Job Description:

At Warner Music Group, we’re a global collective of music makers and music lovers, tech innovators and inspired entrepreneurs, game-changing creatives and passionate team members. Here, we turn dreams into stardom and audiences into fans. We are guided by three core values that underpin everything we do across all our diverse businesses:

Curiosity: We do our best work when we’re immersing ourselves in culture and breaking through barriers. Curiosity is the driving force behind creativity and ingenuity. It fuels innovation, and innovation is the key to our future.
Collaboration: Making music and bringing it to the world is all about the power of originality amplified by teamwork. A great idea, like a great song, travels globally. We ignite passions and build connections across our diverse community of artists, songwriters, partners, and fans.
Commitment: We pursue excellence for our team and our talent. Everything in music starts with a leap into the unknown, and we’re committed to keeping the faith, acting with integrity, and delivering on our promises.

WMG is home to a wide range of artists, musicians, and songwriters that fuel our success. That is why we are committed to creating a work environment that actively values, appreciates, and respects everyone. We encourage applications from people with a wide variety of backgrounds and experiences.

Consider a career at WMG and get the best of both worlds – an innovative global music company that retains the creative spirit of a nimble independent.

Job Title: Senior Manager/Associate Director, Creative (Designer)

[Title commensurate with experience]

A little bit about our team:

The Creative Team at Atlantic Music Group brings artists’ visions to life through innovative and compelling creative work. We design and produce everything from music videos and photography to branding, merchandise, touring visuals, and cutting-edge immersive campaign experiences. Operating with an agency-like approach, we combine strategic thinking, creative resources, and a forward-looking mindset to explore new ways of storytelling, push boundaries, and deliver culture-defining moments. Every project is an opportunity to craft a cohesive, authentic visual identity that reflects the individuality of our artists, allowing them to connect deeply with their audiences. By combining visionary thinking, creative strategy, and technical expertise, our team thrives on curating experiences that extend beyond music, shaping how artists are seen, heard, and remembered.

Your Role:
If you are looking to bring your creativity and passion for music together, this could be a phenomenal opportunity for you!

As a Designer, you will be tasked with conceptualizing, creating and managing our artists' visual world. This world comes to life via. moodboards or concept boards, directing photoshoots, creation or directing single or album artwork imagery and packaging. This role is critical to the success of our artists' projects, so we are looking for someone who can understand the artists’ creative vision and bring it to life as a visual language for the artists’ internal team and management team to utilize for the life of the project.

We believe in the partnership across creative and marketing teams, so we work very closely with the Creative Marketing and Digital Strategy teams from the start to end of the project. Collaboration with the creative teams Video Producer and Digital Creative teams is key, as our projects are collective and cohesive across all creative touchpoints in the artist roll out.

Here you’ll get to:

Conceptualize and create the visual language for our artists.
Collaborate and being open to ideas with the assigned internal Creative Leads artists, management, marketing, digital strategist, streaming and sales departments for the artists branding and roll out
Discover, develop and maintain relationships with current and emerging creative talent: photographers, stylists, illustrators, designers, etc.
Direct and manage creative talent as needed on projects photographers, illustrators, stylists, designers, etc.
Conceive, direct and produce photo shoots for single, album or press shoots.
Direct and/or design logos and identity for Artists, as well as company marketing and initiatives.
Conceptualize and design front line packaging for both retail and our D2C stores. This includes CD, Cassette and multiple vinyl configurations, amongst other items.
Edit photo shoots and direct the retouching of images
Negotiate fees for photo shoots including photographers, stylists, make-up artist, prop stylists, and hair stylists
Have a roster, but also work with the team and collaborate on projects.
Participate in team meetings, weekly project updates, creative brainstorms, artist meetings and department meetings.
Use our project management tools and asset management systems to keep all work collaborative and communicated daily.

About you:

You have 5-8 years of relevant experience
You must have a rock star portfolio with a wide range of examples of genres
You must have fundamental and/or expert knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite
You are someone who understands current design trends, tech trends and social platforms, you can be a great addition to the team.
You are a teammate, and will share creative input and feedback with other designers
You can communicate your ideas verbally and/or in emails
You can multitask, prioritize and manage multiple deadlines and urgent tasks
You understand no job is too big or too small
You are excellent at listening, interpreting, self-starting, and presenting.

We’d love it if you also had:

Other creative skill sets that can be used to create assets for our artists, we are always looking to grow our team skills, like illustrator, photographer, animator or editor.
Open to learning new skills, as technology and the internet is always changing

About us:
As the home to 300 Elektra, Asylum, Atlantic, East West, FFRR, Fueled by Ramen, Nonesuch, Parlophone, Rhino, Roadrunner, Sire, Warner Records, Warner Classics, and several other of the world’s premier recording labels, Warner Music Group champions emerging artists and global superstars alike. And our renowned publishing company, Warner Chappell Music, represents genre-spanning songwriters and producers through a catalogue of more than one million copyrights worldwide. Redefining what it means to be a music company in the 21st century, our consumer brands include trend-setters like UPROXX, Songkick, HipHopDX, and EMP. We’re the home to WMX – the next generation services division that connects artists with fans and amplifies brands in creative, immersive, and engaging ways – and Alternative Distribution Alliance (ADA) – the ground-breaking global distribution company for independent artists and labels.

Together, we are Warner Music Group: Music With Vision & Voice.

Love this job and want to apply?

Click the “Apply” link at the top of the page, or apply directly with your LinkedIn. Applying with LinkedIn will import all of the information you put in your profile, but will still allow you to upload a resume and cover letter.

Don’t be discouraged if you don’t hear from us right away. We’re taking our time to review all resumes, and to find the best people for WMG.

Thanks for your interest in working for WMG. We love it here, and think you will, too.

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This position requires a minimum of four days per week in the office. We value in-office collaboration and believe it's essential for talent development and fostering strong working relationships.

Salary Range

$75,000 to $95,000 Annually

Salary ranges are included for job postings where required by law. The actual base pay is dependent upon many factors, such as work experience and business needs. The pay range is subject to change at any time dependent on a variety of internal and external factors.

Warner Music Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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Senior Manager/Associate Director, Creative (Designer)

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