Intern - Music Licensing, Management, And Publishing

This is a Part Time Unpaid Internship

SECRET ROAD INTERNSHIP PROGRAM

Secret Road is a boutique music licensing, management, and publishing company. Founded in 2007 by Lynn Grossman, the company at its core is about providing opportunities for emerging and known artists to flourish in their careers with a focus towards sync placements.

The company has had many successful syncs across all platforms (Film & TV placements on Netflix, HBO, Amazon, & Hulu; and Commercial placements for Google, Apple, Samsung, & Honda, to name a few). Secret Road also releases music under the label Secret Road Records, providing marketing / digital support and access to DSPs.

Based primarily in Los Angeles, Secret Road also has offices in New York, Nashville, and Perth.

Learning Outcomes:
• Gain a better understanding of the music licensing, management and publishing world
• Introduction to copyright, publishing, and A&R perspectives through a sync- based lens
• Observe inner-workings and collaboration of a creative team at a boutique company
• Broaden understanding of the music business

We ask that Internship be for college credit, and the intern be available 3 full days a week (with a mandatory zoom meeting on Wednesday mornings). At least two days in LA office preferred.

Seeking an intern with the following attributes:
• Responsible
• Proactive
• Inquisitive
• Outgoing
• Hardworking
• Has desire to explore a career in the music industry
• Computer savvy
- Gmail
- Google Calendars
- Google Docs & Spreadsheets
- Excel
- Outlook
- Familiar with Spotify/iTunes/Shazam/etc.
- Airtable
• Can work independently

Tasks Include (but not limited to):
• Update company-wide calendar of upcoming artist shows and showcases
• Assist Publishing team with DISCO/metadata tasks including:
- DISCO metadata ingestions
- Add song lyrics to track metadata
- Adding lyric files to Dropbox
- Track and update cover songs in our catalog
- Update DISCO metadata with any appropriate changes
• Assist A&R team with weekly tasks
- Group incoming songs by genre, tempo, style, etc.
- Track artist releases
- Update and create playlists for Secret Road's Spotify
• Assist TV/Film team
- Track sync airdates
- Tagging/Auto-Tagging new songs on DISCO
- TV/Film Research
- Maintain Brief Airtable
• Assist Licensing & Management teams with any supplemental needs
• Take part in weekly company-wide meeting