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Our client, a successful independent label/management and publishing company based in central London, is seeking a President of Marketing to spearhead marketing campaigns for a dynamic roster of artists across both domestic and international markets. The role offers WHF Fridays and a generous holiday schedule.

Key responsibilities will include:

· Undertaking the expert planning, execution, and control of artist campaigns.

· Working on frontline album release marketing plans, with a focus on consumer-driven marketing.

· Ensuring timely delivery of project needs and generate timelines, deadlines, and budgets in conjunction with all departments.

· Owning project ideation and spearheading creative concepts and initiatives for artists.

· Providing full coordination and communication across projects within external and internal teams.

· Overseeing the realisation and delivery of all production elements and tools needed for album releases.

· Securing strategic marketing placements and opportunities with external corporate and entertainment partners.

· Cultivating an understanding of artist fan bases.

· Developing product suites to increase revenue streams.

· Focussing on contextual market conditions and analysing marketing results.

· Coordinating artist appearances with all departments and artists, as well as external vendors. This could be across radio, in stores, and publicity activities.

· Creating and coordinating special events for album releases, key tour dates and other special events.

· Collaborating across label departments to support label releases.

· Serving as the primary contact between artist, label, and distributors.

· Defining the positioning of artist and drawing out the artist’s story.

· Ensuring the overall artist message and brand is maintained in all marketing messaging.

· Evolving artist brands with productive collaboration between artist, managers, and marketing team.

· Communicating to the artist and distributors the label’s interests.

· Maintaining an awareness of the artist’s needs and plans to the team.

· Building an effective working relationship with the artist and management, to understand their goals and processes.

· Broadcasting status updates and issues relating to album releases to department executives.

· Managing junior staff to develop them for promotion within the company.

Requirements:

· Substantial experience working at a senior level in marketing within a label essential.

· Demonstrable and recent success with artists marketing campaigns essential.

· Expert level collaboration skills.

· Previous experience working with artists and their management.

· Able to plan, execute, coordinate marketing campaigns.

· Experience generating creative ideas to market artists.

· Understanding of the music industry marketing landscape.

· Experience managing and mentoring junior staff.

· Excellent communication and organizational skills, able to consistently meet deadlines.

· Capable of leading plans and activities.

· Strong leadership abilities.