Manager, Catalog Operations & Migration
Description
- Review and certify metadata, asset and product configurations on incoming catalogs prior to ingestion and ultimate distribution.
- Interface between business, technical and operational teams across multiple departments with both internal and external stakeholders
- Work closely with UMG stakeholders, giving special consideration to catalogs moving from UMG supply chain to VMG
- Ensure incoming content is brought in line with current metadata and asset standards, where differences exist.
- Master details of the Virgin Music Group style guide and understand how they apply and relate to DSP standards
- Maneuver between multiple concurrent projects in various states, balancing priorities while maximizing quality and timely completion.
- Capture complete and accurate details for complex projects with large volumes of content, schedule timelines and track various projects from start to finish.
- Work with proprietary systems and tools to configure and process audio and video content for distribution.
- Coordinate with the Quality Control team to ensure best practices are maintained during migration.
- Collaborate with development to improve catalog migration tools, and assist product management in identifying potential features and improvements that would benefit catalog management
Requirements
- Minimum 3 years experience in digital music distribution, content management and/or customer or technical support in digital music
- Experience working with complex music metadata
- Understanding of DDEX a major plus
- Comfortable working with multiple streams of data, and the ability to analyze, manage and/or design spreadsheets
- Knowledge of audio, video and image formats and specifications a plus
- Ability to maintain laser focus on large projects, analysis and oversight while often required to be in the weeds
- Experience working in complex operational environments and software systems
- Legendary attention to detail and tireless drive to solve problems
- Strong ability to follow through and a desire to see even minor issues through to resolution
- Passionate about music discovery and a fan of multiple genres of music with the ability to represent VMG in the marketplace
- Strong relationship building skills, creativity and resourcefulness in getting projects to the finish line
- Excellent customer service and relationship-building capability — always with a professional demeanor
- Articulate in written and oral communication
- Ability to maintain multiple project timelines while being accountable and responsive
- Experience with top digital music services interfaces, social media applications, and digital music best practices
- Extensive knowledge and relationships in the independent music community a major plus
Benefits & Perks
- Be part of an entrepreneurial, global organization that values authenticity, drive, creativity, relationships, and a competitive spirit
- Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, and FSA options, as well as:
- 100% coverage for out-patient mental health services
- Wellbeing reimbursements for fitness classes, spa treatments, meal services, travel, and so much more (up to $720/year)
- A lifetime fertility support allowance of $30,000 to plan participants
- Student Loan Repayment Assistance and Tuition Reimbursement
- 100% immediately vested 401(k) match on the first 5% of your contribution on eligible compensation
- Flexible Paid Time Off (PTO) for exempt employees
- 3-weeks PTO for non-exempt employees
- 2-weeks paid Winter Break
- 10 Company Holidays (including Juneteenth and Wellbeing Day)
- Summer Fridays (between Memorial Day and Labor Day)
- Generous paid parental leave for every type of parent
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Universal Music Group (UMG) is the world leader in music-based entertainment, with a broad array of businesses engaged in recorded music, music publishing, merchandising and audiovisual content in more than 60 countries. Featuring the most comprehensive catalog of recordings and songs across every musical genre, UMG identifies and develops artists and produces and distributes the most critically acclaimed and commercially successful music in the world. Committed to artistry, innovation and entrepreneurship, UMG fosters the development of services, platforms and business models in order to broaden artistic and commercial opportunities for our artists and create new experiences for fans. Universal Music Group's labels include A&M Records, Astralwerks, Blue Note Records, Capitol Christian Music Group, Capitol Records, Capitol Records Nashville, Caroline, Decca, Def Jam Recordings, Deutsche Grammophon, Disa, Emarcy, EMI Records Nashville, Fonovisa, Geffen Records, Harvest, Interscope Records, Island Records, Machete Music, MCA Nashville, Mercury Nashville, Mercury Records, Motown Records, Polydor Records, Republic Records, Universal Music Latino, Verve Label Group, Virgin Records, Virgin EMI Records, as well as a multitude of record labels owned or distributed by its record company subsidiaries around the world. UMG's catalog is marketed through two distinct divisions, Universal Music Enterprises (in the U.S.) and Universal Strategic Marketing (outside the U.S.). UMG also includes Universal Music Publishing Group, one of the industry's premier music publishing operations worldwide and Bravado, the leading provider of consumer, lifestyle and branding services to recording artists and entertainment brands around the world. Universal Music Group is a Vivendi company.