Executive Assistant at Warner Bros. Music

VERIFIED JOB AD: This is a third-party job ad, not a placement being made by our firm
INDUSTRY NEWS: FEATURED JOB
INDUSTRY NEWS: FEATURED JOB
Job Description
Location: New York City, NY, USA
Salary: Based on experience
Artists: Including but not limited to Beyonce, Bruno Mars, Cardi B, Dr. Dre, and Jay-Z
Description
At Warner Music Group, we’re a global collective of music makers, tech innovators, entrepreneurs, game-changing creatives, and passionate team members. Here, we know that each talent makes our collective bolder and brighter. We are guided by four core principles that underpin everything we do across all our diverse businesses:
Job Title: Executive Assistant, Business Development
A little bit about our team:
The Global Digital Strategy and Business Development ("DSBD") team drives overall digital strategy across WMG while executing upon partnerships and content license deals that drive that strategy forward. From the world’s biggest companies to local startups that are breaking new ground in tech, media and music, the DSBD works at all levels of WMG and the industry to vitalize incremental and diversified strategic value for WMG, its artists, songwriters and fans.
Your role:
As the Executive Coordinator to WMG’s Chief Digital Officer and EVP, Business Development, you will play a critical role at WMG. The Executive Coordinator’s role is to serve as the right hand to the CDO which will include:
Along with these broader tasks, the Executive Coordinator will also support the CDO with scheduling, phone calls, and travel. The ideal candidate will be thoughtful, proactive, curious and detail oriented.
Here you’ll get to:
About you:
Salary: Based on experience
Artists: Including but not limited to Beyonce, Bruno Mars, Cardi B, Dr. Dre, and Jay-Z
Description
At Warner Music Group, we’re a global collective of music makers, tech innovators, entrepreneurs, game-changing creatives, and passionate team members. Here, we know that each talent makes our collective bolder and brighter. We are guided by four core principles that underpin everything we do across all our diverse businesses:
- Music is Everything: Music is our passion, and we can never get enough. Tastes, trends, and tech will change, but great artists and songwriters will always be our driving force.
- Global Growth, Local Expertise: Music is a global language. Through communication and collaboration, our success can come from anywhere and translate everywhere.
- Innovation and Insight: Pushing the boundaries requires the best information and the boldest imagination. We use both to create the future.
- Empowered by People: Like the artists we serve and the music they make, our differences make us stronger. This is a place where every talent can belong and build a career.
Job Title: Executive Assistant, Business Development
A little bit about our team:
The Global Digital Strategy and Business Development ("DSBD") team drives overall digital strategy across WMG while executing upon partnerships and content license deals that drive that strategy forward. From the world’s biggest companies to local startups that are breaking new ground in tech, media and music, the DSBD works at all levels of WMG and the industry to vitalize incremental and diversified strategic value for WMG, its artists, songwriters and fans.
Your role:
As the Executive Coordinator to WMG’s Chief Digital Officer and EVP, Business Development, you will play a critical role at WMG. The Executive Coordinator’s role is to serve as the right hand to the CDO which will include:
- Serving as an intermediary between the CDO and external partners, internal partners, and team members
- Coordinating the team across meetings and activities to ensure cohesion and efficiency
- Ensure success across the team
Along with these broader tasks, the Executive Coordinator will also support the CDO with scheduling, phone calls, and travel. The ideal candidate will be thoughtful, proactive, curious and detail oriented.
Here you’ll get to:
- Act as a liaison between the CDO and internal and external partners
- Project lead for various domestic and international projects as they are assigned
- Building good relationships amongst the team
- Gather departmental reports and ensure timeliness
- Drive efficiencies across the team by helping to build on-boarding for new team members and processes and trainings for existing members
- Gate-keep and monitor the flow of multi-platform communications to and from the CDO
- Provide department leaders with recommendations and consultation to improve teamwork across the organization
- Keeping executives organized with logistics, meetings, and emails throughout the day
- Manage extensive executive calendars, schedule meetings on a regional and global scale, arrange conference calls and travel (domestic & international), coordinate team meetings and functions, answer phones, manage executive expenses, etc.
- Engage in the onboarding process for new staff and department interns as required alongside HR
- Interpreting policies and procedures and communicating them to all employees in the department both proactively and in response to questions
- Manage the gift process, charity events, and contributions
- Manage invoice processing utilizing WMG’s online SAP accounts-payable system; open and track department PO’s, & manage vendor relationships
- Liaise & troubleshoot with HR, Office Service, & Finance on ergonomics issues and assessments that arise in the office or for remote employees
About you:
- Strong leadership, management, and interpersonal skills
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to organize, manage, and direct large teams in multiple departments
- Strategic planning and problem-solving skills
- Ability to work under pressure and prioritize important tasks over others
- Ability to analyze and compile a large amount of data and come up with conclusive results
- Ability to motivate, coordinate, and ensure proper time-management among reports
- Pro-active ‘self-starter’ who takes initiative to get involved in all aspects of the department
- Ability to prioritize work and handle multiple assignments with tight deadlines
How to apply for this job
Apply directly to the company on LinkedIn HERE