Since 125 years, Deutsche Grammophon is one of the most long-standing and renowned music companies in the world and market leader for classical music. Our roster includes many of the world’s most admired talents such as Anne-Sophie Mutter, Daniel Barenboim, Lang Lang, Daniil Trifonov, Yuja Wang as well as Hildur Guðnadóttir, Víkingur Ólafsson, Max Raabe and Max Richter. Furthermore, we represent the outstanding artists of the labels Decca and ECM.
The A&R (Artists & Repertoire) department is the heart of the label, creates and realizes new audio and video projects with our artists. At the same time, it is on the lookout for new artist signings.
Here’s your chance to join! Effective immediately, we’re looking for a A&R Manager Scores & Publishing (all genders) to join us at our Headquarters in Berlin. It will be a permanent full-time position.
Your gig:
- You procure the scores for our audio and audiovisual recordings for the repertoire departments of Deutsche Grammophon
- You are responsible for clearing publishing rights for audio and video productions of the various repertoire departments and are DG’s first-point of contact for this topic
- You negotiate sync licenses and coordinate these closely with your colleagues in Berlin, London & Los Angeles
- You support the A&R producers with repertoire research and presentations
- You use your creative freedom to further develop our publishing initiative
- As part of the team, you will constantly expand the network of arrangers/composers for remixes and new compositions/arrangements and negotiate with the individual artists
As an important intermediary, you coordinate the internal processes of the department and take care of the processing of payments
We are keen to jam with you if you:
- You have successfully completed your studies in communication or media science, musicology, law or a comparable field of study
- You have very good knowledge of the classical music repertoire
- You have a good understanding of IT technology and a keen interest in new developments and innovations in digital platforms – ideally you are already familiar with content management systems
You feel confident in natural reading, writing and speaking English – German skills are a plus
Your personality matters:
- You’ve been described as reliable and well-organized
- You bring the ability to work independently but you will never lose sight of your team
- You have a hands-on mentality, are open to new ideas and proactively drive topics forward
- You are able to overview and structure complex issues in their entirety in order to grasp the interrelationships and thus ultimately simplify things and derive consequences
You like to be one step ahead of digital trends in the market and love to pursue new ideas, strategies and creative approaches to solutions
Who we are:
- Music embodies emotion, creativity, adventure, tradition, and innovation all at the same time – as a team we strive to advance the Universal Music project
- Diversity, respect, and tolerance – both human and musical – are essential for us. Therefore, diversity and inclusion are consistently supported and championed by the People & Culture team as well as our Better Together initiative
- We live in open communication and thrive as a team – for this purpose we meet at eye level regardless of the hierarchy
- In our business it is important to make good decisions quickly: We count on proactive employees who think ahead and find simple solutions
Together we take responsibility, even beyond our daily business, which is why we are actively committed to more sustainability and environmental protection through our Sustainability Workgroups
Our benefits – because you’re important to us:
- Thanks to our hybrid work model you benefit from high flexibility and room for collaboration and interactions in our headquarter in Berlin
- You are more than your job – benefit from 30 vacation days as well as up to 10.5 additional days off per year
- Keep moving sustainably through the capital thanks to special rates for BVG tickets (public transport) and our job bike leasing offer
- We offer professional development through various workshops and courses
- Take care of your mental health with our Employee Assistance Program for all challenges in life (professional and private); we offer confidential counseling and coaching through a third-party provider
- Stay healthy through various sports activities and healthy food in our subsidized canteen
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