Position of Label Administrator available at The Sixteen Productions Ltd (CORO)

Contact: [email protected] Telephone: 01865 793999 Location: Currently Oxford, moving in the summer of 2020 within central Oxford or to Witney. Information posted: 17 February 2020 Salary offered: £20,000 - £24,000 dependent on experience Closing date: 6 March 2020

The Sixteen Productions (CORO): CORO is the award-winning record label of and his celebrated ensemble, The Sixteen. Ground-breaking when it was formed in 2001, CORO was one of the first independent artist-owned classical labels and, over the last 19 years, has cultivated an acclaimed catalogue of over 170 titles. These include albums of choral works from composers as varied as Fauré and Pärt to Purcell and Tallis, as well as re- discovered treasures of the Renaissance and Baroque and world premiere recordings from contemporary composers. CORO also has a DVD strand featuring the BBC’s Sacred Music Series and a guest artist label (CORO Connections) which hosts recordings from the , the and I Fagiolini amongst others.

The Sixteen Group: The Sixteen ranks today amongst the world’s greatest ensembles comprising both choir and period- instrument orchestra. It has a distinctive clarity of sound and a reputation for bringing lesser-known works and under-represented composers to the public. It performs a wide range of choral-based music but it has a particular reputation for sacred works of the 16th to 18th centuries and the 20th century to today.

The Sixteen is managed by The Sixteen Ltd, a charitable company based in London. The Sixteen Productions Ltd is a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Sixteen Ltd which manages the Group’s record label, CORO. The administrative teams for the two entities work closely together to promote all of The Sixteen’s performing and recording activities in the UK and overseas.

The Sixteen Productions Ltd is seeking a Label Administrator to work closely with CORO’s General Manager and The Sixteen Ltd’s management team.

Job and Skills required: This is an exciting opportunity for a dynamic and enthusiastic person with a genuine interest in classical music.

The post of Label Administrator is a diverse and wide-ranging role which involves sales and marketing, website management, creation and planning of social media campaigns, concert attendance and general office duties. The successful candidate will have a good knowledge of social media and digital marketing and excellent IT, organizational and communication skills. They will be conscientious and show careful attention to detail as well as being able to use their initiative and imagination.

We are looking for an energetic and engaging individual who shows flair and creativity and will develop the role with new ideas.

Additional Requirements: The role involves travelling to concerts in the UK given by The Sixteen in order to sell CDs and so a full and clean driving licence is essential. A hire car will be provided for travel to concerts.

A knowledge of Adobe software (In Design, Photoshop and Premiere Pro for example) would be desirable but is not essential.

Also desirable would be a knowledge of Data capture and management, Search Engine Optimisation and Google Analytics.

Other information: Job Description: For a full Job Description see below To apply: To apply please send your CV and a cover letter by email to Cath Edwards: [email protected] Contact name: Cath Edwards ([email protected]) Address: Osney Lock Boathouse, Osney Lock, Bridge Street, Oxford, OX2 0AX

The Sixteen Productions Ltd. (CORO)

Position Label Administrator (Full Time)

Office Osney Lock Boathouse, Osney Lock, Bridge Street, Oxford, OX2 0AX. Moving in the summer of 2020 within central Oxford or to Witney.

Tel 01865 793999.

Line Manager Cath Edwards, General Manager, The Sixteen Productions Ltd. (CORO).

Hours 40 hours per week. Office hours are flexible between 9.00am – 6.00pm Monday to Friday. In addition to your normal hours of work, you are required to work any necessary additional hours for the proper performance of your duties, without any additional remuneration, and evening and weekend work will sometimes be required. We operate a ‘time off in lieu’ system to compensate for additional hours worked.

Annual Leave 25 days per annum.

Salary £20,000 – 24,000 Depending on experience. The Sixteen Productions Ltd offers a Pension Scheme.

Notice Period 8 weeks notice will be given by both parties.

Remit To work alongside the General Manager in the day-to-day running of The Sixteen’s record label, CORO, in-line with corporate strategy, artistic policy and high standards of trade.

Detailed job description

Website Management - Manage and update The Sixteen’s online shop (thesixteenshop.com) including adding new albums to the shop and creating digital audio files and descriptive content for all CORO products.

- Create and update all shop banners on thesixteenshop.com and create and update album banners on thesixteen.com.

- Manage via the Back Office facility of all other aspects of the website shop thesixteenshop.com.

Marketing In conjunction with The Sixteen Ltd’s Marketing Manager and the CORO General Manager:

- Manage the flow of information on The Sixteen’s websites (thesixteen.com & thesixteenshop.com), highlighting new or topical releases, ensuring all important news and reviews are featured and linking with The Sixteen’s online social media campaigns and co-ordinating digital marketing initiatives.

- Manage the customer data captured via thesixteenshop.com for mailings and eBulletins.

- Create engaging new posts and updates on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, You Tube and any other social marketing tools as appropriate.

- Explore and develop creative new ways of engaging audiences and increasing interactivity especially with younger followers.

- Oversee the management of GoogleAdWords campaigns and other online marketing tools.

With the CORO General Manager:

- Develop creative new ideas and offers to promotion The Sixteen’s recordings on thesixteenshop.com and via third parties.

- Work with the General Manager to find innovative new ways of exploiting the back catalogue.

Also: - Oversee press mailings and complimentary copies for all new releases.

- Place advertising for CDs as stand-alone items, and as part of a live/recording promotion.

- Creation of artwork for adverts and leaflets.

CD Sales - Co-ordinate sales of CDs and attendance at live concerts for both self-promotions and third-party promotions in the UK (dates to be shared with the CORO General Manager).

- Fulfilment of all CD orders placed via The Sixteen’s online shop.

- Oversee customer support for all CD and Digital Download purchasers.

- Fast and efficient handling of distributor orders at home and overseas, and direct order clients (e.g. Cathedrals etc.).

- Fulfilment of distributor orders and liaison with accountants re. invoicing, paperwork and customs forms as required.

- Reporting of concert and office sales to accountants on a monthly basis.

Stock Management - Oversee office stock management.

- International stock control and repress management and execution.

- Arrangement of production and pressing with CORO’s CD pressing company, BigWeb, for back catalogue titles.

General - Assist the General Manager in sourcing imagery, information and copy for CD / DVD booklets (such as Texts and Translations).

- General office duties: answering telephones, opening post, fielding general enquiries, ordering stationery.

- Design of the CORO recording catalogue every 12 months.