A&R Coordinator

At Sony Music Publishing (“SMP”), we believe every voice matters. We are the #1 global music publisher, advancing the artistry of the world’s greatest songwriters and composers for over 25 years. We keep songwriters at the forefront of everything we do, and design our suite of services to amplify opportunities, build connections, and defend their rights. Our roster benefits from an international team committed to providing support at every career stage. From classic catalogues to contemporary hitmakers, history is always being written. We are a part of the Sony family of global companies. Learn more about SMP here.

About the Department

A part of the A&R team and working along with the A&R head in discovering and identifying new writers and artists, as well as taking care of the existing roster with a full service of co-writing opportunities, song pitching leads and introductions to both local and international artists, labels, and opportunities.

About the Role

Development of Songwriters as well associated talent partners. Delivering deliverables and marketing the projects through song releases, talent & label collaborations and sampling opportunities.

Given India’s diverse linguistic communities, various genres and popular styles, the A&R for the region (North & West) will be working to establish a songwriter’s ecosystem as a first; and the focus will be to create a chart successes.

This while keeping consistent the commercial demands of the job, our songwriter-first philosophy as well respecting inclusivity & diversity when working with creative professionals.

What You’ll Do: (job responsibilities)

Strategy:

• Identifying Independent Songwriters for the territory of India and world.
• Assisting in Conducting studio session & Song session.
• Assisting in holding Song Camps comprising songs writers and music producer’s.
• Discussion in collaborations with Global artist for co publishing.

Scouting & Discovery:

• Offline – Attending various music gigs, concerts, recording & jam sessions to discover, interact and build relations with artists as well their management.
• Online – Following various online charts – Spotify, Apple, Luminate, Shazam etc. to discover

trending releases and opportunities to sign talent & top releases.

• Internal.

Signing:

• Educating songwriters on Music Publishing, their rights and monetization opportunities.
• Educating songwriters on opportunities signing with Sony Music Publishing, our ethos, as well establishing reasonable expectations.
• Closing deal agreements.
• Supporting Admin team to register signed talent successfully and setting up various orientation sessions for the newly onboarded talent.
• Structuring songwriter advances, and recoupment structures.
• Facilitating ingestion of their works across Tempo and Pitch and supporting the Synch team with curated playlists to actively pitch for their inquiries.

Development:

• Establishing expectation with songwriters, understanding their needs, abilities, and opportunities.
• Organizing introductory and song development sessions with other artists, producers, labels, advertising, and film music supervisors.
• Managing budgets for studio sessions, renting studios - supervising time & managing resources.
• Organizing Songwriter Camps for:

§ Introductory & song-development session between artists.

§ Pitches for internal Synch, Sampling, and talent requirements.

• Keeping Songwriters abreast of any new developments, projects, social and community causes that they could be part of.

Delivery:

• Monitoring and reporting on participated song releases and their commercial success.
• Developing long-term music catalog strategy for opportunities across Synch, Sampling or any other placements.

Who You Are: (skills and experience; split between absolute must-haves and desirable? List in order of importance)

- Fluent in speaking and writing Indian language (at least 1) Hindi and proficient in English.

- Excellent music & songwriting knowledge

- Excellent international network

- Service minded and interested in problem solving.

- Well-structured and organized

- Working experience of public speaking to large audiences

- Proven record of interest in the social media

- Excellent co-ordination skills

- Strong interpersonal skills and sensitivity to working with creative professionals.

- Collaborative and a team player

- Able to travel nationally and internationally pending business needs

- Comfortable working across different time zones

- Have a right to work in India