Temp, Archive Sourcing Coordinator

Warner Music•North Hollywood, CA

8d•Onsite

About The Position

At Warner Music Group (WMG), we are a global collective of music makers and music lovers, tech innovators and inspired entrepreneurs, game-changing creatives and passionate team members. We are guided by three core values: Curiosity, Collaboration, and Commitment. WMG is home to a wide range of artists, musicians, and songwriters that fuel our success. We are committed to creating a work environment that actively values, appreciates, and respects everyone. We encourage applications from people with a wide variety of backgrounds and experiences. Consider a career at WMG and get the best of both worlds – an innovative global music company that retains the creative spirit of a nimble independent. The department consists of five specific areas of responsibility, all ultimately focused on the production and distribution of WMG products: Research and Development, Product Data Management, Studio and Archive Operations, Digital Production, and Digital and Mobile Operations. In this role, you will work with one of the largest tape libraries in the world ensuring the protection, preservation, and production of tapes that source some of the most iconic albums and unheard rarities in all of music history. You’ll work with both librarians and engineers, directly handle and distribute master tapes and other audio sources to archive vendors, and ensure the accuracy of production and preservation through research, document creation, and spreadsheet & database maintenance.

Requirements

Detail-oriented
Enjoy problem solving and have initiative
Composure and interpersonal savvy
Preferably have a college degree or equivalent work experience
Maintain a service orientation and customer focus

Nice To Haves

Familiarity with Excel and navigating databases
Knowledge of music industry processes past and present: Tracking/Mixing/Mastering/Duplication
Familiarity with audio recording media format

Responsibilities

Ensure that the proper tapes are being archived for a given release.
Locate final product and verify that all metadata is correct in relation to tapes pulled.
Create Archive Packing Lists detailing correct Artist, Title, Label, Sel #, Track Titles, Source File #, and any other pertinent information needed for each release, providing these to the archive vendors for reference and inclusion in the archives.
Update the Transfer Tracker document for archives needed for current production requests, including the date sent for archive, where it was sent and when it is needed by.
Schedule pick-ups of archive supplies and tapes and address sourcing issues with vendors as they arise (finding alt sources if tapes are problematic, etc.).
Correct errors in our Master Library System (MLS) database based on research, tape box information or additional information provided by archive vendors working with the tapes.
Assist non-archive librarians as needed.