Responsible to: Director of Streaming & Commerce
Department: Virgin Music Label & Artist Services UK
Location of work: Sarm Music Village, 105 Ladbroke Grove, London, W11 1PG
Virgin Music is the leading independent artist & label services company in the UK with a huge global reach. Our mission is to build and reach the largest possible audience for our developing and established artists and label partners, respectively. We are independent to the core and deeply understand the nuances of the independent artist community. You would be joining a part of the music industry that is seeing very exciting growth.
In this role you will be Virgin Music UK’s lead conduit between Label Relations, Editorial & Marketing Teams at the leading UK streaming platforms, the Virgin Music UK marketing & audience teams and our extensive artist roster.
Day-to-day, you will be responsible for steering our streaming marketing strategy as well as the prioritisation and pitching of our key releases (UK and International) to all UK DSP’s.
Working under the direction of the Director of Streaming & Commerce and directly with our Streaming Assistant, the successful candidate will have exceptional relationship management skills, be proactive, results orientated, a strategic thinker with an analytical mind, be able to handle a high volume of work in a fast-paced, quickly changing environment and serve as an advocate for Virgin’s artists and label partners.
You will utilise your extensive network of contacts to build closer relationships between our independent artists & labels and our streaming partners, working to deliver the best possible editorial placements, long-tail streaming growth & DSP-related content plans. You will engineer unique, innovative marketing and promotional opportunities with the platforms.
Just so you know…
The company presents this job description as a guide to the major areas and duties for which the jobholder is accountable. However, the business operates in an environment that demands change and the jobholder’s specific responsibilities and activities will vary and develop. Therefore, the job description should be seen as indicative and not as a permanent, definitive and exhaustive statement.
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