Marketing/PR

About the job

Seek innovative, energetic person who lives and breathes the web, someone who knows effective marketing and is in tune with all kinds of music.

Position requires strategic thinking, excellent verbal & written communications skills. Candidate should be knowledgeable about B2B/B2C aspects of publicity - both conventional & new media- blogs, viral videos, social bookmarking & other cutting-edge opps that we haven’t heard of yet!

Responsibilities:
*All facets of marketing and promotion including: writing website content/news, press releases, designing effective, targeted ads & writing copy for those ads
*Effective follow-up with media & partners
*Help create & execute online and print marketing campaigns, manage ad calendar, research effective ad placement, write/post news on company & related music sites, interview musicians & industry for print & video news content
*Oversee graphic design projects

Ideal Candidates:
* A responsible, self-starter who can meet deadlines, doesn’t take no for an answer, thinks on their feet & out-of-the box
* Able to write ad copy, branding messages, press releases, website content/news
* Excellent strategic thinking, verbal & written communications skills
* Proficient in administering social media sites on YouTube, MySpace, Facebook, Digg and Twitter
*Passion for promoting new music a must!
*Basic graphic design knowledge ( including Adobe PhotoShop, Acrobat, Illustrator and/or In Design; familiarity with HTML and web-based infrastructure) is a huge plus