Director, A&R, Warner Music Latina
Job Description:
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.
Job Title: Director, A&R, Warner Music Latina
Reports To: SVP, A&R, Warner Music Latina
Department: A&R
Location: Warner Music Latina Inc., Miami Beach, Florida 33139
A little bit about our team:
Warner Music Latina’s A&R department is responsible for all aspects of the creative artistic process, including talent discovery, artist signing, oversight of artist’s recording, acquisition of material, choice of production partner, engineering and musicians for sessions. A&R is truly the creative nerve center and quality control for the identity of the label.
Your role:
Reporting directly to the SVP of A&R, WM Latina, an A&R Director will help to deliver records across Warner Music Latin’s roster, while re-establishing a renowned label as the leading destination for the greatest artists of our times. In this position you will play a critical role in defining the sound and culture of Warner Music Latina. You will sign and develop artists on our label as well as work closely with our various marketing and promotion teams to help artists define their sound and bring their music to the world.
Here you’ll get to:
Discover, sign and develop new artists for Warner Music Latina’s roster with focus in the Latin urban scene.
Lead the deal-making process and have highly developed negotiation skills to ensure we are competitive and adaptable across US Latin and other key markets such as Colombia and Mexico.
Select singles and key tracks for collaborations and remixes.
Gather deliverables, negotiate producer agreements, mixer agreements, gather label copy and deliver assets to the operations team.
Act as liaison with artist, artist managers and art department regarding marketing concepts.
Provide comprehensive feedback on new music and cultural trends to the head of the label.
Review and recommend submitted/solicited demos as well as analyzing online material on artist’s searching tools.
Provide creative input and direction on artist’s material.
Plan and monitor recording budgets for assigned projects.
Stay current on new trends, artists, producers, and talent within the music industry by networking and maintaining strong relationships with professionals in the business.
Coordinate and attend all regular A&R, scheduling, promotions, marketing, and creative meetings to ensure strong communication with the entire regional team.
40% international and 10% domestic travel required.
About you:
Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent in Marketing, International Business, or related field.
3 years of experience in the position offered or related.
Must have 3 years of experience with:
Working in the Artist & Repertoire division at an international music publishing company or record label with a focus in the LATAM music industry
Identifying, signing, and nurturing emerging new musical artists and producers in urban musical genres such as Reggaeton, Trap, Hip-Hop, and Rap
Utilizing tools, platforms and systems including production audio tools, market share analytics platforms, artist track performance tools, and Digital Service Provider (DSP) analytics platforms for recruiting, developing, signing and promoting artists
Developing musical artists’ careers including selecting singles and key tracks for collaborations and remixes, negotiating contracts, providing creative input and direction on artists’ materials
Understanding the digital commerce space including the DSP artist portals and the key artist development and feeder playlists.
Staying abreast of current music and cultural trends to develop new content.
About us:
Warner Music Latina is the Latin division of Warner Music Group, representing US Latin in our Miami office. Warner Music Latina seeks to provide best in class service to its artist roster and to push the Latin culture forward, while breaking international barriers with its expertise to develop artists locally and in the global market. Among the extensive star-studded and up-and-coming artists on the roster are Myke Towers, Yandel, Tokischa, Maria Becerra, Danny Ocean, Sofia Reyes, Zion & Lennox, Tiago PZK, Justin Quiles, Blessd, Ovy on the Drums, Elena Rose, Mau Y Ricky, among many others.
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 catalogue 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.
Love this job and want to apply?
Click the “Apply” link at the top of the page, or apply directly with your LinkedIn. Applying with LinkedIn will import all of the information you put in your profile, but will still allow you to upload a resume and cover letter.
Please send resume to Warner Music Latina Inc. at sophia.nabhen@warnermusic.com.
Don’t be discouraged if you don’t hear from us right away. We’re taking our time to review all resumes, and to find the best people for WMG.
Thanks for your interest in working for WMG. We love it here, and think you will, too.
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This position will require being in the office 4 days a week. We believe that an in-office presence is critical for talent development, collaboration and building strong relationships.
WMG is committed to inclusion and diversity in all aspects of our business. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and will evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, religious creed, color, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, ancestry, marital status, medical condition as defined by state law (genetic characteristics or cancer), physical or mental disability, military service or veteran status, pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions, genetic information or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local law.
