A&R Coordinator – Sony Music Publishing

About the Role

Development of Songwriters as well associated talent partners. Delivering deliverables and marketing the projects through song releases, talent & label collaborations and sampling opportunities.

Given India’s diverse linguistic communities, various genres and popular styles, the A&R for the region (North & West) will be working to establish a songwriter’s ecosystem as a first; and the focus will be to create a chart successes.

This while keeping consistent the commercial demands of the job, our songwriter-first philosophy as well respecting inclusivity & diversity when working with creative professionals.

A&R Coordinator – Sony Music Publishing (Mumbai)

Location: Mumbai, India
Company: Sony Music Publishing
Application Deadline: November 16, 2025
Apply Here: LinkedIn Job Application

What You’ll Do: (job responsibilities)

Strategy:

• Identifying Independent Songwriters for the territory of India and world.
• Assisting in Conducting studio session & Song session.
• Assisting in holding Song Camps comprising songs writers and music producer’s.
• Discussion in collaborations with Global artist for co publishing.

Scouting & Discovery:

• Offline – Attending various music gigs, concerts, recording & jam sessions to discover, interact and build relations with artists as well their management.
• Online – Following various online charts – Spotify, Apple, Luminate, Shazam etc. to discover

trending releases and opportunities to sign talent & top releases.

• Internal.

Signing:

• Educating songwriters on Music Publishing, their rights and monetization opportunities.
• Educating songwriters on opportunities signing with Sony Music Publishing, our ethos, as well establishing reasonable expectations.
• Closing deal agreements.
• Supporting Admin team to register signed talent successfully and setting up various orientation sessions for the newly onboarded talent.
• Structuring songwriter advances, and recoupment structures.
• Facilitating ingestion of their works across Tempo and Pitch and supporting the Synch team with curated playlists to actively pitch for their inquiries.

Development:

• Establishing expectation with songwriters, understanding their needs, abilities, and opportunities.
• Organizing introductory and song development sessions with other artists, producers, labels, advertising, and film music supervisors.
• Managing budgets for studio sessions, renting studios – supervising time & managing resources.
• Organizing Songwriter Camps for:

§ Introductory & song-development session between artists.

§ Pitches for internal Synch, Sampling, and talent requirements.

• Keeping Songwriters abreast of any new developments, projects, social and community causes that they could be part of.

Delivery:

• Monitoring and reporting on participated song releases and their commercial success.
• Developing long-term music catalog strategy for opportunities across Synch, Sampling or any other placements.

Who You Are:

(skills and experience; split between absolute must-haves and desirable? List in order of importance)

– Fluent in speaking and writing Indian language (at least 1) Hindi and proficient in English.

– Excellent music & songwriting knowledge

– Excellent international network

– Service minded and interested in problem solving.

– Well-structured and organized

– Working experience of public speaking to large audiences

– Proven record of interest in the social media

– Excellent co-ordination skills

– Strong interpersonal skills and sensitivity to working with creative professionals.

– Collaborative and a team player

– Able to travel nationally and internationally pending business needs

– Comfortable working across different time zones

– Have a right to work in India