US New Releases Music Editor (Music Enrichment)

1 Month ago • All levels • Editorial

Job Summary

Job Description

The US New Releases Music Editor at Nielsen's Gracenote will ensure high-quality album and artist metadata. Responsibilities include reviewing, correcting, and classifying music data, supporting discography reviews, and adhering to metadata standards. The role requires researching artists, verifying metadata, communicating issues, and maintaining documentation. Proficiency in using Gracenote's tools, technologies, and data standards is essential. The ideal candidate will possess a comprehensive understanding of North American music genres and trends, strong attention to detail, and excellent research and communication skills. Experience with data standardization and large datasets is also crucial.
Must have:
  • High-quality metadata assurance
  • Data review and classification
  • Discography support
  • Metadata standard adherence
  • Artist research and verification
  • Excellent communication
  • Deep knowledge of North American music
  • Data standardization familiarity
Good to have:
  • Multilingual skills
  • Radio or media industry experience
  • Database experience
  • Advanced Excel skills

Job Details

At Nielsen, we are passionate about our work to power a better media future for all people by providing powerful insights that drive client decisions and deliver extraordinary results. Our talented, global workforce is dedicated to capturing audience engagement with content - wherever and whenever it’s consumed. Together, we are proudly rooted in our deep legacy as we stand at the forefront of the media revolution. When you join Nielsen, you will join a dynamic team committed to excellence, perseverance, and the ambition to make an impact together. We champion you, because when you succeed, we do too. We enable your best to power our future.

Gracenote is building a team of entertainment information experts and data specialists who will support our music products and services. Your contributions to our team will help us increase content coverage in existing and emerging markets to give our customers a premium music metadata experience. Our Music Editorial team is made up of music specialists with a deep knowledge of regional music trends and genres.

We are presently looking for a US Music Editor for the our Music Editorial team focused on the new releases in the North American music market

About The Role
Gracenote’s Music Editorial team is made up of music enthusiasts with a deep knowledge of regional music trends and genres. We are looking for an all-around music enthusiast with a concentration on North American music to join our team.

Successful candidates will have a strong breadth and depth of knowledge about different genres of popular and traditional music for the North American markets. In this position, you will combine your music knowledge with a sharp eye for detail in order to support an artist and discography database. You must be detail-oriented, self-motivated, and comfortable with technology. You must be able to maintain focus on tasks and deliverables under tight deadlines.

Responsibilities

    • Ensure that album and artist metadata are of highest quality.
    • Apply independent judgment to review, correct and classify music-related data elements according to established standards and practices.
    • Support discography review efforts.
    • Ensure that metadata in new music content adheres to our standards. 
    • Research artists to verify metadata.
    • Communicate issues and resolutions clearly and concisely, escalating problems as needed.
    • Assist in creating and maintaining documentation of workflows, tool use, quality control. 
    • Learn and master internal Gracenote tools, technologies, data standards, and processes.

Qualifications

    • Bi/multilingual - High-level English skills. Additional related languages are a plus.
    • Comprehensive and well-rounded knowledge of wide array of popular music and pop culture for North American and general global music market
    • Ability to review, navigate, and compare vast amounts of textual and imagery information from multiple information sources in a rapid manner. 
    • Have familiarity with data-standardization policies and techniques, styles guides, and/or normalization routines. 
    • Ability to work independently, without direct supervision, surfacing problems or issues as necessary. 
    • Detail-oriented with good judgment, critical thinking, and a strong capacity for spotting trends and/or anomalies. 
    • Excellent internet research skills. 
    • Excellent writing, editing and verbal communication skills. 
    • Experience working with large amounts of data. 
    • High computer literacy (use of keyboard shortcuts, efficient file/folder management, etc.) and advanced Microsoft Excel skills. 
    • Basic understanding of the current state of the (digital) music business, previous experience with the radio industry or related media industry job is a plus. 
    • Fluency/familiarity with languages other than English is a plus. 
    • Experience with databases and other technological infrastructure is a plus. 
    • BA/BS degree required, or substantial equivalent experience.
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