Discovery Partnerships Manager

At Warner Music Australasia, we’re more than just a record label - we’re a community of passionate music lovers. We recognise that every artist and label partner is unique, just like every music fan. Our fearless, creative team is dedicated to excellence, supporting international stars and our diverse local roster, who we proudly call family. At WMA, we turn dreams into stardom and audiences into fans. We are guided by four core values that underpin everything we do across all our diverse businesses:

- **Curiosity**: We do our best work when we’re immersing ourselves in culture and breaking through barriers. Curiosity is the driving force behind creativity and ingenuity. It fuels innovation, and innovation is the key to our future.
- **Collaboration**: Making music and bringing it to the world is all about the power of originality amplified by teamwork. A great idea, like a great song, travels globally. We ignite passions and build connections across our diverse community of artists, songwriters, partners, and fans.
- **Commitment**: We pursue excellence for our team and our talent. Everything in music starts with a leap into the unknown, and we’re committed to keeping the faith, acting with integrity, and delivering on our promises.
- **Respect**:We honour the unique voices and perspectives that shape our community, fostering trust and collaboration in an environment where creativity thrives. By valuing one another and the music we create, we build lasting relationships with our team, artists, partners, and fans.

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**: Discovery Partnership Manager

**Reporting into**:Head of Streaming & Discovery

**Salary Range: $**70,000 - $90,000

**Location**:Sydney

**Key Responsibilities**:
As our **Discovery Partnership Manager**, you will:

- _**Collaborate on Strategy Development**_:_ Work with the Head of Streaming & Discovery, team members, and other stakeholders to establish and execute WMA’s strategy for assigned discovery and streaming platforms.
- _**Manage Platform Relationships**:_ Act as WMA’s primary contact for a roster of platform accounts, fostering innovative opportunities and partnerships for WMA artists.
- _**Upskill Artists and Teams**:_ Design and implement programs to enhance digital and social platform confidence among WMA’s local roster of artists and their teams.
- _**Build Creator Networks**:_ Cultivate relationships with internet personalities and creators to elevate campaigns for WMA artists, managing Warner’s direct relationships with creators via a cloud-based CRM.
- _**Drive Content Strategies**:_ Partner with Marketing and creative teams to develop and implement UGC (User-Generated Content), creator, and fan content strategies for international, domestic, and catalogue artists.
- _**Lead Innovation Projects**:_ Act as the project lead on assigned innovation campaigns, supporting WMA’s social and fan engagement goals.
- _**Analyse and Report**:_ Deliver comprehensive reports and analysis on market performance, streaming metrics, and campaign outcomes.

**About you**:

- 3+ years expertise in content creation across various platforms, with hands-on experience and passion in this space.
- Strong track record in managing relationships with commercial stakeholders and handling account management responsibilities.
- Experience working closely with content creators, including active participation in the creator community.
- Demonstrated ability to conceptualise, develop, and execute comprehensive content strategies.
- Skilled in building short-form content strategies that are audience-focused and data-driven.
- Excellent presentation skills, engaging and influential with both small and large audiences.
- Genuine passion for music and the music industry.

**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: Independent Minds. Major Sound.**

Pay: $70,000.00 - $90,000.00 per year

Work Authorisation:

- Australia (preferred)

Work Location: In person