A&R Coordinator (12 month FTC) Full Time NEW

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: A&R Coordinator, Warner Records (12 Month FTC)

A Little Bit About Our Team

Warner Records Label Group UK brings together the iconic powerhouses of Warner Records, Parlophone, FFRR, and Regal Records under one creative roof. We are proud to be the driving force behind a roster of global superstars and groundbreaking new talent, including Coldplay, Dua Lipa, PinkPantheress, Muse, Chase & Status, Griff, and Rachel Chinouriri. We are an ambitious, close-knit team who are passionate about music, developing talent and breaking artists.

Your Role

As a vital member of the A&R team, you will provide comprehensive administrative support across the wide-ranging roster of artists. You will help to bridge the gap between A&R, Business & Legal Affairs, Marketing, and Finance, ensuring a seamless workflow from the first studio session through to final music delivery.

Here You’ll Get To

• Reporting to the Senior A&R Coordination Manager, you will help to coordinate the day to day recording activities for artists across our roster. This includes organising studios, arranging artist/producer transport, booking hotels, organising equipment hire, finding engineers and session musicians as requested.
• You will be required to set up new vendors on our internal finance system (ARIBA), issue Purchase Orders to pay for recording costs and deal with enquiries relating to POs/invoicing alongside accounts payable/finance teams.
• You will work with A&R and Artist Management to compile label copy credits and lyrics for delivery.
• You will work closely with A&R, Marketing and Creative Production to ensure audio, label copy and lyrics are delivered on time and fully cleared prior to the release date.
• You will be required to keep track of recording budgets for your assigned artist projects – working with A&R and Finance to keep projects on budget and informing them of any variance.
• You will keep all in-coming audio up to date on the internal file system (BOX), ensure files are verified/archived with our external archiving team and assist with the movement of music within and outside the company securely.
• You will help to negotiate and administer third party producer, mixer, session musician and remixer deals to ensure we have all relevant clearances in place with Business Affairs ahead of release. This also includes the drafting of flat fee agreements where appropriate.
• You will take notes in A&R roster and finance meetings and circulate amongst the team.
• You will proactively take ownership of master studio database documents and other internal tracking documents.

About You

• Organised, focused and proactive, with the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously while maintaining attention to detail.
• Knowledge of production/mix/master process and the applicable deliverables.
• Logical thinker
• Ability to build relationships with a wide range of internal and external contacts
• Trustworthy when dealing with sensitive pre-release music and content
• Reliable, committed and dedicated

We’d Love It If You Also Had

• Previous A&R Coordination or Artist Management experience
• Experience working across a varied artist roster
• Knowledge of any of the following systems: Google Workspace, Airtable, Box, Preamp or SAP ARIBA

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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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.

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.