VP, Archives

Concord Music Group, Inc.•Nashville, TN

11d•Hybrid

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. As VP, Archives, you'll be responsible for Concord Label Group’s archival infrastructure to locate, organize, verify and preserve physical and digital assets. Works under general direction from Label Service Operations.

Requirements

10-12+ years’ experience in a senior archival or adjacent role in music or entertainment
Expertise in both physical and digital media formats (for audio and video) and broader modern recording processes within the music industry
Deep knowledge of digital supply chain distribution and metadata standards
Exceptional organization skills and attention to detail
A passion for preserving the historical value and legacy of diverse artist catalogs

Responsibilities

Oversees the division-wide archiving initiative to preserve, store and navigate Concord’s physical and digital repertoire
Builds and maintains a centralized suite of asset management tools for locating and retrieving assets within Iron Mountain and other internal databases
Presents an annual roadmap of preservation priorities, opportunities and goals
Manages the day-to-day relationship with Iron Mountain and other external partners that are core to the archival process
Develops and improves processes for archival documentation, labeling, imaging and ingestion both for existing assets and the ingestion of new acquisitions
Implements the methodology for digitizing tapes and other at-risk media formats to preserve collection integrity
Identifies revenue opportunities born from asset discovery in partnership with Labels and Services teams
Negotiates agreements with external partners in conjunction with senior leadership to ensure best in class rates and services