National Director, Radio

Job Description

Job Title: National Director, Radio

Your role:
Under general supervision, latitude for independent judgment and decision, and in coordination with other national directors, the candidate hired to fill this position will be responsible for securing, maintaining, and maximizing airplay for all country artists on a national level as well as supporting the field promotion staff.

Here you'll get to:
• Secure radio airplay for WMN country releases and escalate upward chart activity
• Work closely with other national directors and field staff to find creative ways of doing business with our stations. Initiate promotions to market our artists at Country Radio
• Support field staff by covering radio and artist shows
• Communicate the status of our priority radio singles with WMN department heads and the company Use resources provided by other departments to aid with obtaining airplay
• Implement policies and procedures to enhance productivity throughout the promotion department
• Have a working knowledge/understanding of SAP
• Provide leadership, guidance and motivation to our national and local staff
• Travel extensively for in-person meetings, artist marketing activations, and promotional coverage
• Manage a Travel & Entertainment budget, ensuring timely filing of expense reports
• Create artist single budgets and manage actual spend in realtime
• Handle and safeguard confidential and proprietary information
• Must be able to effectively communicate internally and/or externally in a manner consistent with the company's Code of Conduct and core values

About you:
• Proficient in using digital tools for tracking airplay metrics and song consumption, including Mediabase and Luminate.
• Proficiency in Google Workspace applications, including Gmail, Google Sheets, and Google Docs.
• A vast knowledge of Country Radio, country artists and their music
• Credibility and influence with radio programmers
• Strong relationship-building skills, particularly Country Radio programmers, artist managers and artists
• Possess a strong work ethic, strong organization skills and pay high attention to detail
• Have strong communication skills (written and verbal)
• Possess ability to adhere to deadlines and execute on tasks and handle multiple, diverse assignments
• Be able to anticipate needs and create efficient and effective processes
• Be self-starter, self-motivated and take responsibility/ownership of tasks
• Have ability to think outside the box proactively, strategically and analytically
• Be able to demonstrate flexibility and adaptability to changing situations
• Have negotiation and problem-solving ability
• Have a high school level education, or its equivalent, and, a college degree or equivalent career experience

We'd love it if you also had:
• 3-5 Years' experience required;
• Radio/Promotion/Marketing/sales background a plus;
• Music or entertainment business experience preferred.

About us:

As the home to 10K Projects, Asylum, Atlantic Music Group, 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. Warner Music Group is also home to ADA, which supports the independent community, as well as artist services division WMX. In addition, WMG counts film and television storytelling powerhouse Warner Music Entertainment among its many brands.

Together, we are Warner Music Group: Independent Minds. Major Sound.

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Effective October 1st, 2023, this position will require being in the office 4 days a week. We believe that an in-office presence is critical for talent development, collaboration and building strong relationships.

Links to relevant documents:

2024 Benefits At A Glance final.pdf

EVerify Participation Poster.pdf

Right To Work .pdf

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-gpzjbe-3-135-213-119-42 in your application.