Senior Director of Sync

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. 

Here you'll get to:

• Managing the UK Creative team within the Sync department

• Processing a high volume of creative briefs day to day, handling in a timely and efficient manner, while delivering the best ideas from our catalogue

• Working across all WMG labels including Atlantic, ADA, Classics, Parlophone, Rhino & Warner Records

• Implementing strategy based on priority releases from frontline labels or opportunities around anniversaries from catalogue to secure sync placements

• Building and maintaining relationships within the labels, including monthly meetings to keep across all new music and updating labels on sync opportunities 

• Working alongside Head of Licensing with day-to-day advertising requests, must have strong experience with quoting and negotiating deals 

• Copyright research, including working closely with Business Affairs

• Organising client events, showcases and playbacks 

• Managing T&E budgets 

• Growing and maintaining a network of clients direct at advertising agencies as well as supervision companies 

• Regularly communicating with managers, including providing pitch reports

• Overseeing ticket buys, attending gigs and client entertainment

• Working with the GLOBAL SYNC SUPPORT TEAM AND LOCAL Sync teams globally to collaborate on pitches and initiatives 

• Ability to negotiate and execute bespoke jobs, such as re-records, remixes or trailer versions 

About you:

• Team player

• Excellent communication and organisational skills 

• Good knowledge of sync licensing and music rights 

• Close attention to detail 

• Passion for new music across all genres 

• Ability to work quickly under pressure to meet deadlines 

• Creative and critical thinker

WMG is committed to inclusion and diversity in all aspects of our business. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and will evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, religion or belief, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or gender reassignment, marital or civil partnership status, disability, pregnancy, childbirth or any other characteristic protected by law.