14 DAY TRIAL // A person that is able to grow Apple’s iTunes business in key international markets by managing the relationships with content partners is needed, according to a new Job listing over at Apple’s web site.
The job title is “iTunes Pan-EU Label Relations”, while the key responsibility of the new recruit is to “grow iTunes' business in key international markets by managing the relationships with our content partners: the record labels,” Apple notes.
“Possessing an ability to understand and work across a number of key European markets, among them Scandinavia and Spain, the candidate is ideally based in any of these countries,” the description continues.
This person will be reporting to Carl Ekdahl, Apple’s head of Pan EU.
A list of responsibilities is then provided, as follows:
- Manage the growth of the overall business by securing comprehensive and innovative promotions around key releases
- Foster the relationship with the key account managers at the record labels, making iTunes the most important partner in helping the label to drive the digital market
- Make sure all key releases are communicated and set up for the iTunes Editorial team
- Help coordinate and implement European wide projects for iTunes
- Support the Editorial team with strategic information, taking into account chart activity, media coverage, broadcast/release dates etc.
- Research sales/customer activity using iTunes reporting tools on a weekly basis
Apple also notes that cross-functional work with iTunes’ music, marketing, production, legal and finance teams is among this person’s responsibilities.
As usual, the Mac maker seeks candidates that are passionate about their work. In this case, “A passion for discovering new music across a variety of territories,” is one of many required skills.
Another is “Great knowledge of the local music and media markets,” Apple notes. The rest of the required skills and experience can be viewed here.