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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.

Please note that due to the volume of submissions, only successful candidates who meet the exact requirements will be contacted. If you have not heard back within 10 days of submission, please assume that your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion.
The Music Market/Arts and Media are an equal opportunities employer who supports diversity in the workplace.