Vice President, Communications

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: Vice President, Communications

A little bit about our team:

Global Catalog is the catalog division of Warner Music Group, responsible for Warner’s vast, eclectic roster of iconic artists, songs, albums, and labels. We work closely with our artists and the frontline labels under the Recorded Music division to create new catalog opportunities through marketing, A&R, content development, and engagement strategies that are deployed across the company to our catalog teams around the world. 

Your role:

As the Vice President, Communications, you will lead the global communications and radio strategy for Warner Music Group's Global Catalog division, overseeing publicity, media relations, corporate communications and radio promotion across the division's iconic artists, music and labels. You will develop and execute strategic communications initiatives that elevate the profile of Global Catalog, amplify priority campaigns and business achievements, and connect catalog music with audiences around the world. Working closely with senior leadership and cross-functional teams across Warner Music Group, you will identify opportunities to translate business priorities, cultural trends and audience insights into compelling narratives that drive visibility, engagement and impact

Here you’ll get to:

Media Relations

• Develop and lead the overarching global communications strategy for Warner Music Group's Global Catalog division, ensuring alignment with corporate, brand, marketing, product and commercial priorities.
• Partner with international teams to identify global publicity opportunities, coordinate regional media strategies and maximize the reach of priority campaigns.
• Establish global communications frameworks, planning processes and best practices to improve visibility, coordination and execution across markets.
• Pitch and secure a wide range of media coverage focused around new album releases, artists on tour, and artist milestones (anniversaries, awards, birthdays, etc.) with national and regional press (print and online), podcasts, television, radio, and industry trades
• Lead Global Catalog Corporate Communications with Warner Music Group including deal, partnership, new hire, and promotion announcements as well as official label press statements and executive interviews
• Translate business objectives, audience insights, streaming trends and cultural moments into proactive communications opportunities that elevate the profile of Global Catalog and its artists.
• Advise senior leadership on communications strategy, messaging, reputational considerations and emerging media opportunities.
• Identify opportunities to engage new audiences and generations through strategic storytelling, digital media, creator platforms and cultural partnerships.
• Hire and manage outside publicity firms, photographers, videographers, and bio writers as needed

Radio Promotion

• Implement and handle national and local radio campaigns for all releases
• Coordinate schedules for interviews, satellite radio tours, in-studio appearances, and performances in relation to new releases, tours, and other artist activity
• Service full albums and singles to wide array of radio formats, based on content
• Organize both nationally syndicated and locally focused product giveaway campaigns in exchange for promotional consideration
• Develop and lead all aspects of production and distribution of radio specials on projects as needed
• Supervise radio single campaigns for newly recorded and/or previously unreleased tracks and hire independent radio promoters to execute to appropriate formats
• Hire and manage outside radio promotion firms in execution of radio single, product giveaway, and other radio visibility campaigns

About you:

• Committed, hard-working and upbeat
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Stays up to date and maintains curiosity regarding digital media and consumer behavior trends
• Strong organizational skills
• Ability to communicate effectively and maintain composure under stressful and complex situations between label staff, artist management, and artists
• Is a team player and able to lead media outreach on all designated projects large and small
• Have strategic agility in terms of foreseeing trends and problems before they occur
• Are familiar and interested in working across different genres of music

We’d love it if you also had:

• Background in building compelling presentations that relay key ideas
• Proficiency in Microsoft Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), Keynote, and other formats
• Experience managing budgets and third-party vendors

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.

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.

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.
 

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. #LI-Onsite

Annual Rate: $155,000 to $170,000 Annually





You must be legally authorized to work in the United States as of your first day of employment with WMG. Valid proof of work authorization will be required upon hire in accordance with federal law.

Warner Music Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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