Manager, Music Marketing & Commercial Partnerships (Fixed Term)

Moonbug Entertainment•Los Angeles, CA

7d•$80,000 - $100,000•Onsite

About The Position

The Music Marketing & Commercial Partnerships Manager is an analytical sales and marketing role within Moonbug Entertainment’s music label team, supporting the Director, Label Commercial & Marketing. The role combines streaming data analysis and market intelligence with release campaign coordination and DSP pitch submissions. Based in Los Angeles, the manager partners closely with the Director on day-to-day commercial execution and supports release and marketing decisions through analytical insight and operational coordination. The position is a six-month fixed-term role, with the possibility of full-time hire, and requires five days on-site in Los Angeles.

Requirements

Experience in a label, streaming, or music commercial environment, with a track record of working across analytical and operational functions.
Strong analytical instincts and ability to investigate performance trends and translate data into actionable commercial insight.
Familiarity with streaming data tools such as Luminate, Chartmetric, Spotify for Artists, or similar.
Understanding of DSP dynamics, including how editorial, algorithmic, and source-of-stream factors affect performance.
Strong organization and operational skills, with the ability to manage multiple workstreams simultaneously.
Fluency with AI tools and modern data platforms, and comfort using them to work efficiently.
Clear communication skills and ability to present findings and recommendations to senior stakeholders in plain language.
Proactive and self-directed approach, including identifying needed work and taking action.

Nice To Haves

Knowledge of the children’s music or family entertainment market.

Responsibilities

Support end-to-end coordination of Moonbug’s release schedule, tracking timelines and internal deadlines and ensuring information reaches the appropriate teams.
Liaise with Label Operations to ensure releases are delivered in time to meet marketing needs.
Prepare and submit DSP pitching materials, compiling release information, assets, and supporting data for editorial submissions.
Maintain Moonbug’s artist and brand profiles across DSPs, keeping pages current, accurately presented, and optimized for discovery.
Support the development and delivery of music marketing campaigns, coordinating assets, timelines, and approvals across internal and external stakeholders.
Coordinate with brand marketing teams on integrated campaigns, tracking deliverables and aligning music marketing activity with wider brand plans.
Monitor streaming performance across DSPs and investigate significant shifts, including editorial, algorithmic, source-of-stream, content-type, and market-wide factors, as well as lean-forward and lean-back consumption patterns.
Use streaming analysis to build and maintain Moonbug’s playlist strategy.
Analyse the impact of Moonbug’s marketing and promotional activity on streaming performance and identify what is working and why.
Monitor trends across territories and flag international market opportunities and changes in listener behaviour.
Track competitors’ marketing and promotion across DSPs and other channels, and share findings to inform Moonbug’s approach.
Prepare clear reports and presentations for the Director, turning data into narratives that inform commercial and strategic decisions.
Manage Moonbug’s on-air catalog for SiriusXM, track performance, deliver new assets, and refresh content regularly.
Oversee Moonbug’s Pandora strategy.
Collect radio liners from Moonbug talent as needed.
Work with the SiriusXM Marketing team to support the station.