Director, Commercial Partnerships

As the Director, Commercial Partnerships you will play a key role in pitching, conceptualizing, and securing visibility for our artists and repertoire across DSPs. You will create effective streaming and awareness campaigns that serve as vehicles to foster discovery and streaming growth. You will communicate regularly with streaming partners so that our artists and repertoire are top of mind for pertinent opportunities.

• Act as an ambassador for our roster of artists with a focus on Hip Hop / Rap / R&B repertoire across the company, management and with licensed DSP partners.
• Foster mutually beneficial relationships with streaming account editorial teams to maximize exposure for new releases and emerging opportunities.
• Collaborate across departments to drive ideas that promote streaming behavior on and off platform.
• Craft holistic commercial campaigns that layer on top of streaming to create additional revenue opportunities for the artists and label. 
• Develop playlist strategies and multifaceted campaigns to build audience and awareness for emerging and established artists on streaming platforms.
• Manage multiple priorities simultaneously while creating unique, fan driven campaigns to foster on-platform engagement year-round.
• Analyze internal and competitive data to highlight opportunities for label priorities and craft compelling pitches for increased support.
• Identify and test new ways to monetize audiences, develop new concepts that expand physical products in the future, and weave commercial opportunities into cultural touchpoints.

• You have Music industry experience ¬(seven years in streaming/editorial/playlisting field).
• You have massive experience working in and obsessing about Hip Hop and R&B.  
• Have strong, existing relationships with key DSP partners.
• Able to demonstrate basic data and song analysis skills.
• An excellent presenter with a positive attitude.
• An ability to work collaboratively with numerous creative teams.
• Understands the importance and knows how to handle sensitive artist / label information and assets 

• You join an inclusive, collaborative and global community where you have the opportunity to fuel the creative journey
• A modern office environment designed to foster productivity, creativity, and teamwork
• Our Hybrid with Flexibility approach combines the flexibility of remote working with the benefits of in-person collaboration whenever we need to come together to do our best work. Managers will partner with their teams and employees to establish work arrangements that meet the business, team, and individual needs.
• An attractive and comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, life & disability coverage, and 401K + employer matching
• Voluntary benefits like company-paid identity theft protection and resources for pets, mental health and meditation resources, industry-leading fertility coverage, fully paid leave for childbirth or bonding, fully paid leave for caregivers, programs for loved ones with developmental disabilities and neurodiversity, subsidized back-up child and elder care, and reimbursement for adoption, surrogacy, tuition and student loans
• We invest in your professional growth & development
• Time off for a winter recess

The anticipated annual base salary for this position is $100,000 to $130,000. This range does not include any other compensation components or other benefits that an individual may be eligible for. The actual base salary offered depends on a variety of factors, which may include as applicable, the qualifications of the individual applicant for the position, years of relevant experience, specific and unique skills, level of education attained, certifications or other professional licenses held, and the location in which the applicant lives and/or from which they will be performing the job.

Sony Music 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.