Senior Coordinator, Creative

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: To work closely with the Creative, Legal, and Operations staff to ensure custom projects are administered professionally and effectively in a financially responsible manner and to ensure the timely and accurate delivery of all assets. 

What You’ll Do

• Maintain and update project tracking documents, calendars, and assets at the discretion of the Creative Director and Score Supervisor(s); including projects with live recording sessions.

• Coordinate with Score Supervisor(s) to source and hire external music teams and recording studios within designated creative and budgetary frameworks.

• Coordinate with Score Supervisor(s) to ensure assets to external music teams are maintained, updated, and delivered (i.e. Recording Studios, Contractors, Orchestrators, Copyists, Librarians, Mix Engineers, Live Recording Engineers, Mix Assistants, ProTools Operators, Instrumentalists, Vocalists, Sound Designers).

• Adhere to established digital asset management protocol and ensure all relevant information is correctly archived for Score To Picture projects.

• Create, maintain and optimize systems for efficiency and organization in the post-production process.

• Responsible for asset tagging BF hardware and tracking software licenses.

• Book travel, compile and submit expense reports for creative team.

• Maintain and update account access to client file sharing systems including but not limited to PiBox, BOX, Aspera etc.

• Stay up to date with latest plugin and library releases for production/composition.

Project Administration and Coordination

• Administer 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.

  • Coordinate and monitor incoming projects to ensure a smooth workflow as projects go from the accounts team to the creative teams.

  • Coordinate and administer budget costs, manpower and equipment required for projects for Score Supervisor(s).

Who You Are:

• 3+ years prior experience in music administration and project coordination.

• Independent self-starter with a knack for following through on administering 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.

• 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 may be 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.
   

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.

• Time off for a winter recess.

DISCLAIMER: 

The anticipated annual base salary for this position is $60,000-$65,000. 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. 

Sony is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religious creed, sex (including pregnancy), gender, national origin, citizenship, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, military status, status as a veteran or disabled veteran, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital or family status, genetic information, medical condition, or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state, or local law, ordinance, or regulation.