This Week’s 6 Awesome Jobs In Music That Could Be Yours

Some of the Australian music world’s biggest names often leave doors of opportunity ajar, just waiting for the right kind of professional music fan to come knocking.

Our regular Music Jobs column is the place where we’ll help you grab the proverbial handle and walk on through, as we take the pain out of scrolling through endless (and sometimes shady) job listings to provide you a selection of killer career opps in the music world.

No free work or internships here, just authentic chances to break into the music industry. So update your CV, brush up your cover letter writing chops, stop dreaming, and start doing what you love for a living.

Publicist at Secret Service

One of this country’s most exciting PR agencies Secret Service are on the hunt for an exceptional publicist to join the Secret Service PR team in their Surry Hills office. The successful candidate will be working across labels Dew Process, whose roster includes Mumford and Sons, London Grammar, James Vincent McMorrow, Kingswood, Tkay Maidza, Ecca Vandal, Circa Waves, Last Dinosaurs, Little May and many more. And Create/Control, home of labels like Mute, Downtown, We are Golden, acts like The Grates, Oisima, Fishing and more.

This is an integral role in the SSPR team, whose wider roster includes events like The Falls Music and Arts Festivals, Southbound Festival, The Peninsula Picnic, as well as The Drones, Augie March, The Jezabels, The Waifs, and many more. The successful candidate must have minimum 2 years experience in a similar role, exceptional writing and communication skills, excellent computer skills a full drivers license and a passion for music.

If you tick all the boxes email your resume and cover letter Stacey Piggott – [email protected] by 5pm, Friday October 30th.

Marketing Manager At Universal

Universal Music Group (UMG) – the world’s leading music and entertainment organisation need a Marketing Manager to join the team. The Marketing Manager will represent artists from our various labels. From amazing home grown talent like The Preatures, Matt Corby, Boy & Bear and Hilltop Hoods, to international superstars Taylor Swift, Avicii and Kanye West, this is your opportunity to work with the world’s largest and most exciting artist roster.

The role requires the Marketing Manger to collaborate with key areas of the business including marketing, promotions, A&R, label/artist management, content strategy, sales, merchandise, D2F and business development to create and project manage innovative marketing plans for assigned roster of Australian and International Artists, generate social and digital communications, create online and offline artist communities and ngage target audiences and align marketing plans with trends and consumer behaviour.

If this sounds like you pop by Universal’s HR/ Jobs page for more info.

Chief of Staff at ABC Regional

ABC Regional is seeking a dynamic leader to oversee regional content gathering in Alice Springs to meet changing coverage and content requirements across all platforms. The successful applicant will oversee and co-ordinate the daily output of the station in Alice Springs and Katherine in a responsive and efficient manner.

This is an exciting opportunity for someone who has a passion for creating innovative and inspiring content that meets the needs of Regional audiences and communities in Central Australia. If you’re a leader with demonstrated editorial leadership experience and a proven track record working in a Radio and/or News content making environment, ABC wants to hear from you.

For more info and to apply visit the ABC careers page.

General Manager at Eventbrite

The world’s largest self-service ticketing platform Eventbrite are hunting a new Australian General Manager. The want a fearless, brilliant leader with a “Make-It-Happen” spirit to head up their Australian operations and future expansion in the AsiaPac region. Based in the Melbourne office and reporting to the VP of Strategy in San Francisco, this position requires experience in business planning, operational strategy, and execution.

The successful applicant must have proven business sense, strong understanding of sales, marketing, customer support, strategy, and ethics, particularly in the tech world. They also must thrive in a fast-paced atmosphere, and be comfortable working directly with, and reporting to, their executive staff. Also they will represent Eventbrite externally, so comfort in public speaking and media interviews is a plus.

If you know how to make things happen pop by the job listing on Linkedin for more info.

Digital Campaign Executive at Southern Cross Austereo

Southern Cross Austereo is an exciting, vibrant, energetic and progressive company employing over 2000 staff nationally. They’re dedicated to delivering firsts in entertainment solutions with the ability to reach 95% of Australians through their Radio, TV and Digital channels. Working at Southern Cross Austereo is far more than a job – it’s an opportunity to be associated with one of the Australia’s leaders in media entertainment. They are looking for a Digital Campaign Executive to join the National Digital Team based in Sydney.

The role will see the successful applicant be responsible for providing technical support to the Digital and wider Sales teams, managing the implementation of campaigns including trafficking and all elements of ad operations. They’ll will also assist in the development and maintenance of operational sales procedures in order to grow digital revenue across the full repertoire of digital platforms and monetisation points.

If this is your kinda’ gig check out the job listing on their Linkedin page.

Customer Support at Bandcamp

Potentially the internet’s best supplier of indie music Bandcamp.com are looking for a clever, convivial individual to join the support crew. There is no Bandcamp office. Our team is sprinkled throughout the world, with arms, cells, pods, what-have-yous all over the world.

This is an ideal job for a tech savvy music lover, the successful candidate will use their expert knowledge of the site to field email inquiries from an amazing but not always 100% sober customer base of artists, labels, and fans, work closely with other teams to identify & report usability snags and other surprises, follow internal engineering developments to stay several steps ahead of potential support issues. Also it’s a bonus if are familiar with HTML/CSS/JavaScript to know when opening your browser’s page inspector will be especially illuminating.

For more info and to apply pop by the Bandcamp jobs page for more info.