A&R Manager
Description
- Budgeting - when a signed artist embarks on a new recording project, the A&R Manager designs cost proposals for the entire process, taking into account expenses related to studio time, recording personnel, session musicians, mixing and mastering, marketing and promotion, and more. Subsequently, the administrator monitors every penny spent to make sure the budget isn't blown on a single part of the process.
- Administration - in addition to managing album budgets, A&R Managers handle many of the department's general administrative tasks such as coordinating and maintaining contracts, submitting bills and purchase orders, projecting future expenses based on past and current budgets, and gathering and analyzing data connected to music streaming and licensing.
- Logistics - Assist in scheduling studio time, book musicians, rent studio equipment and services, coordinate artist travel and lodging, collect the copy and credits for an album release, prepare listening materials for meetings, coordinate a remix project, handle lyrics and lyric video revision/approval etc.
- General - Constantly looking for new artists and songwriters and consider them for a partnership with RichMusic. Building a strong relationship with artist managers, artists and partners. Developing new and existing artists. Monitoring the creative activities throughout our partnerships and the resulting income development. Proactively pitching and promoting music to internal creative colleagues as well as external business partners (UMPG). Coordinating and working with Creative team to support our roster in all matters including album and single artwork, video and photo shoots, websites, social media platforms and overall branding. Work with Label and A&R Specialist to maintain organization of the department, music files, legal documents, etc.
- Non-Essential Duties And Responsibilities In addition to performance of the essential functions, this position may be required to perform a combination of the following supportive functions, with the percentage of time performing each function to be solely determined by the manager based upon the particular requirements.
- Attend and support live shows, creative actions and scouting out of office working hours
- The willingness to give and receive constructive feedback to improve A&R strategies
- Due to the cyclical nature of the entertainment & music industry, employees may be required to work varying schedules to reflect the business' operational needs. In addition, attendance at all scheduled training sessions and company meetings is required.
- Perform additional duties as necessary and assigned.
Requirements
- The individual must have the following level of education, experience and training proficiency in the following areas: Degree in business, music, media or related including professional experience in the music business
- 3 to 5 years related experience or equivalent combination of education and experience.
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Rich Music LTD
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Born out of their love of music, father and son duo Richard and Joshua Mendez established Rich Music Inc. in 2007. Headquartered in Miami, FL, Rich Music Inc. is one of the top independent record labels in Latin music today, with a talent roster that includes Latin GRAMMY®️ and Billboard Latin Music Award nominees Sech and Justin Quiles, as well as Billboard Top Latin producer, Dimelo Flow, rising star Dalex, Jamaican singer, producer & songwriter Chris Marshall, up & coming Argentinian singer-songwriter Thyago, and Puerto Rican singer-songwriter PaoPao. The company has also added to its roster producers Simon Dice, Rike Music and Jhon El Divertido. Rich Music Inc. is housed at the Social Hive, a creative agency designed to curate its roster of clients and build upon their brands. The "Hive" also hosts a state-of-the-art recording facility, Morplay Studios, and the company's new divisions Morplay Prints and Morplay Gaming. Rich Music Inc. has received multiple Billboard Latin Music Award nominations, including Latin Rhythm Albums Label of the Year and Top Latin Albums Label of the Year and Top Latin Albums Imprint of the Year. In 2020, its Co-Founder and COO, Joshua Mendez, was featured on Billboard’s prestigious Power Players list as well as the Latin Power Players list.