Artist & Project Manager: Polyarts and HarrisonParrott in London

The primary function of the Artist and Composer Manager is to develop, promote, and manage all aspects of the careers of a defined list of artists and projects (including composers) who are multi-hyphenates, working across various areas of the music industry. The Artist and Composer Manager shall be responsible for all day‐to‐day activity and strategy of a fixed roster of artists and take a proactive approach to constantly search for opportunities across all aspects of the industry, as well as handle the contractual, administrative, production, and financial needs of each individual.

This role is a key part of the forward‐thinking and dynamic Polyarts and HarrisonParrott team, crucial for its continued growth. Always ensuring exceptional service consistency and personal assistance to clients, this role requires a self‐starter who anticipates needs, addresses concerns and resolves issues as and whenever they arise in a professional, confident and efficient manner. A proactive, strong initiative, responsible, self‐motivated and autonomous work style is needed.

Please be aware that working in the music industry, and working alongside international artists shall require additional hours, and adapting to calls and working patterns on different time zones. Attendance and preparation/production to concerts out of standard hours shall be expected within the contract.

Key Responsibilities

• Artistic Strategy and Relationship and Sales
  • Establish and build relationships with artists to deliver on their strategic needs and aims, working closely with senior management to identify and deliver this strategy.
  • Work with key promoters across the industry to deliver high quality and efficient work.
  • Clearly plan and implement sales for each of your artists alongside the Associate Director, Polyarts. Procure and negotiate engagements to implement agreed sales strategy of 6-8 artists or projects ranging from composers to instrumentalists to vocalists.
  • Set regular sales targets and meet said targets.
  • Aim to increase revenue per artist by 10-20% on an annual basis.
  • Constantly push results and initiatives to improve financial results per artist and projects.
• Financial KPIs
  • Manage Junior Artist Coordinator, in partnership with CEO and AD.
• Career Planning
  • Show initiative in planning sales targets and strategies for your artists and implementing these plans.
  • Act as a key point of contact with assigned artists and handle requests independently while keeping team in the loop – responsible for all meeting/sales update documents/agendas for artists.
  • Work proactively with Director(s) and Senior Staff on the formulation of a strategic plan of performances and recordings for the development of an artist's career.
  • Maintain awareness of the progress of an artist's performance through concert attendance, reading reviews and discussion with the artist and promoters and provide internal progress reports, briefings and management career projections.
  • Oversee the maintenance of various diaries of each artist and finalise details of each engagement.
  • Check repertoire details including versions/editions, language, string strengths and instrumentation.
  • Oversee requirements for work permits and/or visas, and make the necessary applications where necessary.
  • Oversee detailed requirements according to artists personal needs and rider.
• Contracts
  • Negotiate/advise on contract terms, ensure fee negotiations are finalised, process and manage the issuing and finalisation of contracts.
  • Ensure there is effective liaison with the Accounts department on all matters relating to timely accounting to artists, commission, and tax arrangements.
  • Assist in the administration of contracts which are non‐specific to engagements, such as recording and TV contracts, music directorships.
• Financial Administration
  • Ensure with coordinators financial information on artist diary system is maintained and outstanding fee negotiations followed up on a timely basis.
  • Review promoter invoices and monthly commission statements to ensure correct.
  • Liaise with promoters and HP accounts department regarding social security payments, tax waivers and withholding tax arrangements.
  • Oversee incoming royalty statements and other correspondence relating to incoming monies.
  • Oversee/Keep track of and ensure timely payment of artists' fees, and check deductions of tax, social security etc, by promoters.
  • Liaise with artists' accountants for appropriate record keeping.
• Marketing and PR
  • Oversee and work on presentations and make sure external materials are up to date as well as artists pages, documents, biographies, press packets and websites.
  • Work on regular mailouts and webnews items to promote your artist's achievements and inform presenters, venues, orchestras and achieve conversion to sales and sales leads.
  • Support Artist on the delivery of their social media accounts, where necessary.
  • Manage Coordinators to ensure that reviews are collated on a regular basis.
  • Monitor ticket sales of live events and work with promoters to deliver on successful marketing campaigns.
  • Maintain and distribute artist's photographs, press material and promotional recordings as required.
  • Maintain a high degree of current working knowledge on global music, entertainment and consumer brand digital marketing campaigns; acting as Polyarts specialist in this area.
  • Where necessary consult with and support other artist managers on digital marketing.
  • Work on marketing strategies and media partnerships.
• Business Development
  • Be alert to opportunities for collaborations, connections, and links between Polyarts and HarrisonParrott artists and projects.
  • Develop proposals for potential project partners and consultancies and the monitoring of those already contracted.
• Artists & Repertoire
  • Some signing or project evaluation responsibility to be approved by Senior Manager/Director.

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

• Essential
  • Proven experience (4+ yrs) and competency in managing artists including strategic career planning, sales and marketing, and contract negotiation, or directly comparable and relevant experience in an alternative area of the classical music business.
  • Excellent project management skills.
  • Knowledge and passion of contemporary music across range of genres and sub‐genres.
  • High level of accuracy, attention to detail.
  • Solid organisation skills.
  • Ability to manage and prioritise a large number of varied tasks with multiple deadlines.
  • Excellent IT skills.
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Outlook.
  • Prior experience in a relevant and related area of the music business.
  • Excellent knowledge of and active interest in music.
• Desirable
  • Digital Marketing Experience.
  • Educated to at least undergraduate degree level or equivalent.
  • Experience managing composers, commissioning agreements, rights.
  • Knowledge of recording industry.

Benefits

• The post carries 25 days of paid holiday per year pro rata in addition to statutory bank and public holidays. 5 of these days are to be taken during the office closure period in December.
• After 3 months of continuous employment the post holder will automatically be enrolled into the Company's Pension Scheme.
• Life assurance: 3 x annual salary.
• Hybrid workplace model.
• Flexible starting and ending times.
• Employee Assistant Programme.
• Plus, Somerset House residents' benefits:

• I Love Covent Garden Card.
• Northbank Privilege Card.
• Corporate rate at Waldorf Fitness First.
• Community membership rates at King's College Gyms.
• Covent Garden Physio – introductory rate: 10%.