Director, Label Management and Business Development -The Orchard

What you'll do:

• Manage relationships with distributed music clients across a variety of genres, including high-touch frontline and high-volume catalog labels.
• Oversee high-level retail relationships and ensure best practices across all retail outlets.
• Manage, coordinate, and optimize the local supply chain, troubleshoot any issues across the logistics, and ensure accurate reporting.
• Explore, identify, and support opportunities to grow The Orchard’s label partnerships in the region.
• Manage and coordinate the Label Management and Operations team across the region to optimize operations efficiency.
• Strategize and manage priority release campaign logistics from inception through to analysis, working with other internal departments as necessary.
• Manage local label release communication and logistics, ensuring content is delivered in a timely manner and to the required specifications using Orchard technology systems.
• Liaise with various internal departments, from finance and marketing to legal and management, to ensure all client and retail partner business needs are met.

Who you are:

• Extensive or proven experience in digital space including music retail, analytics, social media, and digital music distribution with an ability to adapt to a constantly changing landscape.
• Experience within a label or distribution company managing catalogs, frontline releases, and relationships.
• An existing network of contacts within the industry and an aptitude to develop new relationships.
• Proven experience to manage a team of skilled and driven individuals.
• Highly advanced organizational skills with the ability to multi-task and prioritize tight deadlines.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills. 

What we give you:

• You join a vibrant global community with the opportunity to channel your passion every day 
• A modern office environment designed for you, empowering you to bring your best 
• Investment in your professional growth and development enabling you to thrive in our vibrant community 
• The space to accelerate progress, positively disrupt and create what happens next 
• We give you the platform to champion positive change, with the opportunity to contribute to our social impact, diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives 
• We provide an excellent range of benefits like private medical cover, a generous pension scheme, life assurance, income protection, plus loads of music industry perks. There’s also time off over winter break

Equal Opportunities

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