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: Artist Strategy Assistant
A little bit about our team:
At Warner Music New Zealand, we are dedicated to the long-term career growth of our artists. Our Artist Strategy team works right at the centre of the label, connecting the dots between global affiliates, creative minds, and commercial teams to bring an artist's vision to life. In the Import team, you’ll be working with a passionate group of specialists who value collaboration, creative thinking, and a fan-first approach to breaking world-class international music in the local market.
Your role:
As our Artist Strategy Assistant, you will be responsible for supporting the Warner Music Australia & New Zealand International Artist Strategy team in planning, implementing, and successfully executing innovative, best-practice marketing plans for our massive international roster. In this fast-paced role, you will act as the ultimate engine room, keeping campaigns moving by coordinating everything from digital product releases and global assets to critical advertising deadlines. It sounds like a buzzing global network, looks like a masterclass in modern music marketing, and feels like the ultimate launchpad for your career in entertainment. If you have a killer eye for detail, love solving puzzles, and want to help shape how international music connects with Australian and New Zealand fans, this is where you belong.
Here you’ll get to:
You willsupport Artist Strategy Managers and Executives in the development and delivery of insight-led, audience-centric marketing and artist strategies.
You willassist in managing complex project lifecycles by acquiring campaign assets, coordinating material for advertising, and paid media campaign briefing.
You will handle daily financial administration activities, including raising purchase orders and distributing invoices in strict alignment with WMA processes.
You willcompile artist performance reports from WMG proprietary tools, tracking consumption and audience data to share with key stakeholders.
You will coordinate communication for international artists, including scheduling releases, pitching to local partners, and monitoring performance trends.
You will provide project administration support for the creative briefing and localisation of existing assets for campaigns and artist channels.
You will dive into action at artist and fan events, providing on-site support, vendor coordination, and stakeholder collaboration.
You will partner with the e-commerce team to help develop and promote exclusive, value-added products across owned and D2C channels.
You willcollaborate with other Assistants and Coordinators to provide administrative and reception support to the office manager when required.
About you:
You have at least 1+ years of early-career level marketing or administrative experience within a creative environment, record label, or commercial entertainment industry.
You haveprior experience handling financial administration, such as processing invoices, purchase orders, or assisting with budgets.
You enjoybuilding positive relationships and possess strong communication skills, making you a collaborative team player across internal and external networks.
You enjoykeeping abreast of global industry trends, digital platforms, and social media landscapes as an active daily user.
You willbring a highly organised, reliable, and deeply detail-oriented mindset to a fast-paced environment with competing priorities.
You are passionate about international music, sensitive to diverse audiences, and eager to bring an inquisitive, fast-learning energy to the team.
We’d love it if you also had:
You haveexperience with graphic design tools such as Adobe Illustrator or Photoshop.
You have proficiency with video editing software like CapCut, Premiere, or equivalent programs.
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.
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Thanks for your interest in working for WMG. We love it here, and think you will, too.
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