Business Development Manager

Description:

We are looking for a new Business Development Manager to be a passionate voice of Oxford Music. You will work to build the reputation and profile of Oxford Music and its composers in new territories by promoting to increase performances worldwide and will undertake research and implement lead generation to maximise income from Oxford Music’s catalogue across sales, rights and hire.

Duties will include:

• Research applicable markets to identify new leads and opportunities for Oxford Music’s copyrights and composers.

• Pro-actively develop new and/or current contacts to create and execute new opportunities that generate performances, broadcasts and recordings.

• Pro-actively develop and maintain strong working relationships with key music industry figures and organisations worldwide (conductors, festivals, industry bodies, record and broadcast companies) to ensure that Oxford Music’s repertoire and composers receive the best possible exposure to maximise potential income.

• Create promotional plans and strategy proposals to relevant sectors in order to maximise sales, hire and rights income.

• Work with and support relationships with external organisations, from composer estates and trusts, through to OUP’s agents and subpublishers, to achieve effective promotion and ensure repertoire controlled by Oxford Music is fully supported and exploited.

• Develop and maintain positive relationships with Oxford Music composers to ensure that they and their repertoire are fully supported, understood, championed and amplified.

We operate a hybrid working policy that requires a minimum of 2 days per week in the Oxford office. This role requires the successful candidate to travel for events on a weekly basis.

ABOUT YOU

You will have:

• An enthusiasm for seeing opportunity and realising it

• Classical music knowledge across choral and orchestral music

• Excellent industry contacts and ability to form new relationships

• Knowledge of choral and orchestral networks and decision-making processes worldwide

• Presentation skills

• Research skills, planning and prioritising