Warner Music Group Looking for Personal Assistant to the GM of WMX UK / SVP International Artist & Brand Partners at London, England, United Kingdom Full Time

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 know that each talent makes our collective bolder and brighter. We are guided by four core principles that underpin everything we do across all our diverse businesses:

• Music is Everything: Music is our passion, and we can never get enough. Tastes, trends, and tech will change, but great artists and songwriters will always be our driving force.
• Global Growth, Local Expertise: Music is a global language. Through communication and collaboration, our success can come from anywhere and translate everywhere.
• Innovation and Insight: Pushing the boundaries requires the best information and the boldest imagination. We use both to create the future.
• Empowered by People: Like the artists we serve and the music they make, our differences make us stronger. This is a place where every talent can belong and build a career.

We remain committed to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. We know it fosters a culture where you can truly belong, contribute, and grow. We encourage applications from people of any age, gender identity, sex or sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, religion or belief, disability, and any other protected characteristic or identity.

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: Personal Assistant to the GM of WMX UK / SVP International Artist & Brand Partners

A Little Bit About Our Teams

The role of the GM of WMX UK / SVP International Artist & Brand Partners sits across one department and two further WMG networks. Namely:

UK Artist & Brand Partners team WMX. WMX UK portfolio of business verticals (Content & Media Sales, E-Commerce, Merchandise & Licensing, Retail Partnerships and Audience Strategy & Insights). Warner Music International Brand Partnerships Network (Global excl the US).

UK Artist & Brand Partners team WMX.

The purpose of this team is to elevate artists and brands through culturally relevant partnerships, best-in-class creative campaigns and smart exposure to audience. The team is part of a portfolio of artist services called WMX UK that are positioned centrally within Warner Music Group in London. We work across all of the groups record labels, artists, and imprints. Our team is made up of skilled professionals with music industry, brand and agency experience working across strategy, planning, creative and campaign management disciplines.

The key services that the WMX A&BP team offers are:

Brand Partnerships / Brand Strategy / Artist and Brand Creative /

Brand Building / Brand Licensing / Access to Music Audiences

WMX UK

The wider WMX portfolio of operations includes Content & Media Sales, E-Commerce, Merchandise & Licensing, Retail Partnerships and Audience Strategy & Insights.

The overall purpose of WMX is to help artists develop long term commercial business opportunities beyond music.

Our vision: We are the creative business partner that artists and brands can’t live without.

Our mission: Is to build the most powerful world around music artists. Inspired by music, for the longevity and elevation of our artists, the gratification of our fans and the growth of our brands.

Warner Music International Brand Partnerships Network (Global excl the US).

This is a network of executives in place in most WMG markets that are responsible for delivering brand partnerships revenue for WMG and our artists. The SVP International Artist & Brand Partners is charged with helping grow this business across the world by supporting local WMG affiliates to ensure that they have the right resource and method to deliver positive results.

Responsibilities

Your role:

• General EA duties – Fielding meeting requests / diary management, raising expenses, booking travel and accommodation, maintaining contacts list etc.
• Helping be a point of contact for all WMX UK leaders and International Brand Partnerships execs.
• Finance – Where required raising purchase orders and approving invoices on Sprinter, liaising with suppliers, and finance department regarding any cost/recharge issues.
• Event coordination for WMX UK staff and external entertainment events.
• Providing research support – liaising with internal and external stakeholders to gather information.
• Providing presentation support – assisting in the preparation of Keynote / PowerPoint documents etc., along with supporting work on audio visual sales tools.

Here You’ll Get To

• Be part of a growing and evolving business in the UK and abroad.
• Engage with a broad range of interesting people from across the WMG business both domestically and internationally.
• Use your creative sensibility to drive the best standards in presentation materials.

About You

• You are highly organized, hard working with a solution-orientated mindset.
• You are great with people, can build rapport and understand business or administrative challenges.
• Strong organisational skills and the ability to prioritise a sometimes unpredictable workload.
• You are thorough and have strong attention to detail.
• You have experience with Keynote and know how to build presentations.
• Strong communication skills – written and verbal.
• Experience in dealing with senior executives.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Experience of working within a entertainment environment preferred.

We’d Love It If You Also Had

• A genuine passion for music, brands and culture.
• An understanding of the music industry

This job description is a summary of the typical functions of the role, not an exhaustive or comprehensive list of all possible responsibilities, tasks, and duties. As such this document can be reasonably modified by the Employer at any time.

About Us

As the home to Atlantic, Elektra, FFRR, 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. Redefining what it means to be a music company in the 21st century, our consumer brands include trend-setters like UPROXX, Songkick, HipHopDX, and EMP. We’re the home to WMX – the next generation services division that connects artists with fans and amplifies brands in creative, immersive, and engaging ways – and Alternative Distribution Alliance (ADA) – the ground-breaking global distribution company for independent artists and labels.

Together, we are Warner Music Group: Music With Vision & Voice.

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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.

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, religion or belief, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or gender reassignment, marital or civil partnership status, disability, pregnancy, childbirth or any other characteristic protected by law.