Title: Creative Production Manager
Locations: GBR – 27 Wrights Lane – London
Time type: Full time
Job Description
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 know that each talent makes our collective bolder and brighter. We are guided by four core principles that underpin everything we do across all our diverse businesses:
- Music is Everything: Music is our passion, and we can never get enough. Tastes, trends, and tech will change, but great artists and songwriters will always be our driving force.
- Global Growth, Local Expertise: Music is a global language. Through communication and collaboration, our success can come from anywhere and translate everywhere.
Innovation and Insight: Pushing the boundaries requires the best information and the boldest imagination. We use both to create the future. - Empowered by People: Like the artists we serve and the music they make, our differences make us stronger. This is a place where every talent can belong and build a career.
- We remain committed to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: We know it fosters a culture where you can truly belong, contribute, and grow. We encourage applications from people of any age, gender identity, sex or sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, religion or belief, disability, and any other protected characteristic or identity.
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: Creative Production Manager
Reports To: Head of Frontline Creative Production
Department: Creative Production
Location: 27 Wrights Lane, Kensington, London W8 5SW
A little bit about our team
The Creative Production team plays a key role within Warner Music UK’s physical and digital supply chain. We are the central cog that keeps things ticking. Uniquely, we work closely with almost all departments within the company, such as; A&R, Marketing, Commercial, Finance, Business Affairs, Production, Digital Operations, Press & Promotions as well as designers, artists and their management.
We’re a close-knit bunch of 10 music lovers, split across two teams. This role sits in the Frontline side working on new music from the likes of Dua Lipa, Ed Sheeran, Liam Gallagher, Gorillaz and Coldplay etc to PinkPantheress, Ghetts, Ashnikko and Maisie Peters, whilst the Catalogue side look after reissues from legendary acts like The Smiths, David Bowie and Pink Floyd etc.
Your role
Working on the Frontline side of the business you will get to work on the company’s newest music from legendary record labels; Atlantic, Parlophone and Warner Records
We love making tangible music products for fans that reflect our music and artist’s intentions, but we are also at the forefront of how music companies are navigating the ever-changing digital landscape.
It’s our job to ensure all our physical and digital releases come out on time, securely, looking and sounding the best they possibly can be, priced appropriately and with sustainability in mind. Warner is a major music company with an indie spirit and we drive that ethos
Here you’ll get to:
- You’ll be responsible for originating all physical and digital formats for your own roster of key artists across all three Frontline labels, including; boxsets, vinyl records, CD/DVD/Blu-Ray and digital releases.
- This will include researching previous sales history and competitor analysis to help decide potential product line up, under consultation with the Label/Artist/Management/Commercial and designers, sourcing music and label copy from A&R, mastering and cutting studios, coordinating the design, repro, final approval and the delivery of production parts by the relevant deadline.
- In particular you’ll likely project-manage high profile, high specification campaigns. This will involve coordinating the development of complex products from inception, by working closely with designers, artist management, print specialists, and WMIS’ Product prep team. Refine product mock-ups and proofs where needed, and ensure highest level of QC across print & production processes.
- Define and communicate critical paths for key releases across multiple formats, including D2C releases and ensure they are met.
- Circulate regular project updates to stakeholders; address and resolve physical or digital format issues/concerns.
- Working closely with Digital Operations & PDM, coordinate timely origination and ingest of all standard/high-resolution/Immersive digital formats, in line with latest industry standards and future developments.
- QC of digital audio files to validate integrity; 16bit/24bit HD WAVs and a range of sample rates etc.
- Obtain product costs across all releases, working closely with Finance, Commercial and Marketing to bring packaging specs within agreed guidelines. Coordinating cost approval from WMUK Finance ahead of parts delivery
- Ensure Confidential and Security releases follow relevant procedures at all times, coordinating global security plans and best practices.
- Liaising with international affiliates, the IFPI amongst other advisory bodies where necessary.
- Securely sending some of the company’s pre-release music out to internal/external contacts around the world such as Spotify, Apple, high-profile journalists, radio producers etc. to help attain promotion/reviews, whilst also preventing leaks
- Directly contributing to developments and new features of the promo system and iOS/Android apps.
About you
- You have first class project management skills, with the ability to coordinate and execute campaigns with external partners. A versatile attitude and ability to prioritise workload effectively.
- You are highly organised and efficient with the ability to meet deadlines in an often pressurised environment.
- Experience of design packages such as Photoshop and InDesign and a keen eye for design and detail.
- Knowledge of the print process, materials, finishes etc.
- Experience in vinyl production.
- You have an excellent understanding of digital files and music technology with experience using a wide variety of IT systems on a day-to-day basis.
- Collaborative, team player, ability to form good relationships with colleagues (internally & externally)
- Pro-active & forward thinking.
- Shows an interest in current trends and regularly researches the industry for new packaging ideas and processes.
- You will ideally have previous experience in a similar role within a record label or similar environment, for a minimum of 3 years.
We’d love it if you also had:
- An interest in sustainability, particularly as it relates to music formats and packaging.
- Experience in project managing the development of IT systems; ability to consider implications of GUI changes, testing in UAT environments and roll out of new developments, including subsequent training.
About us
As the home to Asylum, Atlantic, East West, Elektra, 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 catalogue 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: Music With Vision & Voice.
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Don’t be discouraged if you don’t hear from us right away. We’re taking our time to review all resumes, and to find the best people for WMG.
Thanks for your interest in working for WMG. We love it here, and think you will, too.
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.
About Us
Warner Music Group is all about our people. We are one global company made up of the most knowledgeable, passionate, and creative people in our business.
It is the mission of every member of the WMG team around the world to create a nurturing environment for artists, songwriters, and fellow employees at every stage of their career. We strive to set WMG apart from the rest of the industry by embracing a philosophy of innovation that is part of our company’s DNA.
Consider a career at WMG and be a part of one of the biggest forces in music today.
