Assistant A&R Manager

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As Assistant A&R Manager, you will play a pivotal role in supporting the A&R Manager in implementing SME Vietnam A&R strategy that incorporates discovering new artists who have the potential to be commercially successful, finding the right songs and projects for new and current priority artists and contributing to the growth of SME Vietnam. What you'll do: • Responsible for driving the development and selection of appropriate music repertoire and/or genre for Sony Music Vietnam artists (whether current or prospective), taking into account the artists’ talents, images, voice quality, pitches, appearances, characters and personalities, etc; • Identify and refer new artists; • Provide advice on the current and future music fashion/trend as well as the general consumers’ demands; • Responsible for providing advice on grooming, development and training to artists (whether they are new or existing) in terms of music production, music play-back techniques, mixing and remixing, vocal techniques, singing techniques, live performances, image, styling, looks, and personality enhancement, etc.; • Liaising, “brainstorming” and meeting with internal teams to discuss A&R’s…