Manager, Music Synchronization (Chelsea)

Confidential

New York, NY

IMAGEM U.S.

JOB DESCRIPTION

Title: Manager, Music Synchronization

Reports to: Director, Music Synchronization, Imagem USA

Summary: Negotiate contracts and license Imagem USA's music - including Rodgers & Hammerstein, Boosey & Hawkes, and Imagem Music - for synchronization purposes across all media, with focus on advertising usage. Pitch, quote, negotiate, draft and process licenses and invoices. Create and develop relationships with Advertising Agencies, independent music consultants, search companies and post-production houses.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Synchronization Sales

- Create, develop and nurture relationships with advertising agencies, independent music consultants, search companies, post-production houses and sell our catalogues (classical, theatrical, standards and jazz, contemporary pop, rock) to them.

- Create opportunities to extend Imagem US's client database through extensive networking.

- Provide clients with a complete music consultancy service to include copyright advice, music expertise and inspiration, clearance and fee information.

- Translate our catalogues into a media friendly language

- Take music briefs and pitch our catalogues for all media types, with focus on the advertising market.

2. Secondary Exploitation

- Create and develop relationships with record labels, remixers and re-arrangers.

- Pitch and supervise placement of repertoire for cover albums, primarily in the classical crossover field.

- Create opportunities for the catalogues to be remixed.

3. Catalogue Knowledge

- In addition to working across all Imagem catalogues, the candidate will have a deep knowledge of classical music and will act as the departmental liaison to the Boosey & Hawkes classical music division.

Qualifications:

Background in Sales; and/or Music Supervision for Advertising and Films and/or the Record or Music Publishing Industry

Deep contacts and relationships with ad agencies and 3rd party music supervisors

Driven by targets and thrive under pressure

Opportunistic, proactive and innovative

Creative and inspired in perception and thinking about music and ability to convey to non-experts

Passionate and energetic

Team player and self starter Hiring Organization: Imagem

Jan. 24, 2012

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