Job Opportunities

 

Product Manager - New York


Job Description

As a Product Manager, you will serve as the main point-of-contact and internal advocate for a core group of Orchard digitally distributed artist and label clients. You will help drive and develop client best practices in order to maximize visibility and sales of music and video products. Primary responsibilities include building strong client relationships, driving production and marketing of audio/video releases, analyzing effectiveness of product sales and promotions, and advising clients on industry developments.

Qualifications

  • 3+ years previous experience in an account management or client service capacity across music, video, or online properties
  • Strong understanding of the developing digital music and video space – retail channels, discovery and recommendation, devices and applications – and a desire to build technical knowledge
  • Proven track-record of driving and developing client best practices
  • Superior project management and time management skills
  • Verbal and written proficiency in second-language (French, German, or Spanish) is preferred
  • Clear, concise, confident communicator with excellent interpersonal skills
  • Deep knowledge of multiple musical genres
  • Exceptional organizational skills, follow-through, and attention to detail
  • Ability to anticipate problems and take corrective action
  • Energetic, proactive professional who thrives in a fast-paced, collaborative, team environment, but also works well with minimal supervision
  • Good to advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite including Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint as well as general knowledge of CRM tools
  • Bachelor’s degree

 

How To Apply

Send your cover letter and CV to jobs@theorchard.com and reference "Product Manager - Position New York" in the subject line. No calls, please.

 

 

Product Manager - London, UK


Job description

As a Product Manager, you will serve as the main point-of-contact and internal advocate for a core group of Orchard digitally distributed artist and label clients. You will help drive and develop client best practices in order to maximize visibility and sales of music and video products. Primary responsibilities include building strong client relationships, driving production and marketing of audio/video releases, analyzing effectiveness of product sales and promotions, and advising clients on industry developments.

Qualifications

  • 3+ years previous experience in an account management or client service capacity across music, video, or online properties
  • Strong understanding of the developing digital music and video space – retail channels, discovery and recommendation, devices and applications – and a desire to build technical knowledge
  • Proven track-record of driving and developing client best practices
  • Superior project management and time management skills
  • Verbal and written proficiency in second-language (French, German, or Spanish) is preferred
  • Clear, concise, confident communicator with excellent interpersonal skills
  • Deep knowledge of multiple musical genres
  • Exceptional organizational skills, follow-through, and attention to detail
  • Ability to anticipate problems and take corrective action
  • Energetic, proactive professional who thrives in a fast-paced, collaborative, team environment, but also works well with minimal supervision
  • Good to advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite including Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint as well as general knowledge of CRM tools
  • Bachelor’s degree

 

How To Apply

Send your cover letter and CV to jobs@theorchard.com and reference "Product Manager - Position London" in the subject line. No calls, please.

 

Now Seeking Interns in the NYC Area for Spring 2010

An Orchard internship offers applicants a unique hands-on experience in the exciting and fast-growing field of digital media distribution. We are currently seeking full and part-time interns willing to dedicate 15-40 hours a from January – May 2010.

General Requirements

A genuine love for music, a great attitude, an open mind, an eagerness to learn and a willingness to take initiative, no matter the task. Experience with Microsoft Outlook, Word and Excel a must. Familiarity with digital music market a plus.

Interactive Marketing: Research web stats and social networking activity, assemble information for newsletters that are sent to writers and programmers; promo CD mailings; tracking and compiling screenshots of Orchard music features on websites; opportunity to contribute creative ideas for marketing campaigns, draft marketing plans and press releases.  Must be an avid writer and music lover.

Retail Marketing:

Assist the Retail Marketing team in tracking and analyzing promotional placements for The Orchard’s catalog across retail stores. To build and update structured formats for tracking such promotional placements, and assist in the communication process of placements across marketing and label relations teams. Updating The Orchard’s backend systems with relevant marketing information. Creation of playlists etc. from The Orchard’s catalog which support promotional opportunities at retail partners. Working knowledge of Microsoft Office is essential. Familiarity of Photoshop is a plus.

Artist/Label Relations:  

Work directly with Artists/Labels in the set-up of their releases and marketing campaigns! This hands-on department is where you’ll truly find out what the music business is all about, working with every department at The Orchard and thousands of artists and labels from across the globe! Process new releases, work with our mainframe computer system, listen to music, gather marketing materials.

Audio and Video Operations:

Assisting with digital archive management of music and video catalog; quality control of assets and meta-data; encoding, processing, and delivery of audio and video to various digital retail outlets; assisting with special data projects. Must have knowledge of various audio and video formatting, encoding and compression technologies (mp3, wma, aac, etc), basic knowledge of windows file and directory structures, Excel and other Microsoft Office applications. Familiarity with ftp and SFTP protocols, and proficiency in Excel/Access a plus, but not necessary. Final Cut Pro experience a plus. 

Licensing and Creative Services:  

Daily duties will include: listening to catalog and tagging with qualitative data; researching label copy from catalog releases; reviewing industry trade publications; drafting approval forms for music buyers and artist/label clients for various media types; and helping to research, assemble and write newsletters that are sent to music supervisors and digital store programmers.  Requirements include basic knowledge of the music publishing landscape; comfort with legal language and a passion for business; strong understanding of music trends and familiarity with music across all genres; good writing skills.  Photoshop, Dreamweaver preferred but neither required.

Business Development:

The internship will be for twenty hours per week and is an excellent opportunity to learn the inner workings of the burgeoning digital media industry.  The intern will assist in the daily activities of the Business Development department which will include but is not limited to: evaluating new opportunities for growth, various administrative duties, compiling and editing weekly departmental reports, internally coordinating information pass-offs with other departments, and communicating with current and prospective partners.

Operations:

Assisting with digital archive management of music catalog; quality control of assets and meta-data; encoding, processing, and delivery of audio to various digital retail outlets; assisting with special data projects. Candidate must have knowledge of various audio formatting, encoding and compression technologies (mp3, wma, aac, etc), basic knowledge of Windows file and directory structures, Excel and other Microsoft Office applications. Familiarity with ftp and SFTP protocols, and proficiency in Excel/Access a plus, but not necessary.

Physical Distribution:

Assist TVT Distribution CD sales & marketing department in all phases.   Maintain direct contact with retailers, focusing on indie/small chain retail: sales tracking calls in conjunction with new releases and artist tours, updating retail database, in-store promotional mailings and displays for CDs/promo posters; coordinating promo giveaway logistics, assisting with artist in-store appearances/autograph signings, in-concert promotional displays.  Overall intelligence, organizational skills, easy, outgoing personality, pleasant phone manner are the most important skills, knowledge of Excel for tracking sheets a plus.

Salary 

Orchard internships are unpaid. We can provide the necessary documents for applicants looking to earn internship credit through the school they are currently enrolled in.

How to Apply 

Please email your resume and cover letter to communications@theorchard.com.  Cover letter must include your first and second choices of available internships, from the list above. No calls, please