Director, Synchronization

This is a Full Time Job

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Job Title: Director, Synchronization

A little bit about our team:

The Synchronization Licensing team is directly responsible for connecting our songwriters to creative music users in film, TV, advertising, video games, and merchandising. We look for innovative ways to pair songs with content that influences culture on a global level and enriches the lives of music lovers everywhere. To accomplish this, we work directly with our writers to better understand their goals and ambitions and we customize our services and marketing approach accordingly. We're always looking for unique and interesting new ways to promote the extraordinary breadth & diversity of our catalogs.

Why this could be your next big break:

If you love music both new and old, are highly organized, a strategic thinker, and want to create game-changing opportunities for some of the best songwriters in the world, Warner Chappell's synchronization licensing team is the place for you. We pride ourselves on being the best creative partner and solution provider to all professional music users. If that's what drives you too, we want you on our team.

Here you'll get to:
• Connect some of the best songwriters and songs in the world with licensing opportunities in media and branding that reach a global audience and directly influence our culture.
• Provide expert creative and administrative services to a broad variety of media projects.
• Further position Warner Chappell as the best partner for all professional users of music.

About you:
• Manage clearance process for WC Nashville including going out for approvals, responding to incoming approvals, following up with approval parties on behalf of the clearance team and updating approval contacts/information when necessary, consulting with managers and writers on fees/terms whenever necessary
• Respond to requests for information (quotes, splits, files, etc.) from pending projects, clients, etc.
• Work with A&R team to brainstorm sync collaborations
• Sign & support sync-focused writers in the Nashville market
• Make sure that songs turned in for sync are input for registration as well as added to Sharp so that information is complete
• Maintain relationships with the sync team (NYC, LA, international), as well as outside sync creatives, publishers, labels, managers, & agencies
• Regularly meet with with artists, writers, managers, colleagues, etc.
• Build and maintain relationships with music supervisors, agencies, brands
• Listen to and provide feedback on new music turned in for sync
• Keep an eye on pitches going out across the team to see if there are opportunities that might make sense for Nashville
• Create and maintain relevant Nashville-specific playlists for wider sync team to use as resources (i.e. decades, easy clear, hits, sports, etc.)
• Send confirmed syncs to Shazam to ensure songs are searchable
• Gather and share trends, ideas and briefs with writers looking for ideas, direction and guidance relating to sync opportunities
• Create sync opportunities for writers to write original songs specific to sync