Role: Recorded Music Manager
Company: War Child
Location: London hybrid
Salary: circa £42,000 per annum (dependent on experience)
This is a fixed term contract for 12 months.
We are seeking an innovative and creative Recorded Music Manager to lead campaigns across War Child’s catalogue of owned and supporting music releases on a 12-month fixed-term contract. This role requires a passion for music, proven experience in digital-age marketing, and the ability to deliver campaigns that drive engagement, revenue, and fan growth.
Working closely with the Head of Music, you will use War Child’s recorded music catalogue to reach and inspire new and existing audiences across multiple platforms. You will lead the release and campaign strategy for War Child Records and partner label releases, ensuring they reach diverse audiences in digital and physical formats to generate vital funds for children affected by conflict.
You will oversee creative, commercially focused campaigns that celebrate the music, connect with fans, and advance War Child’s mission.
If you share our values and believe that children’s lives should not be torn apart by war, we want to hear from you.
Below are some of the experiences and qualities we’re looking for.
- An experienced music marketer with a proven track record in delivering catalogue or frontline music marketing campaigns in a record label structure.
- Experience in delivering creative strategies with a strong understanding of digital platforms, fan engagement, and audience growth.
- Highly knowledgeable of music release cycles, music marketing and production processes
- Passionate about music and inspired by the opportunity to connect cultural legacy with positive social impact.
- Commercially minded, with the ability to maximise results from a focused catalogue.
- Highly organised with exceptional project management skills, adaptable, and comfortable working both independently and collaboratively.
- Able to manage the expectations of stakeholders internally and externally whilst building and maintaining long-lasting, mutually beneficial relationships
- A confident communicator with the ability to utilise your existing network and build new relationships across the music industry to support War Child’s mission
- Always demonstrating a passion for music, proactively meeting contacts and willing to attend events in the evenings and weekends
- Adaptable, a team player and willing to support in different areas to deliver the War Child music programme.
What we can offer you
At War Child, we genuinely value different ways of working. From day one, we’re open to discussing flexible options, including hybrid working, flexible hours and compressed hours. Our goal is to support our employees to do their best work while ensuring we continue to deliver for children affected by conflict. Some of our benefits include:
- Flexible working culture and flexible public holidays
- 28 days annual leave (pro-rata), plus bank holidays, which increases by one day per year on your work anniversary, up to a maximum of 33 days.
- Pension - 5% employer contribution (increasing to 6% after one year’s service), with minimum employee contribution.
- Health and wellbeing - employees may take advantage of a healthcare cash plan, a GP 24/7 helpline, cancer cover, and a range of wellbeing initiatives and training. All employees have access to free, confidential one-to-one wellbeing consultations with trained counsellors.
This role offers an incredible opportunity to make a tangible difference at a time of unprecedented need. Join us in standing up for children affected by war and help create a future where no child’s life is torn apart by conflict.
