Associate, Digital Content

Extreme Music, formed in 1997, is renowned in the industry and around the world for its boundary-pushing approach to production music. Its A-list roster has yielded diverse award-winning collections and includes artists and composers such as Quincy Jones, Hans Zimmer, Sir George Martin, Snoop Dogg, Xzibit, and Junkie XL to name a few. Extreme's client and project list is a veritable who's who or what's what in the entertainment field working with all major networks and studios, ad agencies and production companies. Extreme Music is headquartered in London, with its creative operations based in a 7,500 square-foot production compound in Santa Monica, California. For more Extreme information visit www.extrememusic.com. Extreme Music is the Production Music House under Sony Music Publishing.

Why join Sony Music Group?

Here at Sony Music Group, we are shaping what’s next in a way that creates impact. Forging powerful new ideas at the heart of music, technology, and culture that entertain and move people.

This is your opportunity. Part of a global community, united by individual passion, rising to that challenge every day. Adapting at pace and supporting one another, inspired to influence the future. For the benefit of you, our people; our creators, our business, and wider society too.

Be a part of an organization that is creator first. Committed to fueling excellence and always imagining more, while fostering a supportive culture, one where we elevate each other and act responsibly.

Job Purpose:

You will be the main stakeholder for the availability and integrity of the company’s digital content assets and will independently update, maintain, and deliver our catalog to worldwide recipients via digital and physical deliveries. You will also identify, specify, and implement workflow improvements and provide support for department tasks that require our catalog or metadata.

What You’ll Do: (job responsibilities)

Maintaining Digital Content, Assets, and Documentation

• Regularly update physical hard drives and fulfill drive requests to worldwide recipients.

• Prepare audio files and custom reports for delivery to clients (either ad-hoc or according to agreed schedules).

• Write and update delivery documentation, logging any changes to procedure, specification, or client information.

• Assist with outlining strategies for deliveries.

Technical and End-User Support

• Oversee hard drive and asset-related issues, coordinating with users to resolve problems.

• Work with global teams to resolve questions about assets or metadata.

• Use alternate delivery methods as needed to ensure clients receive their requested assets.

• Escalate issues with assets, files, or delivery systems to the appropriate teams or stakeholders.

Quality Control

• Perform routine testing and verification of hard drive inventory, deliverables, and processes.

• Ensure all third-party systems are up to date and have accurate metadata.

• Monitor the back catalog for missing or incorrect data and apply corrections.

• Coordinate with internal teams to perform catalog-wide metadata changes as needed.

Who You Are: (skills and experience required)

• Outstanding communication, organizational, and interpersonal skills.

• Ability to communicate technical ideas or problems succinctly and understandably to non-technical people, both verbally and in writing.

• Ability to work independently

• Excellent attention to detail with the ability to work at a fast pace.

• Strong cross-platform experience using both macOS and Windows.

• Familiarity with the macOS and Windows command line.

• Strong proficiency with Microsoft Excel.

• Experience with digital file conversion and bulk file renaming.

• Familiarity using various FTP clients, access Amazon S3 buckets, and Soundminer.

• College degree or equivalent.

• Any familiarity with Bash, Python, or other programming languages is a plus.

• Some Travel Required: No

• Must be authorized to work in the United States

• 7.5-hour business workday but variations in work volume and coordination with global teams frequently require extending and adjusting working hours.

What We Give You:

• You join an inclusive, collaborative and global community where you have the opportunity to fuel the creative journey

• A modern office environment designed to foster productivity, creativity, and teamwork

• An attractive and comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, life & disability coverage, and 401K + employer matching

• Voluntary benefits like company-paid identity theft protection and resources for pets, mental health and meditation resources, industry-leading fertility coverage, fully paid leave for childbirth or bonding, fully paid leave for caregivers, programs for loved ones with developmental disabilities and neurodiversity, subsidized back-up child and elder care, and reimbursement for adoption, surrogacy, tuition and student loans

• We invest in your professional growth & development

• Flexible Time Off

• Time off for a winter recess

DISCLAIMER:

The anticipated annual base salary for this position is:

This range does not include any other compensation components or other benefits that an individual may be eligible for.  The actual base salary offered depends on a variety of factors, which may include as applicable, the qualifications of the individual applicant for the position, years of relevant experience, specific and unique skills, level of education attained, certifications or other professional licenses held, and the location in which the applicant lives and/or from which they will be performing the job.

Honesty, trustworthiness and ethical conduct are material requirements for the responsibilities outlined above. SMP will consider qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records in accordance with applicable law.

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