Label Manager, Virgin Music Group

Universal Music Group; Manila; On-site; PHP 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

Universal Music Group in Manila, Philippines, seeks a Label Manager to handle day-to-day label partner relationships and drive artist development for distributed labels. You will coordinate label presentations, oversee release campaigns, and align regional activities with global sales and marketing strategies.

The role requires strong digital music knowledge, creative strategy, and capability to work with internal teams to meet label partners’ business needs. English proficiency a plus.

Qualifications

• 2+ years’ experience within a label, distribution, DSP, or management company.
• Organized project manager with ability to adapt to labels’ and artists’ needs.
• Passionate about music discovery and independent music.
• Strong relationship builder, creative and resourceful at getting to the finish line.
• Experience with top digital music services and social media applications.
• Good English skills are a huge plus.

Responsibilities

• Manage day-to-day relationships with key label partners in the Philippines.
• Manage, organize, and oversee label and release presentations.
• Oversee priority release campaign logistics from inception through analysis.
• Ensure Global Sales Strategy and Marketing have assets to solicit and market releases in the region.
• Liaise with internal departments to meet label partners’ business needs.
• Manage digital product logistics and operations for assigned labels.
• Drive adoption of Virgin Music Group technology platforms and services.
• Provide account and industry insight and updates to Virgin Music Group and label partners.

Skills

Label management

Relationship building

Digital marketing

Artist development

Tools

DSP platforms

Social media tools

Job description

We are UMG, the Universal Music Group. We are the world’s leading music company. In everything we do, we are committed to artistry, innovation and entrepreneurship. We identify and develop recording artists and songwriters, and we produce, distribute and promote the most critically acclaimed and commercially successful music to delight and entertain fans around the world.

Job Description

Virgin Music Group is the Independent Services division of Universal Music Group, providing a full range of label services and revenue streams for Virgin Music’s artists, releases, and label associations on a worldwide basis, including Distribution, Marketing, Promotion, Commercial Development, Branding, Synch & Licensing, Lifestyle Marketing, Business Affairs and Finance.

Virgin Music Group is currently looking for Label Manager to be based in Manila, Philippines.

The position of Label Manager will focus on the day-to-day activities for a roster of distributed labels, working alongside label partners to develop artists and promote distributed music and video content. The successful candidate will have a strong interest and knowledge of independent music and culture with a passion for label and artist development.

The role requires a creative strategist who possesses a strong understanding of the opportunities in the digital retail landscape. Preferably, they will have experience with metadata best practices and have solid understanding of music marketing.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage the day-to-day relationships with key label partners in The Philippines, acting as the primary point of contact externally to the label and internally representing their labels’ interests
• Manage, organize, and oversee label and release presentations
• Manage priority release campaign logistics from inception through to analysis, working with other internal departments as necessary
• Ensure the Global Sales Strategy and Marketing departments have all the assets and drivers necessary to properly solicit and market priority releases and provide appropriate support in the region
• Liaise with all internal departments including sales strategy, marketing, video, operations, insights & analytics, finance and legal to ensure all label partners’ business needs are met
• Manage assigned labels’ digital product logistics and operations
• Drive product adoption of Virgin Music Group’ technology platforms and services across the client base
• Be an expert resource and provide account and industry insight and updates to Virgin Music Group and our label partners

Desirable traits:

• 2+ years’ experience within a label, distribution, DSP, or management company working with labels, managers, and artists
• Organized project manager with the ability to adapt to labels’ and artists’ individual needs
• Passionate about music discovery and a fan of independent music
• Strong relationship builder, creative and resourceful at getting to the finish line
• Experience with top digital music services, social media applications, and digital music best practices
• Digital marketing background is a plus
• Experience with digital and physical retail distribution is a plus
• We’re an international team; very good English skills are a huge plus

Note: Only shortlisted applicants will be contacted.

About us:

Universal Music Group (UMG) is the world leader in music-based entertainment, with a broad array of businesses engaged in recorded music, music publishing, merchandising and audiovisual content in more than 60 countries.

Featuring the most comprehensive catalog of recordings and songs across every musical genre, UMG identifies and develops artists and produces and distributes the most critically acclaimed and commercially successful music in the world. Committed to artistry, innovation and entrepreneurship, UMG fosters the development of services, platforms and business models in order to broaden artistic and commercial opportunities for our artists and create new experiences for fans.

UMG’s catalog is marketed through two distinct divisions, Universal Music Enterprises (in the U.S.) and Universal Strategic Marketing (outside the U.S.). UMG also includes Universal Music Publishing Group, one of the industry’s premier music publishing operations worldwide and Bravado, the leading provider of consumer, lifestyle and branding services to recording artists and entertainment brands around the world.