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You will be the ANZ lead for the Sony Music Release Planning team. You will lead a team with responsibility for managing day-to-day release planning needs and deadlines across Sony Musics labels, including audio and video, digital and physical formats. Sony Musics Release Planning team collaborates and strategizes with a wide range of label departments to ensure the timely and accurate onboarding and delivery of releases worldwide. While there are common threads running through all Sony Music releases, the granular details and requirements of each project are often unique; change is a constant, and you will play a critical role in helping shepherd a diverse and exciting range of recording projects across multiple genres through from artist-signing through to commercial release. What youll do Collaborate across a wide range of label departments. These will include A&R Administration, Marketing, Commercial/Sales, A&R, Business Affairs, Supply Chain, International, and Finance to ensure the timely and accurate delivery of physical and digital releases. Your work will include management of the ingestion of Sony Music audio and video assets into our asset storage and digital delivery systems, resolving any necessary qualitycontrol issues with relevant departments. We will expect this role to also be hands on with projects and ability to do as well as lead/manage. Help oversee delivery of all digital releases, partnering with Sony Digital, Physical and D2C Operations and Media Production Globally to ensure all are delivered accurately and on time. You will work closely with A&R Administration, Business Affairs and IPL (Copyright) to ensure all assets are cleared for release, properly vetted for sample review, side artist clearances as well as proper tagging and mapping on digital platforms. Help strategize and plan multiformat physical releases. You will help enforce strict production deadlines for physical releases in collaboration with D2C/Commercial & Local and International Supply Chain teams along with Local and International Marketing to ensure all scheduling, production and budgetary elements for the endtoend supply chain process are accurate and on time to meet necessary production deadlines and release dates. Participate in and lead in a range of regularly scheduled collaborative crossteam, workability, product planning and strategy meetings, taking the initiative to further schedule and lead any breakout meetings throughout the workweek with internal teams as necessary. Collaborate and work with international affiliates and head office in New York to implement and support Global initiatives such as new program and software rollouts, catalogue prioritization and execution around digitisation and optimisation of our artists and repertoire. Responsible for master tape library and storage. Join and contribute to ongoing system development, enhancement and implementation meetings and steering committees. Project management around transformation of outdated local proprietary systems. Who you are 5-7 years of music industry experience required. Majorlabel Release Planning/Project Management/Production experience is a plus, D2C experience highly regarded. Highly organised, discreet, and meticulously detailoriented, with a natural ability to multitask and prioritise. Able to execute seamlessly in stressful and demanding situations, interfacing with a wide range of personalities. Someone who exhibits grace under pressure: unflaggingly calm, positive, and professional in a fastpaced and demanding environment. Selfconfident and resourceful with the ability to anticipate potential snags and proactively work to put solutions in place. Forwardlooking and techsavvy, with the ability to both see where a job is today and where it could evolve in the future. Sensitive and responsive to cultural differences. Excellent written and verbal communication skills. What we give you You join a global community with the opportunity to channel your passion every day. Hybridworking in our Darlinghurst offices and from home. 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. We give you the platform to champion positive change, with the opportunity to contribute to our social impact, diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives. We provide an excellent range of benefits like private health benefits, life insurances, inclusive paid parental leave, emergency backup childcare, LinkedIn Learning, Novated car leasing options plus loads of industry discounts & perks! Seniority Level Director Employment Type Fulltime Job Function Marketing, Advertising, and Strategy/Planning Industries Musicians, Broadcast Media Production and Distribution, and Entertainment Providers As an active part of a culturally and socially diverse society, Sony Musics aim is that our workforce is diverse and inclusive. Sony Music is an equal opportunity employer and supports workforce diversity. We employ, retain, promote and otherwise treat all employees and job applicants according to their merit, qualifications, competence and talent. We apply this policy without regard to any individuals sex, race, religion, origin, age, sexual orientation, marital status, medical condition or disability. #J-18808-Ljbffr