Relationship Manager (Associate Director)

3 Months ago • 5 Years + • $70,000 PA - $80,000 PA

Job Summary

Job Description

The Relationship Manager will serve as a key liaison between the HipHop, R&B, and Gospel label partners and internal teams. Responsibilities include maintaining relationships with label teams, ensuring campaign success, and providing support for updates. The candidate will be responsible for campaign coordination, communication, project management, and data-driven decision-making. The role also involves setting goals, identifying opportunities for artist visibility, and optimizing label catalogs. Problem-solving and flexibility are essential. The candidate needs to prepare reports on label, artist, and campaign results. The candidate needs to manage projects and maintain close relationships. This role is about managing projects and keeping the campaigns up to the high standards.
Must have:
  • Maintain relationships with label day-to-day teams
  • Ensure all departments are equipped to execute campaign plans
  • Use analytics tools to interpret release performance
  • Exceptional organizational skills for managing multiple projects
Good to have:
  • Experience with product managing directly with labels
  • Proficiency in digital tools and project management platforms
  • Experience in Microsoft Office Suite & Google Workspace
Perks:
  • Inclusive and collaborative community
  • Modern office environment
  • Comprehensive benefits package
  • Voluntary benefits
  • Investment in professional growth
  • Time off for a winter recess

Job Details

We are searching for a Relationship Manager who will serve as a key liaison between our HipHop, R&B, and Gospel label partners and internal teams. You will be responsible for maintaining strong, productive relationships, ensuring the successful execution of campaigns, and providing support for real-time updates and deliverables. The ideal candidate will have a deep understanding and proactive approach to product management in the HipHop, R&B, and Gospel genres.

What you'll do

  • Relationship Management: Maintain close relationships with label day-to-day teams, ensuring clear communication and timely updates on project deliverables. Weekly visits to key clients.
  • Campaign Coordination: Ensure all departments are equipped with the necessary tools and support to execute campaign plans effectively.
  • Communication: Share regular updates with both internal and external parties on campaign progress, priority release schedules, and other key initiatives.
  • Project Management: Ensure plans and campaigns stay on track, responding quickly to action items and maintaining momentum.
  • Campaign Execution: Ensure campaigns are executed to the highest standard, maintaining a high level of service and attention to detail.
  • Data-Driven Decision Making: Use reports and data to adapt quickly to emerging trends and increased fan activity, adjusting campaigns as needed.
  • Goal Setting: Work with the Relationship Lead to build benchmarks and set campaign goals at the start of each project.
  • Artist & Campaign Insights: Stay informed on both high-performing and developing artists, identifying opportunities to increase visibility and performance.
  • Company Knowledge: Serve as a reliable, knowledgeable source about company processes, ensuring smooth campaign execution.
  • Catalog Optimization: Help optimize label catalogs, especially around key tentpole moments.
  • Problem-Solving & Flexibility: Be prepared to jump in and tackle problems as they arise. Find creative solutions to keep projects moving forward. Demonstrate flexibility and balance in support of label needs.
  • Performance Reporting: Regularly prepare high-level performance reports on label, artist, and campaign results for the team.

Who you are

  • Experience: Minimum of 5 years in project management or campaign coordination. Previous experience product managing directly with labels, third-party agencies, or artist management teams is preferred.
  • Analytical Skills: Proficiency in utilizing analytics tools to track and interpret release performance, trends, and metrics.
  • Communication: Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to serve as a key liaison between artists, labels, internal teams, and external partners.
  • Organization: Ability to stay organized in a fast-paced environment, meeting deadlines and resolving challenges quickly.
  • Project Management: Exceptional organizational skills, with the ability to manage multiple complex projects and priorities simultaneously. A highly organized professional that pays close attention to the details with the ability to multitask and prioritize to tight deadlines.
  • Proactivity: Ability to be proactive, with a problem-solving mindset and a willingness to take initiative.
  • Software Proficiency: Familiarity with digital tools, release management software, and project management platforms is highly desirable. You are also experienced in Microsoft Office Suite & Google Workspace Applications and are adaptable to new programs.
  • Motivation: You are passionate about the music business and have a desire to build a career in the industry.

What We Give You

  • You join an inclusive, collaborative and global community where you have the opportunity to channel your passion every day  
  • A modern office environment designed to foster productivity, creativity, and teamwork empowering you to bring your best  
  • Opportunities to connect with our valuable resources, such as our Counsel of Equity & Progressive Action (CEPA), a group created by our employees tasked with developing and implementing innovative solutions to advance a globally-shared goal of ensuring fair and inclusive spaces for all
  • An attractive and comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, life & disability coverage, and 401K + employer matching 
  • Voluntary benefits like company-paid identity theft protection and resources for pets, mental health and meditation resources, industry-leading fertility coverage, fully paid leave for childbirth or bonding, fully paid leave for caregivers, programs for loved ones with developmental disabilities and neurodiversity, subsidized back-up child and elder care, and reimbursement for adoption, surrogacy, tuition, and student loans 
  • Investment in your professional growth and development enabling you to thrive in our vibrant community.  
  • The space to accelerate progress, positively disrupt, and create what happens next  
  • Time off for a winter recess 

About The Orchard

The Orchard is a leading full-service music distribution company operating in 48 markets worldwide and servicing top global independent artists and labels. With cutting-edge operations and an unparalleled global team, The Orchard partners with clients to provide full scale solutions across a variety of verticals. Championed by an exceptional community of music lovers and experts, The Orchard empowers creators to grow and evolve in the dynamic, global industry.

The Orchard focuses on providing a comfortable, social, and engaging environment to encourage productivity and creativity.

The Orchard is committed to providing equal employment opportunity for all persons regardless of age, disability, national origin, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, veteran or military status, marital and civil partnership/union status, alienage or citizenship status, creed, genetic information or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.

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