Manager, Creative (Music Supervisor)
Description
- Craft creative music briefs to produce tracks in line with current trends in popular and production music.
- Review, Revise, and Approve composer submissions; providing production notes as required to ensure tracks meet company standards of quality.
- Recruit and vet top-tier composers in an ever-growing effort to expand the freelance roster.
- Manage composer bandwidth to ensure downtime is minimized and composers are 100% utilized.
- Adhere to established digital asset management protocol and ensure all relevant information is correctly archived.
- Maintain and update project tracking documents and assets.
- Liaise with the Creative Coordinator and Assets Team to ensure final delivery materials are maintained, updated, and delivered.
- Stay informed of industry news including current programming trends, musical trends and genres, new productions, etc.
- Develop and oversee a structure to manage projects within time, scope and budget constraints while maintaining BF’s highest quality standards:
- Work closely with other departments to ensure effective communication, staff and asset allocation, asset maintenance and efficient legal and financial efforts for the timely and accurate delivery of projects.
- Monitor and review incoming projects to ensure a smooth workflow as projects go from the accounts team to the creative teams.
- Oversee and approve budget costs and support for both manpower and equipment required for projects.
- Monitor current projects, project status, staff assignments. Review projects for quality output and adherence to procedure.
- Develop and maintain strong working relationship with clients, composers and accounts teams to ensure that their needs are being fully supported and serviced;
- Participate in client pitches, roadshows and tradeshow events the company attends.
- Seek additional opportunities of value for Bleeding Fingers and crossover opportunities for Extreme Music.
Requirements
- 5+ years prior experience in music production, creative direction/management and composition.
- Independent self-starter with a knack for following through on managing tasks to completion with minimal downtime.
- Analyzes personal workflow and processes; constantly looking for more efficient ways to complete tasks.
- Must be willing to work around production schedules and deadlines including availability to work nights and weekends as needed.
- Superior communication skills with the ability to understand and effectively communicate and translate briefs in musical terms.
- Familiarity with many different genres of music, musical score, instrumentation and musical terms and a willingness to listen to and learn unfamiliar works.
- An excellent communicator and enthusiastic collaborator who works well with team members, external partners, and senior management.
- Extraordinary attention to detail.
- Able to adapt quickly to a changing environment with minimal disruption.
- Some Travel Required.
- Must be authorized to work in the United States.
- 7.5-hour business workday but variations in work volume frequently require extended working hours for evening and late-night events.
Benefits & Perks
- 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.
- Time off for a winter recess.
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**Overview** Emmy award-winning and BAFTA nominated Bleeding Fingers Music has assembled an exceptional, sonically diverse composer roster, each selected for their unique and complementary skills to create superlative original film and television score. We believe that collaboration breeds innovation and working in an environment where the gifted are empowered to be adventurous, experimental and creatively generous results in extraordinary music. Our 20 state-of-the-art studios based on Hans Zimmer’s world renowned campus and our best-in-class production team allow us the ability to produce music at the very highest standard. Bleeding Fingers has created original music for productions including: FROZEN PLANET II (BBC), PREHISTORIC PLANET (APPLE TV+), BLUE PLANET II (BBC), PLANET EARTH II (BBC), THE SIMPSONS (Fox), SUPERFLY (Sony Pictures), PRINCESS DIANA: IN HER OWN WORDS (Nat Geo), DOPE (Netflix), ALIEN ZOO (Dreamscape), CHALLENGER: THE LOST TAPES (Nat Geo), AMERICAN PLAYBOY (Amazon), ROMAN EMPIRE (Netflix), BARBARIANS RISING (History), THE WORLD WARS (History), BIG CATS (BBC), SNATCH (Crackle), THE MAKING OF THE MOB (AMC), SAVAGE KINGDOM (Nat Geo), INTERVENTION (A&E).