Aspect is hiring: Director of Music in Los Angeles

ASPECT, an award-winning motion picture advertising agency, is seeking a Director of Music to supervise and manage a dynamic music team. The Director of Music will oversee all aspects of creative music supervision across the agency. They will manage the music team including a music supervisor and two coordinators. The ideal candidate has a passion for music and trailers, is organized, detail oriented, and an inspiring leader.

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Base Pay Range

$150,000.00/yr - $200,000.00/yr

Responsibilities

• Provide music supervision and licensing on all theatrical, streaming, home entertainment and games projects.
• Lead and manage the music team and support their career growth and development.
• Oversee and produce custom music, trailerizations and overlays.
• Negotiate, oversee and manage budgets for original and licensed music.
• Maintain excellent relationships with various music libraries, labels, composers and artists to provide quality music pulls.
• Manage all third party materials for external licensing of musical pieces and generate clearance requests.
• Collaborate with producers and editors to select music for trailers and various projects.
• Manage the organization of the music library and the categorization of new submissions from labels and libraries.
• Oversee completion and delivery of music cue sheets.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience within the music industry.
• Extensive understanding of music rights, clearance and licensing.
• Excellent communication, organization and research skills.
• Extensive understanding of music genres and sub-genres.
• Experience with cue sheeting process.
• Basic Adobe Premiere skills and experience with DISCO, Source Audio etc a plus
• Strong communication skills, in person as well as virtually.
• Must be self‑motivated, disciplined and highly organized.
• Ability to prioritize multiple projects and tasks.
• Solution & detail oriented.
• Thrives in a fast‑paced creative environment and flexibility to work after hours if needed.
• Problem solver with a track record of working independently.

Seniority Level

Director

Employment Type

Full‑time

Job Function

Design, Art/Creative, and Information Technology

Industries

Advertising Services and Entertainment Providers

Benefits

• Medical insurance
• Vision insurance
• 401(k)

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Location

Inglewood, CA

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