You will be required to maintain the budget and revenue targets for your roster of artist as well.

Here you’ll get to:

Account Management

Foster and maintain close, positive relationships with artist and artist management

• Understand the artist’s needs, resolve their issues, ensure a high level of client satisfaction, and grow their business

• Primary point of contact for all artist communications.

Own the relationship from start to finish, ensuring a personalized and proactive approach to all interactions

• Act as a point of contact for problem resolution, ensure any issues are addressed promptly and effectively across all departments

• Drive / Manage artist approvals. Including, but not limited to:

Art

• Products & Product Mix

• Tour Budget

• Retail Opportunities

• Licensing Opportunities

• Other Business Opportunities

• Lead all key business operations meetings:

Monthly Label Meeting:

• QBR

• Artist Profile & Calendar

• Develop and maintain artist dashboard/report that tracks KPIs/metrics, key activities, dates/events

• Contact Management- keep contact information for key members of the artist’s team up to date

• Activity Management

Attend first show of the tour

• Attend all local shows

• Keep a log of all communication w/ artist / artist team

Strategic Planning & Execution

• Oversee and develop artist opportunities across all relevant business lines to drive revenue and maximize fan engagement, work with sales channels to execute

• Convey the artist’s vision, expectations, needs, and feedback to the relevant internal teams

• Facilitate communication and coordination between different departments to ensure a cohesive approach to releases/campaigns

• Develop the product mix and promotions for the Go to Market plan

• Work with marketing team to plan, develop, and implement merchandise marketing campaigns

• Oversee the strategic execution across all teams/departments

Budget/P&L Management

• Understand and monitor the artist’s budget / P&L

• Shared accountability w/ sales channels on budget / cost margin targets, selling price, etc

• Ensure budget targets are met

Product Development

• Keep up to date on the latest trends / production technologies, etc

• Ensure products meet cost margins targets

• Work with Collaborate commercial channel teams to determine the product assortment and develop the product lines

Provide POV / recommendation on product selection to management

• Creative

Work with artists to form creative strategies and write creative brief

• Submit art request w/ creative brief to art team

• Ensure creative/designs are in lined with creative brief

About you:

• Bachelors Degree

• 3+ years experience in merchandise experience

• Has previously worked with artist managers and/or major label

• Great Communication Skills

• Has managed a P&L

• Thrive in a very time-sensitive, deadline-meeting capacity

• Ability to adapt smoothly to shifting priorities

• Responsible with sensitive/confidential info

• Available to work outside of standard work hours for time-sensitive business needs

We’d love it if you also had:

• You have a passion for music and entertainment

• Have photoshop experience

• Have experience with ecommerce and tour merchandise

• Experience with excel

• Experience with power point

• Ability to multi-task

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.

Love this job and want to apply?

Click the “Apply” link at the top of the page, or apply directly with your LinkedIn. Applying with LinkedIn will import all of the information you put in your profile, but will still allow you to upload a resume and cover letter.

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.

This position requires a minimum of 5 days per week in the office. We value in-office collaboration, which is essential for talent development and strong working relationships.

$43.27 Fixed Rate

Warner Music Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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