Assistant - Global Commercial Partnerships - London, United Kingdom - AWAL

Description

AWAL has revolutionized the recording business by putting the creator at the centre of everything we do and transforming the way artists release music.

Whether an artist is looking for the best digital distribution or a comprehensive global campaign, AWAL has become the partner of choice for innovative artists at all stages of their careers.

This has created a high-quality path for artists to achieve success while maintaining ownership of their masters. Our mission is to partner with independent artists to tell stories that shape culture.

We constantly innovate to remove all barriers between artists and the A&R teams or store editors that help them take their projects to the next level.

We are looking for an
Assistant to join the AWAL Global Commercial Partnerships team reporting into the VP, Promotions, Global Commercial Partnerships.

The role is responsible for the administrative & operational tasks within the Global Commercial Partnerships team (GCP), the team responsible for working with global digital service providers such as Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music and YouTube.

With streaming and analytics being at the forefront of the current music industry, this is a unique opportunity to work in a fast-paced, exciting environment at a future-facing music company.

WHAT DOES AN ASSISTANT, GLOBAL COMMERCIAL PARTNERSHIPS DO?

• Supporting the GCP team with general admin support such as generating and sending weekly reports on the status of artist campaigns including playlist and onplatform profile, marketing results as well as analysing performance of releases using AWAL's analytics tools and other dashboards such as Chartmetric, SpotOn, SuperFri etc.
• Assisting our Global Commercial Partnerships Managers with pitch information and metadata as well as processing pitching information across the AWAL roster to all DSPs
• Assist in defining and delivering global partnerships, streaming and playlisting strategies
• The creation of bespoke and collective outreach for artists across the AWAL roster, with a focus on long form content for priority AWAL artists
• Creation of weekly mailers for priority AWAL releases at both label and genre level
• Directly pitching to a range of DSPs around the world, through a variety of methods (incl. pitch tools/ Excel spreadsheets/ Google forms)
• Development of new reporting and analysis at both artist and release level
• Taking notes in team meetings / booking transport / general office admin

WHAT SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE ARE WE LOOKING FOR?

• Administrative or analytical experience working in the music industry or in a similar role with understanding or operational knowledge of analytical platforms, digital service providers and their delivery processes
• Verbal, written, and communication skills with the ability to adapt communication to audience
• Can demonstrate strong attention to detail as well as and pro activeness with excellent time management skills and ability to adapt to changing priorities in a highpressure environment

WHAT MEMBERS OF THE TEAM SAY
- "The greatest thing about working in the GCP department here is that it places you right at the centre _of everything; you'll interact with every AWAL department. There's an amazingly unique collaborative spirit at AWAL that encourages you to contribute to any conversation, no matter the topic, in pursuit of innovation and fresh ideas. Combined with a universal belief in the way AWAL's model is changing the industry for the better, the result is a dynamic, exciting, and rewarding place to work."_

**Robin Richards, Manager, Global Commercial Partnerships