Assistant, Catalogue Development & A&R

Warner Music Group; Greater London; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

Warner Music Group is seeking an Assistant, Catalogue Development and A&R to support the execution of catalogue strategy and new product development. You’ll work across both physical and digital releases, collaborating with Production, Brand Management, Commercial, Legal Affairs, and Finance to ensure timely delivery and strong market performance.

The role emphasizes coordinating with artist management and estates, delivering assets, and contributing to the growth of physical revenue while

Qualifications

• Enthusiasm and understanding of the physical music market, including current trends, distribution channels, and consumer purchasing behaviour.
• Strong project management skills, with the ability to manage multiple campaigns simultaneously and meet tight deadlines.
• Excellent written and verbal communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills.
• A deep passion for music history and a genuine appreciation for the cultural significance of iconic recordings.

Responsibilities

• Assist in producing physical and digital catalogue releases with copy checking.
• Coordinate release schedules with Production, Brand Management, Commercial, Legal, and Finance.
• Liaise with artist management and estate reps on assets and timelines.

Skills

Music industry basics

Project management

Communication skills

Passion for music history

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.

Job Title: Assistant, Catalogue Development and A&R

A little bit about our team:

Global Catalogue is both the communication centre between Warner Music Catalogue labels and International Territories around the world, and the paramount frontier for marketing artists in the streaming era. We work closely with all labels and artists under the Recorded Music division to develop new catalogue opportunities in marketing, A&R, content development, and consumption, and then convert our findings into new strategies that are deployed across the company to our Catalogue teams around the world.

With catalogues from great heritage acts such as Led Zeppelin, Fleetwood Mac, David Bowie, Phil Collins, The Doors, Aretha Franklin, Joni Mitchell, Madonna, Prince, New Order, to more current artists such as Wale, Jess Glynne, Clean Bandit, Muse, and many more…the Warner Music catalogue is a rich and varied one that requires constant management and reinvention. This can vary from reimagining a classic album, creating and promoting a playlist managed by us or encouraging consumption of key tracks on streaming services, through to maintaining artist profile with digital suppliers.

Your role:

The Assistant, Catalogue Development and A&R will be instrumental in executing the strategy for the company's extensive music catalogue, developing new products and driving physical revenue growth and enhancing the cultural impact of legendary and enduring recordings. Here you’ll get to:

• Product & Project Management: Assist the team in producing physical and digital catalogue releases (reissues, deluxe editions, boxsets, etc.) with copy checking, compiling audio, lyrics, video and more. Opportunity to develop skills into sole responsibility of project management over time.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Coordinating the organisation of the release schedule with different stakeholders to ensure all teams have the necessary information in an efficient manner, working closely with Production, Artist Brand Management, Commercial, Business & Legal Affairs, and Finance teams to ensure successful execution of release schedule.
• Stakeholder Communication: Liaise with artist management and estate representatives on project specifics, asset delivery, and timeline updates, ensuring alignment on the execution of the approved product strategy.

About you:

• Enthusiasm and understanding of the physical music market, including current trends, distribution channels, and consumer purchasing behaviour.
• Strong project management skills, with the ability to manage multiple campaigns simultaneously and meet tight deadlines.
• Excellent written and verbal communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills.
• A deep passion for music history and a genuine appreciation for the cultural significance of iconic recordings.

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.

This position requires a minimum of 4 days per week in the office. We value in-office collaboration, which is essential for talent development and strong working relationships. #LI-Onsite

Inclusion and diversity

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.

Warner Music Group is all about our people. We are one global company made up of the most knowledgeable, passionate, and creative people in our business. It is the mission of every member of the WMG team around the world to create a nurturing environment for artists, songwriters, and fellow employees at every stage of their career. We strive to set WMG apart from the rest of the industry by embracing a philosophy of innovation that is part of our company's DNA.

Consider a career at WMG and be a part of one of the biggest forces in music today.