Job Description

About The Orchard

The Orchard is a leading full-service music distribution company operating in 48 markets worldwide and servicing top global independent artists and labels. With cutting-edge operations and an unparalleled global team, The Orchard partners with clients to provide full scale solutions across a variety of verticals. Championed by an exceptional community of music lovers and experts, The Orchard empowers creators to grow and evolve in the dynamic, global industry.

The Orchard focuses on providing a comfortable, social, and engaging environment to encourage productivity and creativity.

As the Manager, Label Management, your role is crucial in ensuring our clients' label releases are launched effectively in the market. You will keep our clients up-to-date with the latest trends and developments in the music industry, including best practices and retail strategies. Owning and maintaining solid relationships with our clients and their team is essential to achieving our objectives.

What you'll do:

• Office- first role, in office 4 days a week
• Serve as the primary point of contact at The Orchard, Maintain positive and productive relationships with artists, management, agents, and industry contacts of varying sizes and genres. Provide advice and assistance on all aspects of music distribution to ensure their success.
• Provide guidance and support to labels on digital release best practices and metadata requirements. Oversee approvals and updates of digital releases
• Collaborate with labels and internal departments to help create, communicate, and execute new release and catalog development plans and strategies
• Liaise with all internal departments, including finance, marketing, and legal, to meet all label business needs.
• Manage overall distribution release process from strategy, to set up and coordinate with sales, manufacturing, and inventory management; may include physical
• Distribute critical assets to global retail and marketing teams, to ensure all cross-functional stakeholders are appraised of our labels' efforts to support releases.
• Oversee the complete life-cycle of audio and video products from ingestion to delivery, including seeing releases from label submission via our Workstation portal through to delivery via our Admin backend
• Collaborate with various teams at The Orchard to ensure our labels’ audio and video catalogs are effectively delivered, claimed, and monetized
• Drive label engagement utilizing internal marketing and data analytic tools to guide and support strategic decisions for marketing and sales goals. Continuously interpret data, and propose solutions and optimization to labels and artists to ensure that the label remains competitive in the music industry

Who you are:

• At least 3+ years of experience in music partnership management
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and timelines
• A strong passion for music and the music industry
• Proven track record of success in managing labels
• Proficient in Spanish and English
• Extensive knowledge of the music industry, including trends, challenges, and opportunities
• Strong business acumen and understanding of financial and budget management
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build and maintain relationships with artists, labels, and other key partners
• Creative thinker with the ability to develop and execute innovative marketing and promotional campaigns

What we give you:

• You join an inclusive, collaborative and global community where you have the opportunity to channel your passion every day
• A modern office environment designed to foster productivity, creativity, and teamwork empowering you to bring your best
• Investment in your professional growth and development enabling you to thrive in our vibrant community.
• The space to accelerate progress, positively disrupt, and create what happens next
• Time off for a winter recess

The Orchard is committed to providing equal employment opportunity for all persons regardless of age, disability, national origin, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, veteran or military status, marital and civil partnership/union status, alienage or citizenship status, creed, genetic information or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.