Assistant, A&R - Pop/Rock/Country

Your role: You will be launching your career at the center of the music industry. You will handle essential, day-to-day tactical and process-oriented tasks that support our A&R team's mission to discover and develop groundbreaking artists. This is an entry-level role where you will learn the ropes under the close guidance of seasoned professionals, following standard procedures to help coordinate the creative process. If you have a deep passion for music and want to experience what it looks, sounds, and feels like to build an artist's career from the ground up at an innovative global music company, this is the perfect starting point for you. Here you'll get to Support the A&R team in daily transactional and process-oriented tasks to ensure smooth operations within the department. Assist in relationship management by coordinating communications and scheduling with artists, songwriters, producers, and other industry professionals. Help coordinate the logistics around record making, assisting with the administrative processes of creating and producing music records. Learn the foundational steps of how to identify and sign talent by organizing demo submissions and keeping track of emerging artists. Provide tactical support for artist and catalog development initiatives under the guidance of your supervisor. Follow established procedures to support the team's relationship building and networking efforts, tracking key contacts and industry events. Stay plugged into current cultural trends, compiling information to help the team understand and articulate movements within the music industry.

About you: You are passionate about music and have a growing knowledge of various music genres, artists, and industry trends. You enjoy driving task-oriented workflows and take pride in completing daily and weekly operational goals accurately. You have an entrepreneurial, independent attitude and are eager to learn how to identify new opportunities in the constantly evolving music landscape. You will thrive in an environment where you receive clear guidance and instruction from your supervisor, resolving simple routines effectively. You have a strong curiosity about the cultural landscape and love staying up-to-date with the latest developments in music styles and subcultures. You have excellent organizational skills and the ability to handle transactional work that affects your immediate work unit. We'd love it if you also had Prior internships, or equivalent entry-level experience in the music or entertainment industry. Familiarity with tracking music trends across social media, streaming platforms, and live local venues. Exceptional communication skills. 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 catalog 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: Independent Minds. Major Sound.