Senior Music Manager

About the company

Banijay Entertainment is the largest independent content producer and distributor, home to over 130 production companies across 20+ territories, with a multi-genre catalogue boasting over 200,000 hours of original programming.

Banijay Entertainment is a collective of creative entrepreneurs. The group represents some of the biggest global brands including Survivor, Big Brother, Peaky Blinders, Temptation Island, MasterChef, Wallander, Rogue Heroes, Mr Bean, The Wall, Hunted, and Black Mirror among others. By imagining and delivering high-quality multi-genre IP that was born locally and travels globally, the business offers the best stories told the best way.

Banijay Entertainment is built on independence, creative freedom, entrepreneurialism, and commercial acumen.

About this role

The Senior Music Manager will be responsible for growing the use of Banijay owned commissioned & library music and encouraging use of Banijay music in the Beacon Library.

Duties

• Provide support & guidance across music usage for selected territories & brands.
• Be point of contact for Opcos using Banijay owned music to ensure they are correctly resourced.
• Responsible for influencing productions to growing usage of Banijay owned music across content output to help drive revenues.
• Responsible for ensuring best practice across the Group in retaining required rights when commissioning new music.
• Work with Banijay’s publisher to increase use of Banijay owned music and increase revenues.
• Oversee tracking of production & TX schedule and share with broader team for tracking purposes.
• Work closely with Beacon Music supervisor in preparing practical guides around music for key format productions to increase use of music format packages.
• Collaborate with Beacon Library Manager to identify commissioned score for exploitation via the library, identify production needs and inform library output to ensure it is best serving productions.
• Support Banijay Rights in creating clearable international reversions of series for sales.
• Work with Music Team administrators to ensure prompt accurate music reporting, creation of cue sheets & supporting team initiatives to streamline music reporting procedures across our content.

Essential Experience & Skills

• Degree level qualified
• 5+ years of experience in production and music industry
• Able to operate at a both senior level and switch to hand on operational administrative tasks.
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written, with the ability to communicate complex information in a clear and concise manner.
• Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to build relationships with employees at all levels of the organisation.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team, with a flexible and adaptable approach to work.
• Excellent organisational and time-management skills, with the ability to manage multiple projects and prioritise simultaneously.
• Excellent attention to detail.
• Proactive and self-motivated.

Reporting to

Chief Content Officer, Operations.

Contract Type

Permanent, full-time.

Hours

Monday-Friday – 9:30am - 6pm.

Hybrid working (3 days per week in the office).

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