A&R Analyst

This is a Full Time Job

As an A&R Analyst with Sony Music Nashville, you will have a central role in supporting our A&R team by providing important insights and data-driven evaluations on both rostered and undiscovered artists.

In this role, you will implement and manage data-driven methods to discover new artists, run daily reports to aid in artist discovery and analysis, construct statistical insights and predictive metrics, conduct research on artists and analyze new music – both signed and unsigned. This role is a unique opportunity to help the company discover our next superstars and help drive data-assisted decision making within the A&R team.

What you'll do:
• Conduct research to evaluate new music and improve the A&R team’s understanding of new music metrics including social networking sites, data and analytics
• Extract, prepare, analyze and present relevant music and social activity data to help identify new potential talent while also monitoring the marketplace and constructing new methods to draw insights from this data
• Develop and implement new analytical processes, technologies and tools for use by the A&R team and other departments in support of trend identification, etc.
• Regularly meet with A&R team to provide updates on activity and marketplace
• Generate weekly reports and lead meetings to brief team on artists of interest
• Work with internal teams as needed to create and troubleshoot queries, dashboards and other identification tools
• Create artist-specific reports detailing audience growth and consumption relative to similar artists
• Compile and monitor stream count and social media metrics for unsigned, undiscovered artists
• Identify and interpret relevant data in the context of the current music landscape
• Assess and summarize tendencies in consumption source across genres/subgenres
• Proactively identify additional areas for analysis and identification of new artists
• Deliver and present large data sets in a useful and meaningful way, by presenting key information across several methods and platforms to the broader Sony leadership team

Who you are:
• At least two years of music or entertainment industry experience, with a demonstrated track record of using data to find new and emerging talent
• A passionate new music listener with a strong knowledge of various genres of music with an emphasis on country format and ability to separate/identify commercially viable talent
• A team player with an understanding of current tastes and trends of the market, preferably with prior experience interacting with recording artists and an understanding of artist lifestyle
• A self-starter with exceptional communication skills, time management skills and an ability to prioritize and multi-task, work independently and with teammates
• An independent thinker with strong computer skills including MS Office (Word, Excel & Outlook) and proven internet and data analytics capabilities, as well as a working knowledge of digital music space and social media
• Available to attend evening showcases as well as ability to travel as needed
• Knowledge of music monitoring platforms such as Music Connect, Mediabase and Indify