Rdio is the groundbreaking digital music service that is reinventing the way people discover, listen to, and share music. With on-demand access to over 32 million songs, Rdio connects people with music and makes it easy to search for and instantly play any song, album, artist, or playlist. Launched in August 2010 by the co-creator of Skype – Janus Friis, Rdio is headquartered in San Francisco and is available in 85+ countries all over the world.
The Label Relations Coordinator handles day-to-day account management for some major and independent record labels, as well as other content partners, and manages recurring marketing programmes for EMEA.
The kind of person we’re looking for…
- Create and source exciting new content and marketing opportunities and drive Rdio awareness through custom campaigns around priority releases and artists.
- Obtain clearance to leverage label assets for Rdio brand marketing and advertising purposes.
- Keep label partners informed of product and territory growth.
- Promote the Rdio brand within the music industry.
- Maintain a collaborative and positive working relationship with content partners.
The kind of stuff you’ll be doing…
- Identify and share weekly content priorities from key partners.
- Curate and solicit content (playlists, artwork, artist availability) for marketing campaigns as needed.
- Manage and curate branded profiles in several countries, surfacing priority content to users.
- Manage, track and communicate campaign results.
- Create all label reporting for custom marketing campaigns
- Work with internal teams to address any delivery, ingestion and content availability issues.
- Coordinate assets and clearances with Rdio Marketing for various brand campaigns and product launches.
- Maintain active understanding of Rdio’s marketing programs and educate Content Partners on available opportunities.
- Continually suggest and create new opportunities for content partners to surface priorities within Rdio and its touch points.
- Solicit missing catalogue from existing partners as needed.
The kind of experience we expect and look for…
- 2+ years in the music industry, preferably at a label or distributor;
- Excellent knowledge of the music industry and current market
- Must be highly organized, reliable and detail oriented
- Must have a good music knowledge across genres, catalogue and new artists
- Tech-savvy; previous start-up experience preferred
- Intermediate knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel, and Keynote
- Demonstrated ability to manage relationships in the music industry
- Ability to adapt to a rapidly growing and changing business
- Additional language skills preferred
What’s it like here…
We’re lean, ship fast and create lasting impact. We maintain Rdio on the web and desktop, Sonos, iPhone, Android, BlackBerry and Windows Phone (and even more platforms are coming). That means you'll spend your time on apps and features that are carefully designed to create lasting value for our customers, and not in endless meetings. We are set to take over the streaming music business and we know you want to join the ride!
*This role is based in London, reports to the Head of Artist & Label Relations EMEA
