Temp, Archive Sourcing Coordinator

At Warner Music Group, we’re a global collective of music makers and music lovers, tech innovators and inspired entrepreneurs, game-changing creatives and passionate team members. Here, we turn dreams into stardom and audiences into fans. We are guided by three core values that underpin everything we do across all our diverse businesses: Curiosity, Collaboration, and Commitment.

About the team

The department consists of five specific areas of responsibility, all ultimately focused on the production and distribution of WMG products:

• Research and Development helps define new product specifications and processes for production;
• Product Data Management is responsible for defining product data standards and keying data into systems;
• Studio and Archive Operations delivers production masters for physical and digital manufacturing and archives the company master assets;
• Digital Production provides day-to-day production support for WMG labels’ digital releases and oversees production of digital assets;
• Digital and Mobile Operations manages the distribution of digital products to retail partners globally.

Responsibilities

• Ensure the protection, preservation, and production of tapes that source some of the most iconic albums and unheard rarities in all of music history.
• Work with librarians and engineers to directly handle and distribute master tapes and other audio sources to archive vendors.
• Ensure the accuracy of production and preservation through research, document creation, and spreadsheet & database maintenance.
• Ensure that the proper tapes are being archived for a given release.
• Locate final product and verify that all metadata is correct in relation to tapes pulled.
• Create Archive Packing Lists detailing correct Artist, Title, Label, Sel #, Track Titles, Source File #, and any other pertinent information needed for each release, providing these to the archive vendors for reference and inclusion in the archives.
• Update the Transfer Tracker document for archives needed for current production requests, including the date sent for archive, where it was sent, and when it is needed by.
• Schedule pick-ups of archive supplies and tapes and address sourcing issues with vendors as they arise (finding alternative sources if tapes are problematic, etc.).
• Correct errors in our Master Library System (MLS) database based on research, tape box information, or additional information provided by archive vendors working with the tapes.
• Assist non-archive librarians as needed.

Requirements

• You are detail-oriented.
• You enjoy problem solving and have initiative.
• You have composure and interpersonal savvy.
• You preferably have a college degree or equivalent work experience.
• You maintain a service orientation and customer focus.

Skills

• Familiarity with Excel and navigating databases.
• Knowledge of music industry processes past and present: Tracking/Mixing/Mastering/Duplication.
• Familiarity with audio recording media formats.

Schedule

This position requires a minimum of 4 days per week in the office. We value in-office collaboration, which is essential for talent development and strong working relationships.

Pay

$23.00 Fixed Rate