Sr. Hip Hop Artist Relations Manager
Amazon Music
Santa Monica, CAThis was removed by the employer on 9/5/2018 10:32:00 PM PST
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Imagine being a part of an agile team where your ideas have the potential to reach millions. Picture working on cutting-edge consumer-facing products, where every single team member is a critical voice in the decision-making process. Envision being able to leverage the resources of a Fortune-500 company within the atmosphere of a start-up. Welcome to Amazon Music, where ideas are born and come to life as Amazon Music Unlimited, Prime Music, and so much more.
Everyone on our team has a meaningful impact on product features, new directions in music streaming, and customer engagement. We are looking for new team members across a variety of job functions including software engineering/development, marketing, design, ops and more. Come join us as we make history by launching exciting new projects in the coming year.
Our team is focused on building a personalized, curated, and seamless music experience. We want to help our customers discover up-and-coming artists, while also having access to their favorite established musicians. We build systems that are distributed on a large scale, spanning our music apps, web player, and voice-forward audio engagement on mobile and Amazon Echo devices, powered by Alexa to support our customer base. Amazon Music offerings are available in countries around the world, and our applications support our mission of delivering music to customers in new and exciting ways that enhance their day-to-day lives.
Come innovate with the Amazon Music team!
Amazon is looking for an experienced professional to work with key members of the hip hop community, including: artists, managers, attorneys, agents, and producers to facilitate increased collaboration with Amazon Digital Music. The ideal candidate will be a passionate advocate on behalf of customers educating, influencing and bringing together all the interested parties who can drive mutually beneficial results. Those results will include audio recordings, music videos, live streams, and events that incorporate elements of both.
Responsibilities
Include:
• Generate grassroots support for Amazon's digital music initiatives including Amazon Originals and Amazon Music across the music industry, educating through compelling presentations and product demonstrations.
• Facilitating and encouraging participation in our programs and events, and fostering positive discussions between artists, creators, managers, attorneys, agents, producers, labels and distributors
• Develop compelling solutions that involve artists engaging in initiatives with Amazon Music, resulting in enhanced growth for artists, and increased engagement for music fans.
• Raise the creative bar for all of our audio and video projects
• Increase the production quality and quantity of Amazon Music's original video and audio projects.
The ideal candidate will have experience and industry contacts in the music and media industries. They will also have experience producing audio and/or video content, including developing strategic partnerships, producing and coordinating live events, and working in conjunction with various partners to deliver the highest quality original content to our customers.
• BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
• BA/BS Required
• 7 years of experience in a similar role within the music industry
• Proven track record of successful long term client/account relationship management for media or licensing businesses
• Experience working within music industry
• Exceptional organizational and people skills, as well as outstanding strategic and analytical skills
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
• Ability to communicate effectively and act as both an ambassador on behalf of Amazon Music
• Passion and enthusiasm for digital music and video
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, flexible environment
• MBA Preferred