Fearless Marketing Intern

Concord Music Group, Inc. • Los Angeles, CA

19h • $18 - $18 • Onsite

About The Position

Concord is the world’s leading independent music company. The Company supports more than 125,000 artists and songwriters whose works are licensed, marketed, and performed globally. Concord's growing catalog of 1.3 million songs, compositions, sound recordings, films, plays, and musicals is one of the most impactful and culturally relevant collections of creative rights in history.
Concord is headquartered in Nashville with additional offices in Los Angeles, New York, London, Berlin, Melbourne, and Miami.
Established in 1994, Fearless Records is one of the world's leading independent rock labels. The company built a global following of dedicated music fans by developing and nurturing a roster of some of the genre's most respected and successful acts. Current artists include RIAA-certified Platinum artist Pierce the Veil and two-time GRAMMY®-nominated and Platinum-selling rock band I Prevail, who earned the label's first rock radio No. 1 in 2020 with the smash single "Hurricane." Rock radio sensation The Pretty Reckless have racked up multiple No. 1 smash hits and have the distinction of being the first female-fronted act to boast 7 chart-topping singles, while STARSET lead the intersection of art, science, and inescapable musical hooks, having garnered 4 billion cumulative worldwide streams. Fearless remains steadfast in its commitment to artist development, courtesy of its vast array of breakout and sonically diverse artists. The roster includes horror rockers Ice Nine Kills; GRAMMY®-nominated hard rockers I Prevail; the smooth and swaggy Chase Atlantic, who have tallied over 1 billion global streams and enjoyed a completely sold out North American Tour. Kinetic metal band Wage War were recently named one of the "Future Five" for 2022 by SiriusXM's Octane, cementing their status as leaders in the genre. In a testament to the label's unique roster, Pierce The Veil, Boys Like Girls, The Plot In You, post-hardcore stalwarts Movements, and alt songsmith American Teeth also call the label home. Fearless also created the wildly popular Punk Goes brand, an alternative compilation series that has sold over 3 million albums and 20 million singles in the U.S. In its fledgling days, Fearless was best known for launching the careers of respected punk rock acts such as At the Drive-In, Bigwig, The Aquabats, and Sugarcult. The company also achieved its earliest success with the multi-platinum-selling Plain White T's, who scored a worldwide hit with "Hey There Delilah." Fearless's history is rich and deep, as the label also shepherded metal mainstays August Burns Red to two GRAMMY® nominations. Elsewhere, electro-rock act Breathe Carolina rose to RIAA-certified Platinum status, while Mayday Parade's A Lesson in Romantics has attained RIAA-certified Gold status. Fearless has also worked diligently to establish itself its brand recognition by being the very visible connective tissue between its artists and the fans with creative and hands-on experiential promotions and activations. Having celebrated its 25th anniversary in 2019, Fearless is a true powerhouse that is ready to redefine the rock music landscape for another two decades and beyond.
Fearless interns will learn about all facets of album cycle marketing through their positions, in which they will touch different forms of marketing for artists of dichotomous genres, who are in various points of their respective album cycles. Interns will learn how digital and physical marketing ideas, such as contesting, pre-save campaigns, album-specific campaigns, on-site festival activations, etc, move from ideation to implementation, while also contributing to the execution of these initiatives. Additionally, interns will earn the opportunity to develop their networking and business communication skills, through engagement with third parties such as agents or managers, and through participation in marketing meetings and brainstorm sessions.
Our paid internship program will give you a unique opportunity to enhance your professional skillset, increase your knowledge of the industry, and expand your network. Our goal is to help you develop your talents as well as receive dedicated mentorship and support. Our Fall Internship Program will run from Tuesday, June 2nd- Friday, August 14th and allows interns to work up to a maximum of 20 hours per week. This internship is a paid in-person opportunity and requires the ability to work in the specified office location.

Requirements

• Must be an excellent communicator with good writing abilities
• Passion for the entertainment/music industry and a desire for a career as a digital marketer in this industry.
• Passion and appreciation for Rock, Punk Rock, Alternative Rock, Heavy Metal, etc.
• Passion for the industry and a desire for a career in it
• This internship is a part-time paid internship and requires someone located in/near Los Angeles
• The timeline of this internship program runs from Tuesday, June 2nd- August 14th You must be able to work 20 hours/week.

Responsibilities

• Research: conduct case studies and competitive intelligence studies as needed; previous research projects include collecting influencers for in-house influencer campaigns and studying competitive labels’ onsite festival activations
• Marketing ideas: contribute to creative and problem-solving discussions during meetings; contribute creatively when developing
• Cyclical-release-based tasks: picking TikTok timestamps, tracking social media followings, creating links and YouTube descriptions for upcoming releases, creating GIFs from music videos, etc
• Assist Marketing Coordinator in running the Fearless Records Street Team: from ideation, to conducting outreach, creating assets, and building recap documents providing insight into Street Team missions’ impact on artist social growth, DSP streams, etc.
• Miscellaneous assistance as needed: building out marketing decks, assisting with mailout projects, etc

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Intern
• Education Level: No Education Listed