Director – Creative & Licensing (Maternity Cover)
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Director – Creative & Licensing (Maternity Cover)
Join BMG Production Music as a Creative & Licensing Director, where you will be responsible for leading the TV/Film production music team, managing the day-to-day responsibilities of the team, whilst ensuring the development of new business, nurturing and maintaining existing relationships with our key TV/Film partners, providing creative searches and supporting various marketing activities and initiatives.
You will be expected to attend meetings with key and new business accounts, collaborating with BMG’s b2b departments: sync, bespoke and admin; pitching the catalogue to be licensed for moving media.
This is a 13 month FTC covering maternity leave, starting in October.
About BMG Production Music
BMG Production Music is a trusted global partner for leading brands and clients across television, advertising, film, radio, and gaming. As part of BMG, one of the largest music companies worldwide with offices in key cities, BMG Production Music benefits from a strong global reputation, attracting top musicians and songwriters, contributing to its growing catalogue of over 150,000 tracks. With a team of music professionals, cutting-edge AI technology, and specialised synch and bespoke departments, BMG is uniquely positioned to offer comprehensive music solutions for any production.
Key Responsibilities
Day to day team management of TV/Film team:
- Leading and organising weekly team focus meetings
- Ensure team are keeping their clients up to date and keeping the CRM clean.
- Collaboration with other B2B teams – sync, admin, bespoke.
Account management of key accounts:
- Managing key accounts with regular catch up’s
- Keep up to date with key accounts production slate, new commissions and industry news
- Ensure the team are prioritising key clients, both regional and local.
- Seek out new business opportunities and promote the same amongst the team
- Ensure collaboration with marketing for event ideas, updated assets and outreach support.
Creative:
- Provide timely & accurate music searches for client music briefs
- Actively forward pitching for new leads
Wider deals:
- Seeking new deal opportunities – blankets, admin, JV, etc.
Industry events and meetings:
- Seek out new industry and networking events and encourage the team to attend.
- Ensuring the team is actively meeting up with clients.
- Organise regular regional trips.
Budget:
- Organising marketing budget and team spend with VP.
CRM:
- Develop, organise and maintain CRM database, efficiently managing client lists.
- Ensure the team is following suit.
Your Profile
- Experience working in sync and / or production music industry.
- Knowledge of MAC & PC functionality.
- Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to easily build relationships with others and an impeccable phone manner.
- Approachable, personable and articulate.
- Proven track record of bringing in new business.
- Enthusiastic and creative, keen to contribute ideas.
- Self-motivator and avid team player.
- Organised with excellent eye for detail. Experience managing multiple projects at once from end to end.
It’s a plus (not a must) if you also have experience managing a team and sync and or production music industry, experience working within the TV media industry and/or experience working with our clients on the production side (who include major broadcasters, ad agencies and TV production companies).
Now, what’s in it for you?
- 25 days pro-rated annual leave, plus 3 days between Christmas & New Year and an extra day for your birthday!
- Flexible working opportunities.
- Subsidised gym membership.
- Private Health Insurance.
- Competitive pension scheme.
- Annual gig allowance.
- Artist showcases.
- Cycle to work scheme.
- Season Ticket Loan
- Workplace Nursery Scheme
- Access to our Employee Assistance Programme.
- Give As You Earn Scheme .
- A fun and sociable office environment.
Pay Range:
£55,000 – £60,000 per annum
The pay range listed above is dependent upon factors such as work experience, qualifications and business needs. In addition to the range above, this role is eligible for a discretionary annual bonus and applicable benefits as listed above.
Are you interested? Follow the link to apply!
As a Disability Confident Committed organisation, we are dedicated to ensuring that candidates with disabilities are given a fair opportunity to demonstrate their abilities. Therefore, we guarantee an interview to applicants with disabilities who meet the essential criteria for the role.
Please note – there may be exceptional circumstances where the volume of applicants means we cannot interview all eligible candidates.
If you have any questions about the Guaranteed Interview Scheme or would like to confirm your eligibility, please reach out to us at career.uk@bmg.com.
About
BMG – est. 2008 – is the world’s fourth-biggest music company, the first new global player in the music business of the streaming age, and a record label and music publisher in one. Named in 2020 one of the world’s Most Innovative Companies by Fast Company, BMG’s pitch is unique – a relentless focus on fairness and transparency and service to its artist and songwriter clients. BMG’s 20 offices across 12 core music markets now represent over three million songs and recordings, including many of the most renowned and successful catalogs in popular music history.
BMG’s fresh approach includes production music, films, books, artist management, merchandise, neighboring rights, and live as well as music publishing and recordings off the same service platform. BMG is owned by international media, services and education company Bertelsmann, whose other content businesses include the broadcaster RTL Group, the trade book publisher Penguin Random House and the magazine publisher Gruner + Jahr. With its multi-platform perspective, integrated technology platform and commitment to help artists maximize their income, BMG aims to be the best company in music to do business with. www.bmg.com
BMG is committed to promoting equal opportunities in employment. All job applicants will receive equal treatment regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation.
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