Warner Music Group

Assistant, Creative Marketing

Warner Music Group Los Angeles, CA

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, sexual orientation, race, religion, ethnicity, disability, veteran status, and any other 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: Assistant, Creative Marketing, Global Catalog

A little bit about our team:

The Creative Marketing Team at Global Catalog is a new department focused on ideating and executing marketing campaigns, initiatives, events, and activations that create culture-moving moments! We work with the catalog product managers across all genres and vintages to support and integrate major moments into their marketing and branding campaigns for their artists.

Your role:

This role provides administrative and marketing support for the SVP of Creative Marketing. This role will gain exposure to many facets of the business, and will learn the ins and outs of crafting successful marketing campaigns!

Here you’ll get to:

  • Maintain calendars, schedules, and deadlines for the creative marketing department
  • Organize and submit monthly expense reports (T&E) and monitor approval status of the reports to ensure prompt payment
  • Administer budget coding, open POs, and process invoices
  • Maintain relationships with outside vendors including managing prompt invoicing and payments
  • Attend meetings with product managers, identify key opportunities, and help implement marketing visions
  • Take notes during meetings on behalf of the creative marketing team & distribute in a timely manner to relevant parties
  • Communicate production changes made with internal teams
  • Research potential partners for brand activations
  • Develop new marketing strategies and ideas
  • Write copy for promotional tools, internal communications, and other marketing materials, including, but not limited to artist one-sheets, email blasts, posters, stickers, etc.
  • Research and study new consumer trends- Be up to date on discovery platforms (i.e. TikTok)
  • Maintain a knowledge of the general music landscape
  • Create decks and comprehensive marketing materials for internal and external partners
  • Coordinate multiple artist projects and activities with other internal departments
  • Manage and support artist events with outside vendors and venues
  • Coordinate with the art department and production to design tools such as posters, stickers, cover art, digital assets, and ads
  • Liaise with outside marketing and street team companies and provide tools such as posters, stickers, CDs, samplers, and music
  • Attend events and shows to form relationships with contacts at other record labels, agencies, management firms, and other entertainment companies

About you:

  • Passion for the music industry – specifically, pop and rock/alternative
  • Comfortable sharing your opinions and listening to others carefully
  • Experience using various design programs such as Canva or Photoshop
  • Strong written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills
  • Experience working in a team dynamic
  • Meticulous attention to detail
  • Proven time management and organizational skills
  • Ability to multi-task and adhere to ever changing deadlines
  • Robust research skills
  • Out of the box thinking & creativity

We’d love it if you also had:

  • Associate’s degree or higher
  • Tech savvy and proficiency in Google Workshop, Photoshop, and all social media platforms
  • Experience with compiling data and discerning most relevant or important data
  • At least one year of music industry experience

About us:

As the home to 300 Elektra, Asylum, Atlantic, East West, 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. Redefining what it means to be a music company in the 21st century, our consumer brands include trend-setters like UPROXX, Songkick, HipHopDX, and EMP. We’re the home to WMX – the next generation services division that connects artists with fans and amplifies brands in creative, immersive, and engaging ways – and Alternative Distribution Alliance (ADA) – the ground-breaking global distribution company for independent artists and labels.

Together, we are Warner Music Group: Music With Vision & Voice.

Love this job and want to apply?

Click the “Apply” link at the top of the page, or apply directly with your LinkedIn. Applying with LinkedIn will import all of the information you put in your profile, but will still allow you to upload a resume and cover letter.

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.

Effective October 1st, this position will require being in the office 4 days a week. We believe that an in-office presence is critical for talent development, collaboration and building strong relationships.

Salary Range

$17.95 to $22.00 Hourly

Salary ranges are included for job postings where required by law. The actual base pay is dependent upon many factors, such as work experience and business needs. The pay range is subject to change at any time dependent on a variety of internal and external factors.

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, religious creed, color, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, ancestry, marital status, medical condition as defined by state law (genetic characteristics or cancer), physical or mental disability, military service or veteran status, pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions, genetic information or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local law.

Copyright © 2023 Warner Music Inc.

Links to relevant documents:

2024 Benefits At A Glance final.pdf

EVerify Participation Poster.pdf

Right To Work .pdf

  • Seniority level

    Entry level
  • Employment type

    Full-time
  • Job function

    Marketing and Sales
  • Industries

    Book and Periodical Publishing, Musicians, and Entertainment Providers

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