WHO WE ARE
UnitedMasters is building a marketplace that connects artists, brands and fans -
empowering artists to earn and grow. UnitedMasters has taken the bold step of
building a music distribution service that, radically, puts artists first -
disrupting the legacy music business by letting up-and-coming artists distribute
their music directly to fans through streaming services while maintaining
ownership of their master recording rights and up to 100% of royalties. Through
the combination of UnitedMasters’ music distribution platform and its deep ties
to brands, UnitedMasters enables independent artists and change-makers to grow
and earn unlike any other platform.
The UnitedMasters team is made up of musicians, marketers, engineers, and
storytellers with backgrounds from YouTube, SoundCloud, Pandora, Facebook, Uber,
Dropbox, Complex, VICE, and more. We work hand in hand with the award-winning
creative teams that forge those innovative partnerships at Translation (our
in-house creative advertising agency).
WE ARE LOOKING FOR A VP, MARKETING TO JOIN UNITEDMASTERS!
This role is based in Brooklyn, New York with four days in-office and one day
remote.
What You'll Do
Build and scale a social presence that moves at the speed of culture
* Turn UnitedMasters' social channels into a defining advantage for the
company, not a support function
* Lead a culturally fluent, fandom-native social strategy attuned to the
conversations, creators, and moments shaping music and pop culture in real
time
* Set UnitedMasters apart from category competitors: define a social presence
and brand voice that legacy distributors can’t replicate, leveraging music,
culture, and our deep artist relationships to build a moat that the rest of
the category can’t cross.
* Build the team, operating model, and content engine to ship at the speed
culture moves
* Partner with artist services and the music team to share artist wins
consistently, turning our roster into our best storytellers
Set and execute the strategy
* Create and execute a 360 marketing strategy to attract, retain, and engage
both sides of our marketplace: artists and brands/licensors
* Own the marketing budget across channels, hitting acquisition targets and
brand-building goals while meeting CAC and marketing efficiency benchmarks
* Develop product positioning and messaging grounded in user research, market
insights, and a deep understanding of the platform
Own brand, PR, and paid marketing
* Define and refine UnitedMasters' brand: how we present ourselves to artists,
brands, and the broader culture, and find the right mix of brand and growth
investment for our stage
* Lead paid media strategy across digital, offline, and emerging channels,
leveraging Translation's creative firepower as we scale
* Own PR and communications strategy: partner with internal and external PR
resources to land earned media that amplifies our cultural moments, fuels
artist and brand growth, and reinforces our differentiation in the category.
* Partner with Brand Partnerships & Events to develop tentpole activations that
showcase our artists, platform, and differentiation
Be a connective thread across the company
* Serve as a thruline across product, engineering, data science, design, music,
sales, and Translation, unifying our narrative and building efficient
cross-functional processes
* Define creative briefs and act as a key stakeholder in reviewing concepts and
assets against our marketing objectives
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
* 10+ years of marketing leadership with deep, demonstrable expertise in social
media. You are a social-first marketing leader, not a generalist who happens
to oversee social.
* Demonstrated ability to build and scale social channels with cultural
relevance and creative ambition
* Experience growing consumer mobile, web, and/or enterprise-SaaS products,
with clear results on business metrics and revenue growth
* Experience managing both qualitative and quantitative customer research
* Strong management experience leading cross-functional marketing teams; able
to recruit, develop, and retain world-class talent
* High intellectual horsepower, equally comfortable with spreadsheets and great
creative
* Extreme empathy and curiosity for our artist and brand customers
* Startup, do-er mentality
* Bonus:
* Music, creator economy, or marketplace experience
* International marketing experience
* Experience working closely with an in-house or external creative agency
ABOUT UNITEDMASTERS, INC.
UnitedMasters Inc. represents the creative solutions company, Translation, and
the leading software and services platform for independent creators,
UnitedMasters. UnitedMasters enables ownership, exposure, and new paths for
financial return for independent creators, while Translation helps brands
leverage the power of contemporary culture to achieve transformational growth.
Combined, UnitedMasters, Inc. is the world’s leading marketplace for cultural
capital, connecting independent artists and brands to realize a future in which
all creators own their future. Backed by Alphabet, Andreessen Horowitz, and
Apple, UnitedMasters, Inc. is reimagining how brands and artists come together
to tell their stories, build profitable growth, and push culture forward.
Salary Hiring Range: $225,000 - $265,000
Our salary ranges are based on paying competitively for our size and industry,
and are one part of many compensation, benefits and other reward opportunities
we provide (e.g. bonus, stock options, 401(k) match, etc.)
Individual pay rate decisions are based on a number of factors, including
qualifications for the role, experience level, skillset, and balancing internal
equity relative to peers at the company. We expect the majority of the
candidates who are offered roles at our company to fall healthily throughout the
range based on these factors.
The range above is for the expectations as laid out in the job description,
however we are often open to a wide variety of profiles, and recognize that the
person we hire may be less experienced (or more senior) than this job
description as posted. If that ends up being the case, the updated salary range
will be communicated with you as a candidate.
The salary range above is for the NY/CA. As a company, we have a location based
strategy, which means the salary range could be lower or higher than this if the
role is hired in another location.
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