Sr. Music Producer

Sr. Music Producer As a full‑time producer within Warner Chappell Production Music’s (WCPM) lean, high‑energy production team, you will operate out of our state‑of‑the‑art Hollywood studios and report to the US Head of Production. In this dual‑threat role, you will produce and executive produce projects while spearheading our custom music‑for‑picture initiatives. Responsibilities Spearhead the expansion of the custom music division, participating in client presentations and pitches and coordinating growth strategies with licensing, marketing and executive teams. Actively participate in creative decisions with regard to WCPM's music projects, bringing fresh ideas and suggestions to the table and offering feedback on music submissions. Serve as a lead creative liaison between WCPM and external production partners, advocating for the musical vision while balancing budgetary and schedule constraints. Act as a primary creative bridge to the wider Warner Chappell Music (WCM) ecosystem, building relationships with A&R and sync teams, songwriters, and producers. Identify opportunities to integrate WCM’s world‑class talent into WCPM library projects and custom music‑for‑picture assignments, ensuring a seamless flow of talent and repertoire across the global enterprise. Act as executive producer, recommending and overseeing appropriate freelance composers, songwriters and producers for both library and custom music while maintaining WCPM's consistently high standards. Use your talent network to source composers, musicians, vocalists, music editors, orchestrators, arrangers, etc. for various custom and library projects as needed. As executive producer, provide creative briefs, detailed and timely feedback, review of demos and mixes, ideas for cover art, and work with the production team to ensure quality control prior to delivery. Work closely with our creative, legal, engineering, accounting and licensing teams to ensure projects are managed professionally and effectively with timely and accurate delivery. Develop and maintain strong working relationships with clients, potential clients and composers to ensure their needs are fully supported and to keep WCPM top of mind. Provide ongoing suggestions and ideas for continual streamlining of efficiencies including production workflow, archiving, delivery formats and the like. Qualifications Proven experience composing to picture for TV, advertising and/or film. Experience in developing "Sonic Identities" for series and brands, ensuring a cohesive musical language across an entire season or franchise. Proven ability to interpret abstract creative direction from showrunners and directors, translating narrative themes and character arcs into actionable musical briefs. Extensive experience navigating the post‑production lifecycle, including a deep understanding of temp‑score replacement, stems for dubbing stages and the high‑pressure turnaround times typical of episodic television. Extensive experience working with and/or overseeing composers and producers. Strong interpersonal skills and experience working with and pitching to clients, conducting creative meetings and overseeing recording sessions to picture with clients in attendance. Demonstrated high aesthetic and technical standards commensurate with WCPM's high‑quality products and services. Experience negotiating fees and compiling production budgets. Strong knowledge of recording studio operations, including duties of engineering staff, technical support staff, studio assistants, music editors, copyists and related positions. Strong experience in composing and/or producing across a wide range of genres from orchestral to hip‑hop to country to swing to pop and beyond. Good understanding of publishing, master and sync rights. Working knowledge of AFM and SAG‑AFTRA regulations regarding session musicians and vocalists to ensure all custom productions remain compliant with industry labor standards. Working knowledge of multimodal generative AI tools, AI music generation tools and a general understanding of AI code/scripting, prompt search, AI datasets and vectors as they relate to music recognition. Preferred Qualifications A network of highly‑skilled freelance music professionals (composers, musicians, engineers, editors, etc.). At least 10+ years of professional experience in a music production or post‑production environment. A proven "Rolodex" of active relationships with Executive Producers, Showrunners and Heads of Production at major networks and streaming platforms (Netflix, HBO, Bravo, etc.). Experience in custom music packages specifically in unscripted programming, with additional library support. Proficiency in ProTools, LogicPro and other industry‑standard DAWs and software. Knowledge of metadata structure and search software. Annual Rate: up to $130,000. This position requires a minimum of 4 days per week in the office. Warner Music Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer. #J-18808-Ljbffr