The Orchard

About The Orchard

The Orchard is a leading music distribution company operating in over 40 markets worldwide – distributing music from independent artists including Ozuna, Skepta, Jorja Smith, John Prine, and Kelsea Ballerini. With cutting edge operations and an unparalleled global team, The Orchard partners with labels of all sizes to make their music and video available across hundreds of digital and physical retailers around the world. At The Orchard, the focus is to provide a comfortable, social and engaging environment to encourage productivity and creativity. For our Summer 2020 Internship Program, we will be offering internships in the following departments: Analytics Artist Services Brand Marketing Business Development College, Lifestyle, & Digital Marketing Digital Advertising Engineering Interactive Design International Label Management Legal Merchandise Operations Performance Rights Management Rights Management Sales Video Operations ---------------- BEFORE YOU APPLY ---------------- Please review the following information. Proof of eligibility and acceptance of these terms will be required during the application process and during the mandatory background check process. In order to participate in our paid internship program, you must: Be enrolled in a matriculated program, in pursuit of an Associate's, Bachelor's, or Graduate degree at an accredited institution and provide Official Transcript documentation of your degree progress. Have a cumulative GPA of 2.5 or above (anything below will be considered ineligible). Be at least in sophomore class standing or above. Be a US citizen or an international student with a CPT visa. Please see below for information regarding each of our open internship positions for the Summer 2020 semester: Analytics --------- The Analytics team is looking to hire a summer intern for the purposes of ad-hoc data reporting, analyses, and communication to stakeholders. The internship position's daily responsibilities will be collecting, analyzing, visualizing, and presenting data to internal business stakeholders. Requisite skills for the role include familiarity with a data visualization tool (Excel/Looker/Tableau etc) and familiarity with SQL. Prior experience in conducting analysis and presenting findings through dashboards/ppt presentations/etc preferred. Having a passion to discover new insights about music (and just music in general) is a big plus! Artist Services --------------- As an Artist Services intern you will develop the tools essential to building and breaking new talent both domestically and abroad. Based in our New York office, you will gain this experience by assisting the team with a wide range of projects and have the opportunity to be involved in campaigns for artists such as Jorja Smith, Joyner Lucas, lovelytheband, Spencer Barnett, Channel Tres and more. Learning opportunities include but are not limited to creative campaigns, data analytics, compiling updates and tracking trends. Brand Marketing --------------- The Brand Marketing & Communications team generates awareness and helps position The Orchard as a top distributor and label & artists services solution across the global music industry. The team manages all branded assets and events including but not limited to The Orchard's corporate website, social pages, conference presence, press, brand sponsorship, newsletter communication, The Orchard Presents, and blog: The Daily Rind. Candidates must be organized, provide consistent attention to detail and have the ability to juggle multiple projects simultaneously. Interns will spearhead content creation on The Daily Rind with informative, interesting and educational blog posts, which will require strong writing and grammar skills. Often interns will be expected to brainstorm content ideas, and support events as well as award submissions and tracking. Candidates should be excellent writers, avid blog readers, social media trend-watchers, pop culture enthusiasts, creative thinkers, and responsible over-achievers. Business Development -------------------- The Business Development department handles overall partner management as well as catalog-wide licensing deals. Our job mainly focuses on negotiating the economic terms of licensing agreements, as well as coordinating the integration and operational aspect of DSPs. Intern duties include: Partner Management, Financial Analysis, Data Analysis, Contract Administration, among others. The intern will be highly organized, have a good background in financial modeling and analysis, as well as knowledge in music licensing (or the desire to learn). Previous experience or coursework in finance, accounting, business, and economics preferred. Graduate students and undergraduate seniors preferred. College, Lifestyle, & Digital Marketing ------------------------------------------- Our Marketing teams generate awareness and demand in the online space for both The Orchard's top artists / labels, and for The Orchard itself. The intern will work with the Digital Marketing and College & Lifestyle Marketing teams: The Digital Marketing team works directly with major online music portals and editorial outlets to secure features and promotions for some of The Orchard's most recognizable names. Working on a release-by-release basis, the team advises labels and artist representatives on social media best practices, applies fan-engagement tools, and directs overall representation of the artist and/or release across the web, with a mind toward harnessing audiences and empowering and rewarding fans. The College & Lifestyle Marketing team works with our Interactive Marketing, Label Management, and Sales teams to create engaging campaigns for album releases and tours. We have 15 College Marketing Reps across the US that implement these campaigns by targeting students on campus, as well as lifestyle accounts and record stores around their cities. You'll be an essential asset for brainstorming marketing campaign ideas and creative physical promotional tools, sending physical promotional tools to our College Reps throughout the US, reviewing the final reports from the College Reps that are sent to the Record Label/Artist Management/Orchard teams, and providing crucial feedback to the Reps by analyzing their social accounts. Digital Advertising ------------------- The Digital Advertising team advances our groundbreaking services to clients and owned/operated properties. As a Digital Advertising Intern, you will learn to create and execute strategic advertising campaigns across all platforms to support our artists and their work. You will also learn how to assist with the creation of insightful reporting that helps the team to not only track permanence but to also identify insights and industry benchmarks. This position will nourish you to think creatively and proactively to better understand music marketing and advertising while also developing many important skills like attention to detail, project and time management. Based in our New York office, you will be mentored by different team members, who will work closely with you to give detailed guidance on projects. Engineering ----------- The Engineering Intern will be embedded as a member of the Platform squad and work to create applications, libraries, and dashboard to help improve the monitoring of The Orchard's many services. This internship is an opportunity for the candidate to gain experience with software development as a career, including: Writing code that is shipped to production in a CI/CD environment Writing unit tests to ensure the code being shipped does not break production Receiving and giving feedback from/to other engineers during code reviews Gaining exposure to a microservice architecture and all of the fun distributed computing challenges that come with it Working with a team in an agile/scrum SDLC process Engineering internship candidates must be comfortable coding in a language of their choice, interested in understanding how applications are built outside the classroom, and have a willingness to learn on the job. Experience with Python or Nodejs and git/github is a plus! Interactive Design ------------------ As an Interactive Design Intern you will learn how to create awesome designs for our marketing campaigns. Based in our New York office, you will gain experience by assisting our team of Interactive Designers on a wide range of design projects as well as sitting in on campaign planning meetings. Learning opportunities include Motion Graphics, Html/Css/Javascript, Branding, and Interactive Design. If you are interested in this position please provide a portfolio of your web and graphic design work. International Label Management ------------------------------ The International Label Management team works with labels and artists based outside of the US. The team works closely with clients and internal teams globally to streamline communication, manage label/artist relationships, and coordinate campaign strategy for global priority releases. Interns will assist with compiling sales data and weekly reports, competitive analysis, online artist research, marketing and press updates, as well as coordinating promotional mailings. The ideal intern candidate will be interested in learning more about data, highly organized, have strong communication skills and attention to detail. Candidates should be enthusiastic, resourceful, and have a passion for global music. Legal ----- Must be enrolled in a Juris Doctor program at an accredited law school with a GPA of 3.0 or above (preferred incoming 2L ranking or higher) *Part time - 3 days/week The legal internship position at The Orchard offers law students a unique hands-on experience in the exciting and fast-growing field of music distribution and intellectual property management, while working with The Orchard's Business and Legal Affairs attorneys and legal professionals. The position will include opportunities to review and draft various types of legal agreements and amendments, such as distribution agreements, master use and synchronization licenses, and non-disclosure agreements. Additionally, the legal intern may assist with legal research, litigation management and other ad hoc projects. The legal internship program will also provide the opportunity to interact and network with various internal clients in different departments and attend The Orchard sponsored events. Candidates must possess excellent legal writing and research, contract drafting, computer literacy, prioritization, and verbal communication skills. In addition, candidates should be self-starters who are well-organized, detail-oriented, enthusiastic and able to flourish in a fast-paced environment. A demonstrated interest in music, entertainment and intellectual property law through involvement beyond coursework (e.g., academic/professional organizations, podcasts, law review, etc.) or prior experience in a related field is preferred. Merchandise ----------- The D2C and Merchandise department executes tailored e-commerce campaigns, develops artists' brands through merchandising, and provides integrated marketing services that drive ancillary revenue and enhance the fan experience. The team manages all aspects of The Orchard's direct-to-consumer and merchandise business, including but not limited to design, production, sales, and analytics. Interns will learn how to manage artist webstores and merchandise campaigns by completing tasks within product development, fulfillment, touring, and marketing. The ideal candidate is extremely organized and detail-oriented. Successful interns possess a fan perspective, an understanding of current merchandise trends, and a creative eye. Operations ---------- As a Digital Operations Intern you will learn about the digital music supply chain and gain an in depth understanding of how record labels, as well as music services, operate in the digital landscape. Based in our New York office, you will gain experience by assisting the Digital Operations team on a wide range of projects. Learning opportunities include Digital Music QC, DMS Onboarding, Database Structure, SQL, Content Management, and Data Analytics Software. Performance Rights Management ----------------------------- As an Intern in the Performance Rights Services department you will gain hands-on experience in onboarding new label clients, in delivering and registering tracks with our international neighboring rights partners, and analyzing our client's global royalty revenue. You will be exposed to label deals, royalty collections, and rights management, all while learning about the rapidly growing world of performance rights! Ideal candidates would have an eye for data analysis, be passionate music fans themselves, and enjoy a fast-paced, team-oriented environment. Rights Management ----------------- The Orchard is looking for a Rights Management Intern to join a team focused on managing The Orchard's digital audio and video assets on YouTube and other short-form video platforms. You'll learn about YouTube's Content Management System (CMS), Content ID, and The Orchard's internal tools, as well as the ways that a YouTube partner like The Orchard manages its clients' rights and grows revenue. You'll assist with quality assurance for The Orchard's assets within YouTube's CMS, in addition to researching and resolving issues related to master rights on YouTube and at performance rights collections societies. You'll be paired with a supervisor who will help you learn how the platform works as well as the skills needed for each project. Qualifications: Outstanding written and verbal communication skills; impeccable follow-up and follow-through capabilities Well-organized and attentive to detail Love of research, an innate sense of curiosity, and the desire to learn Discerning eye and ear for audio and visual content Comfort in a fast-paced, team-oriented environment, and able to manage multiple deadlines simultaneously Sales ----- As a Sales Intern you will learn how to generate awareness and demand in the online retail space for The Orchard's top artists and labels. In addition to advising our labels and artist representatives on a release - by - release basis, we also work with our expansive catalog to promote and sell our releases through creative marketing opportunities. Based in our New York office, you will be paired with a mentor, who will work closely with you to give detailed guidance on projects. Video Operations ---------------- As a Video Operations Intern you will learn how music videos make their way from a record label to a digital storefront. Based in our New York office, you will gain experience by assisting our Operations team on a wide range of processes that make up the music video delivery pipeline including quality assurance, mastering, and delivery. Learning opportunities include Final Cut Pro, partner management, and store style guide compliance. ----------------- About The Orchard ----------------- The Orchard is a leading music distribution company operating in over 40 markets worldwide. With a comprehensive artist & label services offering including full-service marketing, sync licensing, comprehensive video services, transparent data analysis, advertising, rights management, digital and physical distribution and more, The Orchard empowers creators and businesses to grow and adapt in the dynamic global industry. For further information, visit www.theorchard.com (http://www.theorchard.com/). The Orchard is committed to providing equal employment opportunity for all persons regardless of age, disability, national origin, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, veteran or military status, marital and civil partnership/union status, alienage or citizenship status, creed, genetic information or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.

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