Creative Production Manager (Monstercat)

Create Music Group; United States; Remote; USD 46,000 - 51,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading music label is seeking a Creative Production Manager to oversee design projects and ensure quality deliverables for music releases. The role involves managing project requirements, budgets, and collaborating with artists and teams. Candidates should have experience in project management, especially within creative industries. Salary range is $65,000 - $70,000 CAD annually, depending on experience.

Qualifications

• 3 - 5 years of experience in project or production management in relevant industries.
• Proven success managing multiple overlapping projects in a fast-paced environment.
• Experience working cross-functionally with internal teams, especially in marketing and design.

Responsibilities

• Manage the artwork process and marketing assets for music releases.
• Create and maintain project management documents including contracts and project plans.
• Ensure quality control guidelines are consistent with the brand across all channels.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder management

Budget tracking

Communication

Design management

Education

Post-secondary degree or diploma in a related field

Tools

Asana

Job description

Overview

Monstercat, now part of Create Music Group, is one of electronic music's most influential independent record labels, leading the movement towards artist sustainability. Founded in Waterloo, Canada in 2011, Monstercat has since expanded its global footprint with staff in Vancouver, Los Angeles, and Toronto. Championing a roster of world-renowned artists including Marshmello, Alan Walker, Kaskade, Koven, DIESEL (aka Shaquille O’Neal), WHIPPED CREAM, Monstercat celebrated over 20 Billion streams in 2023 with five releases a week across its Uncaged, Instinct, and Silk brands. The label has topped radio and streaming charts worldwide, offering a diverse range of genres across bass, dance, pop, house, chill, electronic, and more. Beyond recorded music, Monstercat channels the undeniable power of its brand into live events, ecommerce, gaming partnerships, digital collectibles, and sync deals. Backed by passionate employees, driven artists, and the dedication of fans worldwide, Monstercat proves that independent labels have the ability to reshape and reimagine the music industry landscape.

Job Summary

The Creative Production Manager is responsible for ensuring flawless deliverables to accompany our music releases and design projects. They will work directly with artists and the team to create unique and ownable art pieces to promote the launch of records. Reporting to the Director of Operations, they will be responsible for gathering project requirements, communicating with internal and external stakeholders, ensuring effective work delegation with the external design network, contracting and asset management, and overall alignment on priorities to meet the design requirements of the company.

Responsibilities

• Managing the artwork process and marketing assets for music releases
• Maintaining current design workflows, supporting the A&R and Operations teams to create deliverables and ensure projects are delivered on time
• Creating and maintaining project management documents including contracts, project plans, communications plans, and compiling of historical information
• Managing our external design network: Find new designers, as needed; manage the contracting process; delegate work and ensure it is delivered. Keep the scope of projects in line with budget and schedule, while also working with the network to maintain creativity to produce the best quality achievable within constraints
• Ensure that all release assets are created in accordance with internal policies and that invoices are created within our proprietary technology to recoup against royalties
• Ensuring quality control guidelines are consistent with the brand across all mediums and channels
• Managing the design budget, assessing current design tools, and pitching improvements to the Director of Operations
• Fulfilling time-sensitive basic design needs, when and where needed
• Travelling to key content opportunities for priority artist campaigns
• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications

• Post-secondary degree or diploma in project management, communications, design, marketing, or a related field preferred
• 3 - 5 years of experience in project or production management, ideally within the music, entertainment, gaming, or creative industries
• Proven success managing multiple overlapping projects and deadlines in a fast-paced environment
• Experience with budget tracking and resource planning for creative teams or projects
• Proficiency with project management tools such as Asana
• Experience working cross-functionally with internal teams, especially marketing, design, and operations
• Strong stakeholder management skills, with clear and professional communication across external freelancers, vendors, or contractors to deliver design or creative projects on time and on budget
• Strong understanding of brand management and the ability to ensure all deliverables adhere to established brand guidelines.
• Familiarity with content production workflows for digital marketing campaigns and music releases.
• Understanding of design and production terminology to effectively review work and communicate expectations, without needing to execute creative work directly

Pay Scale

• $65,000 - $70,000 CAD per year
• The final compensation within this range will be determined based on the candidate’s experience, skills, and overall fit for the role.