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Universal Production Music (UPM), a leading provider of production music for use in television, film, advertising, and interactive media is seeking an accomplished Music Director to support its licensing business. Music Directors are repertoire, customer support and metadata experts. They assist in driving licensing opportunities and music usage by pitching the best tracks to meet client needs. The position requires detailed customer service skills, as well as specialized music and media knowledge. The Music Director will support UPM clients in North America and be based in UPM’s Santa Monica, CA headquarters.
• *How You'll CREATE**
• *General Industry Expertise**
- A detailed knowledge and passion for all genres of music.
- An understanding of trends in music usage in film, TV, advertising, and other media formats.
- An awareness of industry-standard creative and music related roles and responsibilities within media and entertainment (e.g., music coordinator, head of creative, music supervisor, producer, editor, etc.)
• *Client Service**
- As part of the Music Direction team, collaborate, support, and perform a high volume of music searches and curate playlists for internal staff and external clients using an inherent knowledge of music, a deep understanding of our catalogue and a proficiency in our website and music search systems.
- Proactively communicate with clients via zoom, email, and in-person to ensure music needs are being met, while listening and learning about upcoming projects to facilitate advance music searches.
- Translate and interpret musical concepts to ensure client understanding, while providing feedback to music producers.
- Deliver audio files via client-preferred distribution channels.
- As necessary, provide demos of website search functionality for clients, and promote new tech features designed to enhance the user experience with our tools.
- Upon request, should be comfortable with possible travel to client meetings and conferences.
- Upon request, should be comfortable participating in marketing initiatives highlighting music direction services.
• *Publishing**
- Provide clients with information about our catalogue, including writer / publishing information, etc.
- Liaise with copyright department to convey any changes made to our search system or catalogue that may impact song registrations.
• *Search System and Catalogue Maintenance**
- Collaborate with producers to constantly fine-tune metadata (e.g., descriptive words) assigned to songs in the catalogue to improve our search tools.
- Follow specific guidelines for accurate and detailed record keeping of all music searches received and completed.
- Liaise with International IT staff and global producing territories to discuss music and metadata needs and assess best practices when describing and searching for music.
Location: Santa Monica, CA
Posted: Oct. 9, 2024, 7:50 p.m.
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