Jr. Label Manager, (Türkiye)

Virgin Music Group is the world’s leading partner to independent music companies and artists who require a standalone team with global infrastructure and local expertise in every major music market around the world. Virgin Music Group offers compelling, efficient, and highly flexible global solutions with the most advanced marketing technology available for independent record labels and artists who want to succeed. www.virginmusic.com

OVERVIEW:

The position of Jr. 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 Turkey, acting as the primary point of contact externally to the label and internally representing their labels' interests
• Manage, organise, 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

Skills/Qualifications:

• 2+ years’ experience within a label, distribution, DSP, or management company working with labels, managers, and artists
• Organised 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