Label Relations Manager

Job Description

Amazon Music is an immersive audio entertainment service that deepens connections between fans, artists, and creators. From personalized music playlists to exclusive podcasts, concert livestreams to artist merch, Amazon Music is innovating at some of the most exciting intersections of music and culture. We offer experiences that serve all listeners with our different tiers of service: Prime members get access to all the music in shuffle mode, and top ad-free podcasts, included with their membership; customers can upgrade to Amazon Music Unlimited for unlimited, on-demand access to 100 million songs, including millions in HD, Ultra HD, and spatial audio; and anyone can listen for free by downloading the Amazon Music app or via Alexa-enabled devices. Join us for the opportunity to influence how Amazon Music engages fans, artists, and creators on a global scale.

Imagine shaping how millions of customers discover and engage with digital music and audio, leveraging the resources of a Fortune-500 company within the atmosphere of a start-up. Love collaborating with a wide range of internal and external partners to drive successful partnerships? If so, come and build the future of music and audio with us.

We are seeking an experienced candidate to join our team as Label Relations Manager, based in Milan. In this role, you will collaborate with our label and artist partners to provide the best music experience for our customers. Label and Artist Relations handle the existing music relationships, contribute to collaborative efforts internally and externally around content launches, events, and promotions. Label and Relations Managers work closely with Marketing, Merchandising, Content vendor management, Operations, and International teams.

The ideal candidate will have an entrepreneurial attitude, must be analytical, able to work extremely effectively in a matrix organization, strong background in fostering relationships, and adept at synthesizing a variety of technologies and capabilities into high quality products that customers love.

Key job responsibilities
• Develop relationships with record labels and content owners to create opportunities for new music content promotions.
• Work with record labels and other owners of content to improve and expand Amazon's content offerings to customers.
• Develop relationships with music artists and community.
• Act as Amazon's ambassador among record labels, the artist community and the larger music industry, educating them through compelling presentations and product demonstrations.
• Share expertise and best practices with other territories.
• Translate label relations metrics into actionable plans as determined by different inputs which drive performance.
• Create sustainable process improvements for Digital Music leadership which drive year-over-year progress.
• You will build trust with both internal and external teams and partnership

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
• Experience with label/artist relations, account management, product/project management or sales/marketing ideally with a specialist music role, label or artist management team
• Knowledge of the music industry and digital media landscape
• Deep passion for the Music community and culture
• Proficiency in Italian and English
• Excellent communication and organizational skills

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
• Strong attention to detail and drive to deliver results
• Experience in team-oriented work environment
• Ability to interact with stakeholders across all levels of seniority
• Bachelor's degree preferred but or equivilant but not strictly required

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Jobcode: Reference SBJ-r73xx9-216-73-216-71-42 in your application.