Distribution Manager

AEI Music Ltd; Greater London; Vor Ort; GBP 60.000 - 85.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

AEI Music Ltd is seeking a skilled Distribution Manager in Greater London to oversee daily release distribution to DSPs, ensure immaculate metadata and delivery standards, and act as the primary liaison with labels and artists for how music appears on platforms.

The role includes pitching new music to DSP partners, managing rights and conflicts, aligning with AEI product managers, and driving improvements across distribution operations with a data-driven mindset.

Qualifikationen

• Knowledge of the music distribution supply chain and licences.
• Understanding of DSPs, markets and territories.
• Ability to communicate with labels, artists and DSP representatives clearly.

Aufgaben

• Oversee new release distribution to DSPs and ensure metadata and delivery standards are met.
• Enter and check metadata, update assets, and audit DSP profiles and catalogue quality.
• Pitch new music to DSP partners (Spotify, Apple Music, Beatport, Amazon, Deezer) and oversee Ad Credit pitches.
• Manage rights ownership, conflicts and neighbour rights across DSPs.
• Set up new rightsholders in AEI's platform and ensure correct label and artist profiles.

Kenntnisse

Highly organised

Process driven

Detail oriented

Problem solving

Data administration

Jobbeschreibung

The Distribution Manager is responsible for managing the day to day distribution of all releases to DSP and ensuring exceptional metadata & delivery standards across the full catalogue. Further, they will be pitching new music to DSP partners, managing rights & conflicts, and interfacing with our label and artist partners on any queries related to how music appears on DSP platforms. They are process driven and detail oriented. They are an integral part of the music release process and will be communicating regularly with AEI product managers, labels and DSP representatives from both operational and editorial programming roles.

Distribution: They are responsible for new release distribution, entering and checking metadata and delivery settings, metadata and asset updates, label support, DSP profile and release auditing, YouTube, Facebook, TikTok tier monitoring.

Pitching: DSP pitching across Spotify, Apple Music, Beatport, Amazon and Deezer, and overseeing Ad Credit pitches.

Rights & Conflicts: Overseeing rights ownership on all DSP as well as Neighbouring Rights.

Labels: Setting up new rightsholders in AEI's platform, Transparency, and making sure DSP label and artist profiles are set up correctly to receive new catalogue. Working with labels to get the right quality metadata and assets live on platforms.

Must Haves / Behaviours

• Highly organised, process driven, detail-oriented, problem-solver with a meticulous approach to data administration.
• Knowledge of the music industry, the digital distribution supply chain, licences and the overall music distribution landscape.
• Clear understanding of different DSPs, music markets, territories, inner workings, opportunities and how to effectively communicate with them.
• Knowledgeable about music marketing and success drivers, music data, and understanding how to translate and action these clearly
• Understanding music rights, disputes and conflicts
• Keen eye for repeated or 'mirrored' tasks & processes with recommendations for automation
• Strong knowledge and affinity for the electronic music landscape, and familiarity with AEI's label brands