Manager, Marketing (Warner Classics)

Job description

At Warner Music Group, we’re 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 we’re 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 we’re 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. Consider a career at WMG and get the best of both worlds – an innovative global music company that retains the creative spirit of a nimble independent. Job Title: Manager, Marketing (Warner Classics) A little bit about our team: Warner Classics and its sister label, Erato, represent many of today’s most renowned and vibrant artists, such as Sir Antonio Pappano, Abel Selaocoe, Joyce DiDonato, Gautier Capuçon, Fatma Said, RIOPY, and Jakub Jozef Orliński. Our labels boast a deep and historic legacy with legendary figures like Maria Callas, Herbert von Karajan, Yehudi Menuhin, Itzhak Perlman, and Mstislav Rostropovich who redefined musical excellence. The Global Classics Marketing team focuses on growing audience reach, increasing brand awareness, and achieving commercial success for a varied roster of frontline artists and their releases. They are also engaged in crafting new opportunities to expand engagement and monetization of our extensive catalog, one of the world’s largest. Based worldwide, the label consists of teams specializing in A&R, Finance, Operations, Commerce, and Legal Affairs. Additionally, shared service teams cover Tech, Digital, Sync, Licensing, Audience, and Business Intelligence. Your role: Your primary focus as Marketing Manager is the development and execution of high-level global campaigns for a dedicated roster of classical artists. Acting as the main marketing point-of-contact, you’ll bridge the gap between our artists, their collaborators, and colleagues worldwide. The role also involves coordinating local marketing for priority releases—both frontline and catalog—while managing campaign budgets and key supplier relationships. Working closely with your manager, you'll set and achieve clear objectives, whether that’s boosting weekly streams, driving social growth, scoring a chart no. 1, or partnering with commercial colleagues to secure DSP features. While no two days are the same, creativity and a genuine love of music remain at the heart of everything we do. Here you’ll get to: Be responsible for “always on” campaigns for priority artists and frontline releases. Agree on important metrics and budgets with the Head of Department to drive commercial results across digital and physical formats. Complete local campaigns for priority artists and catalog products. Lead the US Classics marketing budget to ensure all investments deliver high value and meet defined objectives. Architect multi-product campaigns and negotiate bulk media buys with key trade partners to improve brand reputation. Build coherent, compelling, and authentic artist brands that are reflected consistently across visual assets, socials, and DSPs or equivalent experience. Collaborate with artists alongside their partners to broaden audience reach through dynamic short-form content developed both around and between releases. Function as a key marketing collaborator within a cross-functional team, collaborating closely with A&R, Commerce, Finance, and Business Affairs. Collaborate with US-wide in-house teams and our creative network to build multi-pronged campaigns for artists and catalogue, developing high-impact assets that resonate with target audiences and artist brands. Coordinate with international affiliates and maintain vital relationships with artists, managers, DSPs, and PR agencies. Represent the label at concerts and industry events, facilitating grassroots growth through tour signings and promo activity. Analyze performance metrics against industry benchmarks to advise strategy and measure commercial impact. Proactively generate ideas for A&R, sync licensing, and commercial partnerships, embracing creative risk-taking to move the business forward. About you: A professional who balances a visionary approach with a focus on commercial results, capable of working autonomously in a fast-paced environment. Experienced in developing creative briefs and conceptualizing brand identities, with a particular curiosity about short-form storytelling and digital-first content. A great teammate who thrives in multinational environments and can work effectively with remote teams and diverse internal departments. Digital Marketing authority who is deeply knowledgeable in how owned, earned, and paid media intersect to grow audiences, specifically within the digital and social platforms driving modern consumption. Passionate Classical music advocate, with a strong working knowledge of classical repertoire and contemporary artists. Skilled at interpreting complex data to guide both the qualitative and quantitative aspects of a campaign. Outstanding written and verbal English skills; additional proficiency in French or German is an advantage. We’d love it if you also had: Experience working with artists and their collaborators. Expertise in paid media, particularly social media marketing. An understanding of CRM and audience-building guidelines. A familiarity with the US classical and arts music scene and the US earned-media landscape (digital, editorial and broadcast). A track record of managing budgets and negotiating deal terms with suppliers. A passion for musical theatre repertoire. Experience working in the record industry, music marketing or a related field. 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 world’s 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. Love this job and want to apply? Click the “Apply” link at the top of the page, or apply directly with your LinkedIn. Applying with LinkedIn will import all of the information you put in your profile, but will still allow you to upload a resume and cover letter. Don’t be discouraged if you don’t hear from us right away. We’re taking our time to review all resumes, and to find the best people for WMG. Thanks for your interest in working for WMG. We love it here, and think you will, too. This position requires a minimum of 4 days per week in the office. We value in-office collaboration, which is essential for talent development and strong working relationships. #LI-Onsite Annual Rate: $70,000 - $75,000 Annually Warner Music Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Links to relevant documents: 2026 Benefits At A Glance final.pdf EVerify Participation Poster.pdf Right To Work .pdf