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Director, Culture andamp; Content – AWAL, London

As Director, Culture and Content at AWAL you will work at the nexus of music, technology and entertainment, amplifying artist stories that shape culture.

This is a unique, cutting-edge role within our global company that will empower you to develop new forward-thinking ideas in a rapidly evolving content space. Join us and partner with the world’s greatest independent artists.

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What you’ll do

- Trial, refine and ship new business ideas focusing on creating new assets and distribution channels for AWAL artists

- Create scalable processes around these business ideas that can be deployed internationally

- Work closely with marketing and promotions team to onboard business ideas that enhance their effectiveness in the consumer creator space

- Work with artist teams to create moments, capture content of these moments and distribute content to relevant audiences

- Identify, set briefs and evaluate impact of work done by relevant 3rd party companies

- Identify opportunities and implement new tactics and strategies in the fields of gaming, native advertising products and data analysis

To be successful in this role you will

- Know, understand and exploit current trends in viral marketing, content formats and online storytelling tactics

- Know and understand that trying something new and failing quickly is just as important as succeeding

- Be able to operate in business spaces that are volatile, unpredictable, complex and ambiguous

- Be an entrepreneurial self-starter with an ability to sell new ideas and motivate others

- Follow your instinct and take risks

- Be able to collaborate with teams from different disciplines and share the wins with them

- Be able to ‘disagree and commit’ and ascribe to ‘strong views, weakly held’

- Successfully manage multiple projects in a fast-paced working environment and prioritise workload effectively

- Build strong relationships with internal team members in order to build trust and to steer projects effectively

- Set project objectives and targets and be able to evaluate them

- Have excellent verbal and written communication skills

- Have good computer skills i.e.: Microsoft Office, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Adobe Acrobat, strong knowledge of Google docs / Cloud sharing methods and analytics platforms

Who you are

- You have a minimum of 6 years’ experience in the music or entertainment industry ideally in influencer marketing, digital marketing, content creation

- You have unlimited curiosity

- You are familiar with the AWAL business model andamp; the company values

- You have a strong understanding of the inner workings and deliverables required for the life cycle of global music releases, particularly in online storytelling and audience growth

- You are comfortable in hiring andamp; working with creative teams / agencies and promotion teams

- You have detailed knowledge of the short form video and social media space across platforms like Tik Tok, Instagram, YouTube Shorts, Snap, Discord

- You have an understanding of what it means to work releases in a global marketplace

- You have experience in implementing effective paid media advertising / creator marketing andamp; an awareness on how to identify target audiences

- You are willing to take a hands-on approach and ready to execute a wide range of tasks

- You have a start-up, entrepreneurial mentality, with a preference for teamwork and collaboration

What we give you

- You join a vibrant global community with the opportunity to channel your passion every day

- A modern office environment designed for you, empowering you to bring your best

- Investment in your professional growth and development enabling you to thrive in our vibrant community

- The space to accelerate progress, positively disrupt and create what happens next

- We give you the platform to champion positive change, with the opportunity to contribute to our social impact, diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives

- We provide an excellent range of benefits like private medical cover, a generous pension scheme, life assurance, income protection, plus loads of music industry perks. There’s also time off over winter break

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