Product Manager, Material

About Material

Material is a multi-division independent music company spanning across record labels, label services and publishing. Built from the ground up in London since 2008, Material has grown into a versatile and culturally connected independent music business. Operating across multiple dance and electronic record labels and a global music catalogue. Material develops and supports a roster of electronic and crossover artists with millions of streams, global touring presence and career defining moments.

Role Overview

This role sits at the centre of Material’s label operations, turning day-to-day activity across product, distribution, royalties and release delivery into a well-run, on-time process. We need someone highly detail-oriented who can lead and manage a small team, keep that team on track, and own processes end to end from a release’s first upload through to royalty statement analysis. A strong understanding of records, campaigns and the mechanics behind them is essential.

Key Responsibilities

• Overseeing marketing timelines, keeping work flows on track ensuring campaigns hit targets
• Release scheduling and coordination with the marketing and A&R teams of release management
• Liaising with campaign and brand teams to ensure release campaigns are delivered precisely and on time
• Overseeing and help develop label services division
• Product uploading and management across DSPs and retail
• Royalties processing, including inputting into Curve and Xero
• Budget and P&L management, monitoring ROI
• Managing numerous stakeholders across label services
• Manufacturing physical product and overseeing physical distribution
• Overseeing content and creative requests that drive the releases
• Enlisting marketing and promotion agencies for third party campaigns including meta ads, creator content, radio and press.

Day-to-Day

• Primary point of contact for all distribution matters
• Primary point of contact for all product matters, internally and externally
• Key a point of contact for artists and manager communications, ensuring outstanding customer and artist experience and updates
• Product uploading and scheduling
• Invoice payments, purchase orders, Curve inputs and distribution statement analysis
• Working closely with the A&R team on new release campaigns
• Liaising with campaign and brand teams to ensure release campaigns are delivered precisely and on time
• Overseeing content and creative requests that drive the releases
• Seeking interesting opportunities and exploration for our growing catalogue
• Managing artist onboarding and the artist portal
• Formatting and taking responsibility for all files and titling conventions, so they integrate cleanly Materials systems

Person Specification

Must be:

• A strong team player with experience is leading teams
• Growth-minded with strategic vision
• Calm under pressure
• Great communicator, can handle fast paces and pressured environments
• Excellent attention to detail
• Naturally strong with financial understanding, budgets and metrics
• Passionate about electronic music with a contact book to match
• Data led in decision making and digital environment native including using AI tools
• Have a natural marketing instinct for reactive decision making

Experience Required

This role would suit someone with four plus years of operational record label or distribution experience, ideally with hands-on exposure to royalty and accounting systems such as Curve and Xero (or similar).

Package

• Salary: Depending on experience
• Location: Soho, London
• Hybrid 3 to 4 days in the office

How to Apply:

Email a CV and cover letter to hello@materialmusic.net

Material Music is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, colour, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or disability status.