VP, Marketing Strategy (Rock, Alternative, & Country)

Los Angeles, CA (On-site)

$150K/yr – $175K/yrDirector/Executive8+ years expFull time

Posted 2 months ago

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Job Summary

Lead a global, data-driven marketing program for artists, uniting cross-functional teams to drive campaigns, partnerships, and ROI across launches and ongoing growth.

  • Growth & strategy: own integrated campaigns that build fan bases, drive sales, and increase cultural relevance.
  • Cross-functional leadership: align Digital, Sync, Radio, Publicity, and Creative Services around a consistent narrative.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Develop comprehensive and strategic marketing, campaigns, and goals across all phases of development that position our artists as global stars and differentiate them in a crowded marketplace
  • Develop a detailed analysis of artists’ fan bases & create growth strategies to increase fan bases
  • Collaborate with all departments to develop innovative, fully integrated campaigns that drive consumption, sales, cultural relevance, and audience growth
  • Lead internal artist task forces and management status calls, ensuring all departments (Digital, Sync, Radio, Publicity) remain on-strategy
  • Work directly with Creative Services to ensure a consistent, compelling visual and narrative thread across all consumer touchpoints
  • Lead rigorous post-mortem analyses for priority launches to refine future initiatives and ensure compounding ROI on every campaign
  • Constantly review real-time data and draw actionable conclusions to reach set goals, manage fluid marketing plans that extend out 12 months or more
  • Identify and secure high-impact partnerships across sports, LGBTQ+, lifestyle, and retail spaces that expand the artist's reach beyond traditional music channels
  • Manage global project budgets with total accountability, ensuring spend is optimized for maximum market impact
  • Act as the primary liaison between the artist/management and the label in driving the artist's vision and all marketing-related issues
  • Represent Warner Records at the highest standard at shoots, shows, and industry events, fostering relationships built on trust and ingenuity

Requirements

  • At least 8 years of high-level marketing experience at a major record label, specifically within the Rock, Alternative, or Country genres
  • This position requires a minimum of 4 days per week in the office

Preferred

  • A portfolio of successful campaigns where you personally led the strategy from inception to global commercial success
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Warner Music Group

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Warner Music Group (WMG) brings together artists, songwriters, entrepreneurs, and technology that are moving entertainment culture across the globe. Operating in more than 70 countries through a network of affiliates and licensees, WMG’s Recorded Music division includes renowned labels such as 10K Projects, 300 Entertainment, Asylum, Atlantic, Big Beat, EastWest, Elektra, Erato, First Night, Fueled By Ramen, Nonesuch, Parlophone, Reprise, Rhino, Roadrunner, Sire, Spinnin’, Warner Records, Warner Classics, and Warner Music Nashville. WMG’s music publishing arm, Warner Chappell Music, has a catalog of over one million copyrights spanning every musical genre, from the standards of the Great American Songbook to the biggest hits of the 21st century. Warner Music Group is also home to ADA, which supports the independent community, as well as artist services division WMX.

Founded in 1958
New York, New York, USA
6K employees (2,411 in marketing)
65% recommend to a friend
46% CEO approval

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
422.8K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
45.5%
Direct
43.5%
Referral
7.8%
Social
2.4%
Paid
0.5%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~6K

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
799 (13% of company)
Median Career Experience
12 years
Median Tenure
4.6 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
3

Funding

Total Funding
$1.7M
Last Raise
$1.7M
Post IPO Debt, 4 years ago

Funding History

  • Oct 2021
    Post IPO Debt • $1.7M
  • Jun 2020
    Post IPO Equity

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