Senior Director, Brand Partnerships

Warner Music Group; Los Angeles (CA); Presencial; USD 120 000 - 140 000; Tempo integral

Resumo da oferta

Warner Music Group seeks a Senior Director, Brand Partnerships to cultivate and manage brand partnerships for the Atlantic Music Group roster. Lead outreach to brands, negotiate campaigns, and coordinate with internal teams to maximize artist exposure and revenue.

You will build relationships with marketers, agencies and influencers, while steering campaigns from concept to contracts, supporting cross‑label marketing initiatives and leveraging WMG’s diverse artist roster.

Qualificações

• 7+ years of experience in label, management or agency brand partnerships, or brand management.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Strong negotiation abilities.
• Proven ability to manage multiple tasks and deliver results.
• Familiarity with brand marketing campaigns.
• Ability to build relationships with brand marketers.

Responsabilidades

• Devise and pitch brand partnership deals to amplify artist presence and drive revenue.
• Campaigns ranging from NIL/endorsement deals to product placements and sponsor-funded activations.
• Cultivate and maintain relationships with brand marketers and agencies to generate income for artists and label.
• Collaborate with product managers, digital and social marketers, fan engagement, streaming, and PR to plan creative marketing strategies.
• Coordinate with artist and management to execute partnership deliverables.
• Work with artist legal teams and label business affairs to contract deals.

Conhecimentos

Communication skills

Negotiation skills

Cold calling

Relationship building

Strategic thinking

Team collaboration

Organizational skills

Deadline-driven

Descrição da oferta de emprego

Job Title

Senior Director, Brand Partnerships

Company Culture

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.

A little bit about our team

The Brand Partnerships and Commercial Licensing Department at Atlantic Music Group is responsible for all outreach to brands, advertising and entertainment marketing agencies with the ultimate goal of aligning the label and our artists with branded campaign and partnership opportunities.

Your role

You will cultivate brand partnerships for the company and Atlantic's diverse roster of top-notch artists with the goal of: a) creating impactful campaigns and promotions to increase consumption of our artists’ music; b) raising the profile of our artists and the Atlantic Music Group brand; c) offsetting costs by funding our creative marketing campaigns, artist visuals and promotional events.

Here you’ll get to

• Devise and pitch brand partnership deals and campaigns for all artists on the Atlantic Music Group roster to amplify the artist's presence in the marketplace, increase consumption of the artist's music and garner revenue for the artist and label.
• Campaigns that range from traditional NIL/endorsement deals, to video product placement deals, tour sponsorship and activations, partner funded pop-up activations, paid social media posts, performance opportunities, etc.
• Cultivate and maintain key relationships with brand marketers, talent, marketing and influencer agencies to garner income for artists, revenue for label and amplify album marketing campaigns; lead team outreach to the multicultural brand marketing community.
• Work with product managers, digital and social marketers, the fan engagement team, streaming, creative & visual services, radio promotion, and publicity departments to develop creative marketing strategy and plans as needed for all artists on the roster.
• Work closely with the artist and management team to execute all partnership deliverables.
• Work with artist legal teams and label business affairs to contract all deals.

About you

7+ years of experience in label, management or agency brand partnerships, or brand management

• You have excellent communication skills
• You have the ability to manage multiple tasks and yield results
• You possess competitive negotiating skills
• You bring a positive disposition to the team and are eager to collaborate and build relationships
• Skilled at cold calling new clients and pitching creative ideas (internal/external pitches)
• Strategic thinker
• Organizational and financial management skills
• Ability to work in fast-paced environment with relatively short deadlines

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.

Salary Range

Salary Range: $120,000 to $140,000 Annually Salary ranges are included for job postings where required by law. The actual base pay is dependent upon many factors, such as work experience and business needs. The pay range is subject to change at any time dependent on a variety of internal and external factors.

Location & Hours

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.

Relevant Documents

Links to relevant documents: 2026 Benefits At A Glance final.pdf, EVerify Participation Poster.pdf, Right To Work .pdf

Equal Opportunity

Warner Music Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

People & Culture

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.

Career at WMG

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