Sony Corporation

Director, Media - Commercial Music Group

Sony Corporation$115K — $135K *
Media
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 6-8 years of advertising and/or marketing experience, preferably in the music industry
  • Strong negotiation skills for traditional media planning
  • Familiarity with ad platforms including Meta, TikTok, and Google Ads
  • Experience with tracking and measurement technologies
  • Proficient in reporting and analytics tools like Adverity and Looker Studio
  • Strong oral and written communication skills
  • Passionate about music and media innovation

Responsibilities

  • Lead paid advertising strategy and performance analysis for labels and projects
  • Execute campaign setup on various digital and traditional ad platforms
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to create cohesive media strategies
  • Develop data-informed insights to guide media strategies
  • Optimize campaign performance throughout its duration
  • Deliver performance insights and analyses post-campaign
  • Contribute to financial reconciliation processes and ad campaign setups

Benefits

  • Inclusive and collaborative work environment
  • Training on proprietary marketing and data tools
  • Opportunities for growth and mentorship
  • Modern office designed for creativity and teamwork
  • Comprehensive benefits package including medical cover and pension scheme
  • Chance to engage in social impact and diversity initiatives
Full Job Description
Based in our Los Angeles office and as part of the central media team within the Commercial Music Group, and reporting to the SVP of Media, lead paid advertising strategy, planning, optimization, and performance analysis for specific labels and projects across social, digital, out-of-home, and other traditional channels.
What you'll do:
  • Execution and campaign setup across social, CTV, programmatic, and other ad platforms
  • Negotiate, plan, and implement traditional media programs through strategic collaborations with traditional channel partners (out-of-home, print, trade, radio, TV)
  • Collaborate with both the central media team and other departments (e.g., marketing, content, audience development, and analytics) to create cohesive strategies guided by key business outcomes
  • Utilize various internal and external tools to develop data-informed insights that provide the framework and approach for media strategies
  • Help create focused, creative, and breakthrough media plans that provide immediate impact as well as key learnings for the future
  • Develop and conduct key ad operation tasks engineered for media and business goal performance
  • Focus on optimizations during campaign flights to consistently improve performance and generate key learnings
  • Deliver performance results, as well as key creative and media insights, during and upon completion of campaigns
  • Provide a regular cadence of performance insights (by artist, genre, and playlist group), budget recaps, and analyses
  • Help evaluate creative and provide suggestions and recommendations on assets to set campaigns up for success and test new approaches
  • Aid in the financial reconciliation process (PO requests, PO creation, invoice approvals/distribution, troubleshooting)
  • Develop media strategies around music award nominations and voting windows, such as the Grammys, CMAs, and ACMs
  • Test new ad products and provide insight on efficacy for business use cases
  • Provide input on ad processes, tools, and structures to create the most efficient, automated, and effective ways of working
  • Keep all project trackers, request forms, plans, and reports up to date and accurate
Who you are:
  • 6-8 years of advertising and/or marketing experience with an agency or brand (music industry experience is a plus)
  • Self-starter with a strong tolerance for high-volume, quick-turnaround work
  • Working knowledge of key ad platforms such as Meta, TikTok, Snap, Google Ads, Amazon, demand-side platforms (DSPs), and others
  • Traditional media planning and strong negotiation skills across channels
  • Familiarity and applied knowledge of tracking, measurement, and tagging technologies and methodologies (e.g., pixels, events, integrations, and GTM)
  • Use of reporting, dashboard, and analytics tools (e.g., Adverity, Supermetrics, Looker Studio, and similar tools)
  • Proficiency with MS Office, Canva, Google tools, and other spreadsheet and presentation tools
  • Strong oral and written communication skills
  • Love and passion for music
  • Curious and forward-thinking about the state and future of media and its integration with music


What we give you:
  • An inclusive, collaborative, and global community where you have the opportunity to fuel the creative journey
  • Training on internal and proprietary marketing and data tools
  • Opportunity for growth, development, and mentorship
  • Ability to work in a modern office designed to foster productivity, creativity, and teamwork
  • An excellent range of benefits like private medical cover, a generous pension scheme, life assurance, income protection, plus loads of music industry perks
  • The platform to champion positive change, with the opportunity to contribute to our social impact, diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives

California Pay Range

$115,000-$135,000 USD

About Sony Corporation

Sony Corporation is a multinational conglomerate that produces a wide range of products and services, including consumer electronics, gaming, entertainment, and financial services. The company was founded in 1946 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. Sony has operations in over 190 countries and employs approximately 111,700 people worldwide. The company's mission is to inspire and fulfill people's curiosity and creativity through the power of technology, entertainment, and innovation.
Learn more about Sony Corporation
Size
111,700 employees
Market Cap
$96 billion
Industry
Net Income
$1,077.4 billion
Founded
1946
5 Year Trend
+5.5%
Revenue
$8,527.6 billion
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