IDOL is a fast-growing independent French company that specializes in digital music distribution and label services, with an ambitious plan to develop internationally. With a strong marketing expertise, digital distribution experience and a technological edge, today we offer a complete range of services, tailored to meet the needs of labels and content distributors.
DISTRIBUTION: As a digital distributor, we offer each of our labels a completely personalized service, taking in technical and digital marketing services.
TECH: The services and technical tools have been developed to best meet the needs of all types of producers, rights holders and content distributors.
DIGI MARKETING: our expertise in this field, coupled with our catalogue and partner network allow us to offer marketing services that are continually being updated to reflect the fast changing digital landscape.
Among others, we work with Record Makers, InFiné, Kitsuné, Bromance, Numbers, Tricatel, Colette, Dreyfus Jazz No Format, Glitterbeat, Radio France and so on.
Key Responsibilities:
- Open and structure the UK Office: find the right location, organize logistics.
- Develop revenues from UK-based labels: seek out and sign new UK-based labels to worldwide digital distribution agreements and offer them IDOL’s range of technical and digital marketing services.
- Once signed, develop and manage relationships alongside the Paris-based trade marketing team and account management team
- The candidate can also be responsible for developing digital services (including technical services) created by IDOL for the labels/distributors who have direct contracts with monetized digital platforms.
- The candidate will work closely with the Paris-based Head Of International.
Key Qualities:
- 5-10 years experience in sales and distribution and/or key account management in the music industry, and at least 3 years in a digital music business environment (distribution, retail, label manager, digital sales services etc)
- Music marketing / sales experience
- Perfect knowledge of the UK music market and especially independent market
- Experience working and excellent network with UK independent labels and management companies
- Experience developing partnership opportunities.
Skills:
- Confident and assertive relationship builder
- Entrepreneurial, results driven
- Excellent communication skills.
- A Passionate self-starter able to work with direct Paris based Head of International supervision
- Natural leader
- Extremely well organized and highly motivated
- A love of independent music
- Education: Degree-level qualification in Business or Commerce.
Contract or consultancy possible
How to apply
Please click the apply button and send us your CV and covering letter.
Closing date for applications is 31 December 2014.
https://idol.io/en/jobs/uk-manager/
