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Manager, Radio

Job Description:

At Warner Music Group, weʼre a global collective of music makers and music lovers, tech innovators and inspired entrepreneurs, game-changing creatives and passionate team members. Here, we turn dreams into stardom and audiences into fans. We are guided by three core values that underpin everything we do across all our diverse businesses:

• Curiosity: We do our best work when weʼre immersing ourselves in culture and breaking through barriers. Curiosity is the driving force behind creativity and ingenuity. It fuels innovation, and innovation is the key to our future.

• Collaboration: Making music and bringing it to the world is all about the power of originality amplified by teamwork. A great idea, like a great song, travels globally. We ignite passions and build connections across our diverse community of artists, songwriters, partners, and fans.

• Commitment: We pursue excellence for our team and our talent. Everything in music starts with a leap into the unknown, and weʼre committed to keeping the faith, acting with integrity, and delivering on our promises.

WMG is home to a wide range of artists, musicians, and songwriters that fuel our success. That is why we are committed to creating a work environment that actively values, appreciates, and respects everyone. We encourage applications from people with a wide variety of backgrounds and experiences.

Job Title: Manager, Radio

Department: Radio, Promotions

Location: 20 MSE

A little bit about our team:

The Radio Department at Warner Music Nashville is an energetic team that thrives on collaboration and creativity. Our passionate professionals work together to elevate artist visibility and secure radio airplay across the United States. In this dynamic environment, the Manager, Radio plays an important role, acting as an essential bridge between our team, our artists, and our radio partners.

Your role:

The Manager, Radio will collaborate with country radio programmers in their assigned region to secure airplay, maximize spins, and create promotional opportunities for Warner Music Nashville (WMN) artists. This role is crucial in promoting and maximizing song consumption, using diverse market avenues to align with departmental priorities and objectives.

Here youʼll get to:

• Secure Airplay and Maximize Exposure: Establish and maintain airplay for WMN artists on country radio stations within the assigned region. Optimize exposure through innovative promotional strategies to enhance chart performance and audience reach, including strategic outreach with radio programmers.

• Relationship and Event Management: Build and maintain strong relationships with radio station programmers and decision-makers, facilitating airplay and promotional opportunities. Coordinate on-air promotions, station events, and promotional initiatives beyond radio airplay, including station websites and social media channels. Act as the primary liaison for local contests, promotions, and artist-related events.

• Artist Promotion and Tours: Plan and implement artist promotional tours, including station visits, on-air promotions, interviews, performances, and meetings with radio decision-makers. Advance promotional activities, manage artist schedules, and provide on-site support for tour dates as directed.

• Tracking Reports: Track market airplay, monitor increases or decreases in spins, and report findings to management. Maintain awareness of competitive airplay in the region.

• Travel and Budget Management: Travel extensively for in-person meetings, artist marketing activations, and promotional coverage. Manage a Travel & Entertainment budget, ensuring timely filing of expense reports.

About you:

• Strong interpersonal and communication skills.

• Excellent organizational skills with attention to detail.

• Ability to develop creative promotional strategies.

• Proficient in using digital tools for tracking airplay metrics and song consumption, including Mediabase and Luminate.

• Proficiency in Google Workspace applications, including Gmail, Google Sheets, and Google Docs.

• Comfortable with public speaking and experienced in delivering presentations to various audiences.

Weʼd love it if you also had:

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Communications, Marketing, Music Business, or equivalent industry experience.

• Experience: Minimum of 3-5 years in radio promotion or related fields with a proven track record of successful relationship management within the music industry.

About us:

As the home to 10K Projects, Asylum, Atlantic Music Group, East West, FFRR, Fueled by Ramen, Nonesuch, Parlophone, Rhino, Roadrunner, Sire, Warner Records, Warner Classics, and several other of the worldʼs premier recording labels, Warner Music Group champions emerging artists and global superstars alike. And our renowned publishing company, Warner Chappell Music, represents genre-spanning songwriters and producers through a catalog of more than one million copyrights worldwide. Warner Music Group is also home to ADA, which supports the independent community, as well as artist services division WMX. In addition, WMG counts film and television storytelling powerhouse Warner Music Entertainment among its many brands.

Together, we are Warner Music Group: Independent Minds. Major Sound.

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