A&R Director, Secretly Group

Job Type: Location Type: On-site

 

Title: A&R Director, Secretly Group

Status: Full-time

Hours: 40/week, Monday – Friday, 9am-6pm

Location: Los Angeles, CA

Reports to: VP of A&R

Company Summary: Secretly Group is a leading independently owned music company. Its major divisions include record labels Dead Oceans, Jagjaguwar, and Secretly Canadian, and music publisher Secretly Publishing. Headquartered in Bloomington, Indiana, Secretly Group also maintains offices in Brooklyn, London, Los Angeles, and Chicago. Founded in 1996, its roster counts Bon Iver, Phoebe Bridgers, Chanel Beads, Mitski, Angel Olsen, Japanese Breakfast, Sharon Van Etten, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Claud, MUNA, Baby Rose, Slowdive, and Khruangbin among others. Secretly Publishing artist and writer partners include Chanel Beads, Wednesday, Panchiko, Durand Jones, Tamino, Aaron Frazer, Jason Molina, MJ Lenderman, Neil Frances, Molchat Doma, as well as the publishing catalogs of affiliates Songs Of Numero Group and Ghostly Songs.

Position Summary: Secretly Group is seeking an individual for an A&R position working out of the label group’s Los Angeles, CA office. Primary duties include scouting and signing artists to the company at all levels of the developmental spectrum, and developing strong relationships with artists, producers, writers, managers, and lawyers.

Responsibilities:

• Awareness of emerging artists and signing new artists to Dead Oceans, Jagjaguwar, and Secretly Canadian.
• Work collaboratively with the rest of the A&R team and championing new artists
• Collaborating with artists on the story, visual language, campaign rollout, and

post-release momentum.

• Working with internal teams (project managers, marketing, digital, and radio) to

communicate artists’ vision.

• Point person and resource for management and artists.
• Administrative responsibilities may include A&R reports, preparing deal memos, managing delivery checklists and budgets, coordinating A&R meetings, placing invoices, gathering streaming data, managing a database of unsigned artists, and more.

The Ideal Candidate Demonstrates:

• High level of integrity, accountability, work ethic, communication, time management, and teamwork skills.
• Excellent organizational skills with an ability to prioritize.
• At least 3 years experience working in the music industry (record label, publisher, management company, booking agency, etc.) with proven success in that role.
• Excellence within both the creative and administrative aspects of the role.
• Experience working with artists (performers, songwriters, producers, etc) in a creative space.
• A track record for discovering & nurturing new artists, as well as a vision for how to maintain successful careers for them.
• Knowledge & passion of the musical landscape/marketplace, spanning across multiple genres.
• Extensive network within all levels of developing music, including managers, labels, lawyers, songwriters, and producers.
• Familiarity with label group roster.

SG Services, Inc. Benefits

• Paid holidays including end of the year closure
• Paid Time Off policy, which includes a separate Sick Days bank
• 401K with corporate matching
• 12 weeks for parental leave after birth or adoption paid at 100% of salary
• Commuter Benefit
• Volunteer Hours Matching Policy
• Employee Assistance Program
• Medical Health insurance covered at 100% for employee-only medical premiums
• Dental & Vision insurance

Salary $85,800.00

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, protected veteran status, age, race, creed, color, religion, sex, marital status, affectional or sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, ancestry, nationality, or national origin.