Manager, Publishing Services - The Orchard

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 has an immediate opening for a full-time Manager, Publishing Services. This NYC based position will report to the Director and will play an integral role in executing all initiatives related to The Orchard’s Publishing service globally. The Manager will function as the day-to-day resource for an assigned portion of the Orchard’s client base and will be the primary support to their publishing business. You will work closely with independent labels from the client onboarding stage, including demoing the Orchard’s Publishing technology systems, to the registration of songs at publishing sources and payees worldwide, including responding to ad-hoc client inquiries.

You have a solid understanding of music publishing and are comfortable interfacing with clients. Strong command of large datasets, a keen eye for detail and a love for all types of music is a must.

What you'll do

• Office- first role, in office 4 days a week.
• Oversee the Publishing Administration onboarding process for clients and field inquiries related to song registrations, licensing opportunities and publishing accounting statements
• Facilitate demos with clients of The Orchard’s Publishing Service tech solutions
• Ingest new client catalogs into Orchard databases
• Execute quality assurance processes with respect to song metadata delivered by clients

Who You Are:

• 3+ years working in the music industry with a focus is music publishing services
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Extensive working knowledge and experience using Excel and PowerPoint
• In-depth knowledge of the music publishing industry
• Comfortability managing and reviewing large datasets
• Highly organized with an ability to track and prioritize a high volume of projects and adjust to changing priorities
• Innovative problem solver with a detail-oriented work ethic and a desire to build and maintain new methods and solutions for organizing and tracking complex systems and relationships

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

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.

The anticipated annual base salary does not include any other compensation components or other benefits that an individual may be eligible for. The actual base salary offered depends on a variety of factors, which may include as applicable, the qualifications of the individual applicant for the position, years of relevant experience, specific and unique skills, level of education attained, certifications or other professional licenses held, and the location in which the applicant lives and/or from which they will be performing the job.