A&R Scout

The Job

In the context of a replacement we are looking for an A&R Manager. 

Utilising your network, market analysis, business and artist relations, you will be able to source and identify artists who would require any of our Distribution or A/S services. Carrying out first discussions with the artists and their management, you will be able to identify their needs and share the perfect offer with your local head of sales or artist services. You will participate in the contract negotiation and coordinate the transfer of the artists to our project management or artist relations team.  

  

1/ Identify new artist and label leads at the earliest stage 

·         Audit and identify Artists market trends 

·         Monitor Believe analytics and public tool analytics for talent detection 

·         Build partnerships with a network of talent detection third parties 

·         Attend meetings, gigs, showcases, conferences and other events to represent Believe. 

2/ Qualify Artists services expectations, careers projects and releases plans 

·         Collect Artists & Labels needs and populate our CRM activity 

·         Manage and update our CRM system on a daily basis and collect all information 

·         Carry out meetings with prospective clients to pitch our services and follow up through to offer negotiations. 

·         Present deals to your local internal team and coordinate with Head of Sales and Artist Services to validate deal offers. 

·         Coordinate the artist handover to the sales team. 

3/ Identify Market Trends and market dynamics and report to management 

·         Build strong relationships with artists, management and the local industry (music lawyers etc.) 

·         Analyse the impact of spend and structure artist offers. 

·         Manage a select few client accounts. 

Qualifications

·         A solid network in the music industry 

·         Demonstrable experience in the recorded music industry and negotiation. Experience in a curation and/or artist/management facing capacity preferred. 

·         Ability to be both creative and data driven. 

·         Artist focused and passionate about the Independent Music Industry with a good knowledge of the independent ecosystem and digital landscape. 

·         Proactive attitude to work to deadlines, meet targets and multitask in a fast-paced environment. 

·         Strong relationship building skills and team-oriented approach. 

·         Extremely digital savvy and quick to adopt trends. 

·         Available to work some evenings and to travel internationally as may be required. 

·         Russian language : native 

·         English : intermediate or upper-intermediate level 

Additional Information

What we offer 

  • competitive salary package 

  • vacation and holidays in accordance with Russian labor legislation + 3 additional days of paid vacation 

  • flexible start of the working day and hybrid work schedule (2 days of work from home) 

  • extended health insurance package (including dentistry) after probation and part allowance for family insurance. 

  • psychological support platform 

  • free Believe Academy including Coursera & EF classes. 

  • internal Mobility Project in 50 countries of presence 

  • charity and eco projects 

  • comfortable and stylish office in the center of Moscow with coffee and sweets 

A&R Scout

The Job

We are looking for a passionate and ambitious A&R Scout to join our growing team. Based in London, this role is tasked with identifying unsigned artists and signing new talent.  

  

Responsibilities include

  • Identify and source new talent to support Believe’s artist acquisition strategy in the UK  

  • Use internal and external platforms and tools to scout talent by analysing data, monitoring various channels and evaluating unsigned artists 

  • Compile and present weekly reports and provide in-depth analysis on all available leads  

  • Manage and update internal databases and sales CRM 

  • Foster strong relationships within the wider music industry  

  • Regularly attend gigs, showcases and industry conferences 

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Qualifications

  • Demonstrable experience in an A&R or scouting role preferred but not required  

  • Knowledgeable about music and youth culture with a keen eye for emerging trends 

  • Digital savvy with a good understanding of streaming platforms and social media  

  • Ability to translate data into insights  

  • Exceptional communication and relationship building skills within a client facing role  

  • Strong attention to detail with an ability to work to tight deadlines in a fast paced environment  

  • Excellent organisational skills with the ability to multi-task  

  • A team player with a can-do attitude 

Additional Information

SET THE TONE WITH US​

We have two hearts at Believe – our People and our Artists. ​

We believe in THE POWER OF OUR PEOPLE, who grow every day to develop their potential… We aim to provide our Believers with the best environment to thrive. ​

ROCK THE JOB ​

  • Two remote working days a week​

  • Private Health Care​

  • Pension plan with matched contribution up to 10%​

  • 25 days annual leave, with 1 day for your birthday​

  • Life assurance and long-term disability cover  ​

  • Access to Eutelmed, a digital mental health and well-being platform that allows you to speak with an experienced psychologist​

  • Tailor-made training and coaching program​

  • 40% discount on gym membership and free yoga classes​

SING IN HARMONY  ​

  • Ambassador program: an employee volunteering initiative dedicated to all Believers interested in having a positive impact on Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI), wellbeing and the planet.

Label Manager

The Job

1.建立销售战略和开发华东地区重点潜在客户

Draft the ales strategies and develop key potential clients in East China region.

 

-评估和建立与潜在的音乐厂牌客户联系

Keep an eye on potential clients and build up the connection with them.

-参与合同的谈判与签订并出最好提的方案

Participate in contract negotiations and make appropriate proposal.

-分析和跟踪销售过程和结果

Track and review he sales process and results.

-使用CRM管理已有客户和潜在客户.

Manage existed and potential clients by CRM system.

 

2.计划和实施厂牌/艺术家的发行服务

Plan and implement the distribution service for the labels/ artists

 

-管理厂牌的内容并优化平台上的内容性能

Manage and optimize the catalog of existed clients.

-与区域和全球渠道营销团队沟通协调,为客户获得最好的平台资源

To acquire the better resource for clients by collaborating with the Trade Marketing team.

-以快速的反应倾听和了解客户的真实需求,不断提高服务质量

Listen to the voice of customers, to meet customer needs

Qualifications

1与Believe有着相同的价值观:诚信和透明

2.有3年以上toB销售经验,了解如何利用数据驱动销售工作。

3.熟悉漏斗销售模型,有3年以上使用CRM系统经验。

4.出色的谈判内外部沟通能力,出色的逻辑能力。

5.有数字音乐行业、音乐版权行业经验优先

6.英语读写能力流利优先。

Additional Information

MY – Label Manager Associate (Internal Consultant)

The Job

1. Establish sales strategy and develop potential customers

  • Evaluate and establish contacts with potential independent labels/artists
  • Participation in the negotiation and signing of contracts with customers and propose the best package
  • Analyse and track sales performance and other related business processes​​​

2. Plan and implement distribution services for labels/artists

  • Manage content for labels/artists and optimize content performance on the platform
  • Coordinate with regional and global Trade Marketing teams to obtain the best platform resources for customers
  • Listen and understand the real needs of customers with a quick response, constantly improve service quality

Qualifications

  • 3 – 4 years in music business 
  • Proven track record in sales and effective negotiation skills
  • Deep knowledge of the indie artists landscape
  • Solid network in the music industry
  • Passionate about technology, data and artists development
  • Fluent in English, Mandarin and Bahasa (in order to liaise with different clientele)

Additional Information

Believe is committed to ensuring equal opportunities in employment, regardless of origin, sex, morals, sexual orientation, gender, age, family status pregnancy, political opinions, trade union activities, religious beliefs, physical appearance, family name, place of residence, state of health, or disability. 

ID – Account Manager Associate, Artist (Central Java)

The Job

Main Missions

  • Ensure contract renewal for our existing accounts
  • Ensure customer satisfaction, engagement, and success

Within the Label and Artists Solutions team, you will be responsible for a portfolio of strategic clients and define with your manager the best solutions to maximize client satisfactions and services execution.  As the clients’ point of contact, you will be responsible for:

Qualifications

  • 3 – 4 years in music business
  • Proven track record in sales and effective negotiation skills
  • Added advantage if you have in-depth knowledge, passion, and connections in hip-hop music
  • Solid network in the music industry
  • Passionate about technology, data and artists development
  • Fluent in English and native language
  • Understanding of the music ecosystem
  • Analytical and data-driven
  • Performance-driven
  • Active listener, relationship building

Additional Information

Believe is committed to ensuring equal opportunities in employment, regardless of origin, sex, morals, sexual orientation, gender, age, family status pregnancy, political opinions, trade union activities, religious beliefs, physical appearance, family name, place of residence, state of health, or disability. 

SEA Publishing A&R Manager (Sentric Music)

The Job

  • Jointly responsible for Believe SEA’s new business targets, measured by company KPIs.
  • Drive new business growth through the identification of new opportunities and client acquisition.
  • Deliver maximum value from, and opportunities for, new and existing Believe clients, measured by team KPIs.
  • Prepare advance appraisals and to calculate and complete offers.
  • Ensure timely and accurate delivery of offers and long form contracts, in partnership with Legal and Business Affairs
  • Be a Believe ambassador online, in press and at events
  • Communicate effectively within own team and internal stakeholders
  • Communicate effectively with artists, writers, managers and business clients at all levels
  • Collaborate and coordinate with internal teams to identify and deliver new client opportunities (e.g. events, festivals, funds, etc.)

Qualifications

  • 5-7+ years’ experience with a proven track record in a publishing or related role
  • Sales to low, medium and high value clients
  • An emerging network of artists, writers and industry professionals
  • Passionate understanding of the music industry
  • Demonstrable understanding of the music ecosystem and the functions within it
  • Able to describe how global copyrights and rights organisations operate and are governed
  • CRM and Office Software 

Additional Information

Believe is committed to ensuring equal opportunities in employment, regardless of origin, sex, morals, sexual orientation, gender, age, family status pregnancy, political opinions, trade union activities, religious beliefs, physical appearance, family name, place of residence, state of health, or disability. 

Head of Publishing Germany (m/w/d)

The Job

  • Du führst perspektivisch ein Team von bis zu 2 Mitarbeitenden und baust zusammen mit diesen den Bereich Publishing für die Believe Gruppe und Sentric in Deutschland auf.
  • Dabei bist Du für das Wachstum der Publishing Sparte verantwortlich.
  • Dies erreichst Du durch den kontinuierlichen Aufbau neuer Publishing-Kunden für Sentric über alle Genres und Geschäftsfelder (einschließlich Neighbouring Rights).
  • Um diesem Ziel Rechnung zu tragen, kooperierst Du eng mit unseren internen Teams und nutzt Deine bestehenden Kontakte in die Industrie.
  • Du sorgst darüber hinaus für einen reibungslosen Vertragsabschluss, Onboarding und eine kontinuierliche wachstumsorientierte Zusammenarbeit für Neu- und Bestandskunden.
  • Zudem kalkulierst Du Angebote inkl. Vorschüsse und Umsatzerwartungen und stimmst Dich hierzu eng mit den A&R Managern und dem Finanzteam ab.
  • Weiterhin bist Du hauptverantwortlich für die Zielerreichung des Deutschen Publishing Teams.

Qualifications

  • Min 6 Jahre Erfahrung in der Musikverlagsbranche idealerweise im Bereich Publishing Rights
  • Leidenschaft für und Erfahrung innerhalb der Musikindustrie sowie ein nachgewiesen gutes Verständnis des Musik-Ökosystems
  • Gute Kenntnisse im Bereich globaler Urheberrechts- und Rechteorganisationen sowie deren Verwaltungsaparate.
  • Erfahrung im Vertrieb an Kunden unterschiedlicher Größe, Branchen und Genres
  • Ein gutes Netzwerk zu bekannten und aufstrebenden Künstlern, Songwritern, Managements und Branchenexperten
  • Gute Kenntnisse in den gängigen CRMs und Office Tools
  • Ausgezeichnete mündliche und schriftliche Kommunikation in Deutscher und Englischer Sprache

 

Additional Information

Wir freuen uns auf Deine aussagekräftige Bewerbung inklusive Angabe Deiner Gehaltsvorstellung und Deines frühestmöglichen Eintrittstermins!

Bitte alle Bewerbungen in englischer Sprache verfassen.

Bei Fragen oder wenn du noch mehr Infos zur Stelle haben möchtest, komme gerne auf unseren Kollegen Markus zu (markus.bergmann@believe.com)

Das bieten wir Dir:

  • Work-Life-Balance: Flexible Arbeitszeiten, anpassungsfähiges Modell für Büro- und Remote-Arbeit, 30 Urlaubstage und die Möglichkeit für 4 Wochen Workation pro Jahr.
  • Mobilität: Sei bundesweit mobil mit einer subventionierten Deutschland Card oder nutze unsere Möglichkeit ein Jobrad zu erhalten
  • Gesundheit am Arbeitsplatz: Physische und mentale Gesundheit sind uns wichtig. Vergünstigte Sportmitgliedschaften und Zugang zu privaten Sitzungen mit professionellen Psychologen in Kooperation mit Eutelmed und Fürstenberg.
  • Soziales Engagement: Vielfalt fördern und sich für eine faire, tolerante und sozial nachhaltige Gesellschaft innerhalb des Unternehmens einsetzen.
  • Unsere Unternehmenskultur: Offenheit und Inklusion stehen im Mittelpunkt, basierend auf den Werten Respekt, Fairness und Transparenz. Arbeit und Spaß gehen Hand in Hand.
  • Entwicklungsmöglichkeiten: Spannende Aufgaben, kreative Freiheit und langfristige Karriereperspektiven in einem wachsenden internationalen Unternehmen. Jährliche Entwicklungsgespräche, kostenfreie E-Learning-Lösungen und individuelle Weiterbildungsoptionen.

 

Gleiche Chancen für alle: 

Wir setzen uns für eine vielfältige und inklusive Kultur ein, die die besten Talente anzieht und unsere Vision vorantreibt. Wir diskriminieren nicht aufgrund von Religion, Herkunft, Geschlechtsidentität, sexueller Orientierung, Alter oder Familienstand. Personen aus LGBTQIA+ und anderen unterrepräsentierten Gruppen ermutigen wir ausdrücklich, sich zu bewerben.

Bewirb Dich einfach, selbst wenn Du nicht alle Erwartungen erfüllst. Studien zeigen, dass sich durchschnittlich mehr Männer auf einen Job bewerben, wenn sie 60% der Erwartungen erfüllen, während Frauen / nicht-binäre Personen sich nur bewerben, wenn sie eine höhere Prozentzahl erfüllen. Lass uns Dich kennenlernen und sehen, was Du mitbringst. Wir freuen uns darauf, dich kennenzulernen!

LAS Director

The Job

Responsibilities:​

 1 – People

You will be tasked to build, manage and develop the best trained team of support /sales functions managers in the local music industry.

  • Local head Editorial and Marketing Partnership
  • Local head(s) of Video/Channel Management
  • Local Customer Support.

2 – Strategy

You will be tasked to build the sales & marketing strategy in partnership with the local head of distribution sales and Central distribution team.

3 – Execution

You will be responsible to adapt and execute Believe’s global and GC strategy in your market for both Artist and Label distribution. As such, you will have primary responsibility for artist and label satisfaction, for the P&L of each business line and for your countries global P&L. You will share this responsibility with the MD/MDO.

4 – Measurement

You will be responsible to deploy local performance measurement in accordance with global guidelines for sales and marketing

What will success look like:

  • Accomplishes marketing and sales human resource objectives by recruiting, selecting, orienting, training, assigning, scheduling, coaching, and counseling employees; communicating job expectations; planning, monitoring, appraising, reviewing compensation actions; enforcing policies and procedures.
  •  Accomplishes marketing and sales objectives by planning, developing, implementing, and evaluating advertising, merchandising, and trade promotion programs
  • Identifies marketing opportunities by identifying consumer requirements; defining market, competitor’s share, and competitor’s strengths and weaknesses; forecasting projected business; establishing targeted market share.
  • Protects organization’s value by keeping information confidential.

Qualifications

  • Excellent interpersonal skills, with the ability to communicate effectively with management and cross-functional teams, for both technical and non-technical audiences
  • Ability to collaborate and foster a culture of continuous improvement in line with Believe’s guiding principles.
  • Ability to communicate, present and influence all levels of the organization, including executive and C-level
  • Excellent listening, negotiation, and presentation skills.
  • Excellent communication skills

Additional Information

Senior Leader A&R – Bhojpuri

The Job

Believe Artist Services is currently looking for a Senior A&R Leader (Bhojpuri) based out of Mumbai, India. We are looking for an exceptional candidate that demonstrates a vision for the territory and has a solution-oriented mindset.

Working with our local content team, the candidate will perform the following tasks, both internationally and for the local market, specifically focusing on Bhojpuri audio and video content.

Missions:

•  Sales: Negotiate and sign deals with artists in coordination with the A&R Head. Signing is a key area of focus along with managing existing relationships

•  Operations: Manage operations for existing artists and develop relationships with key stakeholders in the industry

•  Data analysis: Analyse audience, sales, and performance history and provide comprehensive reviews on a quarterly basis on the Bhojpuri market  

•  Strategy: Build creative & profitable marketing plans to develop the lifecycle of a project

•  Execution: Execute marketing plans in coordination with internal and external stakeholders. Handle day-to-day relationships with talent and partners

•  Manage: Audio & video distribution in coordination with the release & support team

•  Coordination: Coordinate and manage the project with all internal stakeholders (editorial & marketing partnerships, support, digital marketing, branding, etc)

•  Budget & Finance: Manage marketing budgets and P&L for each project and ensure reporting of every activity

•  Reporting & Performances: Deliver sales and marketing reports to all teams and partners on a monthly and quarterly basis

Apply: Interested applicants can email their resumes at chandani.veera@believe.com or reach out to us at +91 9987373636.

Qualifications

  • Graduate / Postgraduate

Additional Information

Benefits @Believe:

#Flexibility – Just punch in leaves, not intime and out time

#Office perks – a game of foosball, table tennis to bat the afternoon lackluster, free event pass for exclusive and limited shows, music subscription, etc

#Wellbeing – Caring by EUTELMED, professionals are at your disposal for advice and support, in your own language and culture

#Transperancy – engaged in secondary activity just disclose it to us

#Compensation – Tailor made flexi pay plan for tax saving

#Sustainability – You can be a part of CSR program, represent yourself as a #shaper and contribute to a better future.

Disclosure:

Believe strongly promotes equal treatment regardless of race, ethnicity, nationality, gender, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, age, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, physical abilities, religious beliefs, political beliefs, or other ideologies

General Manager Mexico

The Job

As a General Manager, your mission is to oversee local strategies set by the Regional Managing Director, liaising with company headquarters. You will be reporting to the Regional Managing Director (from now on MD) and responsible for the efficiency of the business in a constantly mutating environment.  

You will support the management of a team currently composed of people in the following functions: Digital Distribution, Artist Services Distribution, Marketing and Communications, people passionate with music in charge of delivering the best marketing services with passion, innovation, care, and transparency.  

Your duties will include but not limited to the following 

All your actions are guided by our vision of growth, respect, fairness, transparency and expertise.  

Develop the Believe Mexico activity in order to position Believe as a key leader in the Mexican music industry. 

  • Develop senior leadership within the current organization and participate in its completion if necessary  

  • Recommend the proper organization to best sign, sell and serve 

  • Set and drive OKR management with business heads 

Build and execute the A&R and service strategy for artist and label services and distribution 

  • Lead the development of Believe Mexico within Believe Group organization, from a business, service and financial standpoint 

  • Build A&R strategy (music genre, type of deal, services, pricing, economics…) 

  • Build P&L aligned with sales strategy and manage to budget 

  • Further build the artist service brand and identity 

  • Identify and develop more genres to be developed if any 

  • Recommend to Believe’s central M&A team M&A opportunity to accelerate our growth 

Execute the “sell and serve” strategy for Artist development and our distribution strategy. As such, you will have primary responsibility the Mexican global P&L of the business. Believe executes on a centralized model adapted to local specificities. 

  • Align execution with sales and marketing strategy with your local heads of business 

  • Inspire Believe’s marketing teams on the development and execution of creative, innovative and impactful campaigns 

  • Organize team work locally and with central to optimize the A&R strategy and our “sell and serve” efficiency 

  • Organize internal, external communication & branding to support and develop business 

Create and deploy performance measurement for the business. 

  • Set and drive objectives with the local teams and central functions  

  • Develop, measure KPIs and report KPIs to drive the business forward 

  • Build budget and forecast and achieve them 

Qualifications

  • Honesty, humility, and ethics will be key to be part of the team 

  • Your global vision gives you an ability to view problems from different standpoints  

  • You can understand and manage both the Company economic targets and Customer Satisfaction  

  • You have a minimum of 15 years of experience in relevant positions  

  • With outstanding organisational and leadership abilities (not coercive) you have demonstrated competency in strategy implementation 

  • Aptitude in decision-making and problem-solving, you are target-driven and have an achievement-oriented management style 

  • You are an experienced professional in financial planning & strategy implementation with negotiation and conflict management skills 

  • Your communication style is very simple, direct, schematic, and straightforward  

  • English is mandatory to be successful in the job 

Additional Information

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