Typical job roles in a record label

1. JOB ROLES OF
A TYPICAL
RECORD LABEL

2. Ceo/Preside
nt/Owner of
a record
label
• Record label CEO’s manage their companies with a mix
of business skills and skills particular to the music
industry.The CEO determines the general direction of
the marketing, the music distribution and other
matters.The CEO must also master basics like
improving financial performance and communicating
with board members.

3. Vice
president
• Most record labels have serval.There are different vice
presidents for each department at the record label,
there may be up to 10 or moreVice President for a
single record label who manage the daily oversight of
their departments

4. Business
Affairs/
Accounting
• A QualifiedAccountant in the music industry is a
chartered Accountant with financial expertise within a
music industry organisation, record label or related
music company. Some Accountants specialise in in
copyright, royalties or licensing.A specialist music
Accountant’s job may involve undertaking audits of
record companies on behalf of UK and overseas based
artists, or audits of record companies on behalf of
copyright societies.They may be employed by the
record company, or by the artist themselves.

5. Legal • Music lawyers handle client contracts and assist them
in making sure they aren’t violating any laws. Music
lawyers are entertainment lawyers who represent
many diffrenent professions within the music industry.
They may spend their time drafting and negotiating
record label and live performance contracts of behalf of
music artists. Music lawyers may also work with
songwriters, managers, producers and record labels,
drafting and negotiating distribution, music publishing,
music placement and other contracts in order to
protect their clients’ interests.

6. A and R • Artists and repertoire A and R is the division of a record
label or music publishing company that is responsible
for talent scouting and overseeing the artistic
development of recording artists and songwriters.

7. Artist
developmen
t in the
music
industry• An A&R Assistant can be responsible for supporting any and allA&R administrative tasks..
Specific responsibilities of this position often include office duties , helping to scout new
bands, artists, and music, as well as attending shows and acting as a liaison between the A&R
rep and the record label.

8. Marketing • Brand / Product Management,Assistant.The role of a
Brand Manager or Product Manager working in
the music industry is to help create and
implement marketing campaigns to maximize the
sales of music from a particular record label, artist,
online music service, radio station or
other music product.

9. Online/ new
media
• New media managers are responsible for the
development and implementation of all digital marketing
initiatives: mobile advertising, social networking, and all
other online campaigns.These marketing experts start by
writing a detailed plan that illustrates the deployment of
internet and mobile assets in support of an artist or
product, then collaborates with press, sales, and internal
advertising departments to identify promotional
partnership opportunities.The manager supervises the
placement of releases and works with producers to create
content, including interactive fan media like a Facebook
page or web forum. He or she will oversee the
coordinators tasked with maintaining branded websites
and generate regular reports concerning the campaign’s
effectiveness. A primary goal of the new media manager
is to find innovative methods by which the artist or
product can be marketed via emerging technology, and
coordinate timely cross-promotional activities.

10. Art
department
• A&R Director.The Artist & Repertoire (A&R) Director
runs the department responsible for finding and
signing new music talent.They are responsible for the
budget of the department, managing the staff, hiring
new staff and sometimes acting as A&R manager for
larger acts.

11. Publicity/Promoter
• As a music promoter your day-to-day duties may include:
• writing press releases to publicise your client's music or tour
• organising publicity events like media interviews and personal appearances
• going to publicity events with clients
• getting airtime on radio and TV shows
• networking with contacts in the music industry
• organising tours
• dealing with designers, printers and marketing staff
• negotiating contracts
• listening to new acts and deciding whether to offer them a contract
• As a promoter for a live music venue your day-to-day duties may include:
• choosing and booking suitable acts
• dealing with agents, caterers and suppliers
• arranging a full programme of gigs
• identifying suitable audiences
• organising marketing and publicity
• arranging entertainment licences
• Your work might also involve dealing with budgets and administration.

12. Sales
• An Account Manager in the music industry is more senior than an account executive.They will
make more strategic business decisions.They may be responsible for managing a team of
account executives. Like account executives, anAccount Manager may work in PR, marketing
or sales.