A&r and Artist Development Manager

4 weeks ago


Johannesburg, South Africa AWAL Full time

**Overview**:
As an A&R Manager you will represent AWAL in the local market both with external partners and internal Sony stakeholders. You will be the primary point of contact for artists based in the market and will support the growth of AWAL's business locally by attracting and developing successful artists.

**What you will do**:

- Represent AWAL locally, serving as a brand ambassador in South Africa
- Act as the first point of contact for signed artists and their teams
- Provide operational support to artists using AWAL technology for distribution
- Advise priority local AWAL artists on marketing strategy, release planning, and DSP pitch submissions, leveraging best practices from AWAL and local Sony teams
- Represent AWAL in day-to-day interactions with Sony's teams locally, including A&R, marketing, and commercial partnerships
- Partner with local Sony A&R and marketing teams to attract high-potential artists to AWAL and build local artist development strategies to support them
- Build and maintain strong relationships with local DSP partners (e.g., Spotify, Apple), supporting with promotional materials as needed
- Build and maintain strong relationships with local content and social media platforms, creating opportunities for AWAL artists in the market
- Coordinate promotion teams for local artists
- Generate regular reporting on artist campaign progress

**Who you are**:
- 5+ years of experience with a record company, artist services company, or distributor
- Sound knowledge of the local and global digital landscape including social media platforms, DSP ecosystem, digital marketing, and data analytics
- Sound knowledge of the current music market locally, including both traditional media and new platforms, and a firm understanding of artist development
- Strong network of relationships with managers, lawyers, media, and partners (commercial and promotional) within the local music market
- Entrepreneurial, creative outlook with a strong team spirit
- Love of music and appreciation of all music genres
- Ability to work autonomously and prioritize effectively
- Strong organizational skills
- Fluent in English

**What we give you**:

- You join a vibrant global community with the opportunity to channel your passion every day
- A modern office environment designed for you, empowering you to bring your best
- 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 medical cover, a generous pension scheme, life assurance, income protection, plus loads of music industry perks. There's also time off over winter break

**Equal Opportunities**

As an active part of a culturally and socially diverse society, Sony Music's aim is that our workforce is diverse and inclusive. Sony Music is an equal opportunity employer and supports workforce diversity.- **Privacy Policy**
- ** Please note that applicants must be at least 18 years of age.



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