Category: Publishing

At Warner Music Group, we’re a global collective of music makers and music lovers, tech innovators and inspired entrepreneurs, game-changing creatives and passionate team members. Here, we turn dreams into stardom and audiences into fans. We are guided by three core values that underpin everything we do across all our diverse businesses: 
• Curiosity: We do our best work when we’re immersing ourselves in culture and breaking through barriers. Curiosity is the driving force behind creativity and ingenuity. It fuels innovation, and innovation is the key to our future. 
• Collaboration: Making music and bringing it to the world is all about the power of originality amplified by teamwork. A great idea, like a great song, travels globally. We ignite passions and build connections across our diverse community of artists, songwriters, partners, and fans.
• Commitment: We pursue excellence for our team and our talent. Everything in music starts with a leap into the unknown, and we’re committed to keeping the faith, acting with integrity, and delivering on our promises.
WMG is home to a wide range of artists, musicians, and songwriters that fuel our success. That is why we are committed to creating a work environment that actively values, appreciates, and respects everyone. We encourage applications from people with a wide variety of backgrounds and experiences.
Consider a career at WMG and get the best of both worlds – an innovative global music company that retains the creative spirit of a nimble independent.
Job Title: Creative/A&R Assistant **
Reports To: Senior A&R Manager
** Department: A&R, Warner Chappell
**Location: ** Sydney, Australia
A little bit about our team:
Warner Chappell Music Australasia is the local heart of a global publishing powerhouse, operating as a dedicated, high-impact team that consistently punches above its weight. We pride ourselves on being a small but agile force, blending deep local expertise with the expansive reach of our international network to champion Australian stories on the world stage. Our prestigious local roster is a testament to this commitment, housing the enduring legacies of icons such as the writers behind the hits of Australian Crawl and Little River Band, while simultaneously nurturing a vibrant new generation of talent. From the globally resonant indie-pop of Vacations and The Jungle Giants to the boundary-pushing artistry of AViVA and the authentic folk-pop of Ziggy Alberts, we serve as a strategic partner to creators across every era of the Australian musical landscape.
Your role:
The Creative/A&R Assistant is a key support role within the AU/NZ A&R team, working closely with songwriters, producers, and internal creative partners to help move songs from early ideas through to pitching, registration, and release readiness.
You will be embedded in the day-to-day creative workflow of the publishing team —supporting writing sessions, tracking new material, and ensuring the right information flows between A&R, Sync, and Rights at the correct time. This role suits someone looking to build a long-term career in A&R music publishing, with hands-on exposure to the creative and commercial lifecycle of songs.
This part-time position (25 hours per week) requires consistent presence to maintain creative momentum and clear communication across the department.
Here you’ll get to:
• Support the A&R team in the coordination of local writing sessions and writing camps, including scheduling, bookings, and session follow-ups.
• Act as a first point of organisation for post-session materials, collecting demos, lyric notes, and split information and sharing outcomes with the A&R team.
• Track new songs coming through the AU/NZ team, maintaining accurate titles, writer splits, and metadata across internal A&R trackers.
• Assist with the curation and tagging of creative playlists for sync pitching, working closely with the Sync team to surface suitable material.
• Ensure Rights and Royalties teams receive complete, accurate information to support timely registrations.
• Contribute to weekly creative updates across A&R, Sync, and Rights, flagging missing information or follow-ups early to keep projects moving.
About you:
• You are of an entrepreneurial mindset, deeply interested in A&R and the creative process behind songwriting, collaboration, and catalogue development.
• You're confident interacting with artists, managers and the wider industry on a day to day basis
• You understand (or are keen to learn) how songs move from a writing room into pitching, registration, and ultimately commercial use.
• You are highly organised and detail-oriented, without losing sight of the creative context behind the work.
• You’re comfortable working across A&R, Sync, and Rights, and understand why accuracy and timing matter in publishing.
• You’re confident using and creating shared trackers, file-sharing platforms, and streaming or playlisting tools to manage creative assets.
• You have a foundational understanding of copyright, royalties, and PROs such as APRA/AMCOS — or a strong willingness to learn quickly.
We’d love it if you also had:
• Experience assisting an A&R team, artist manager, label, publisher, or creative studio.
• Familiarity with the AU/NZ songwriting and production landscape.
• Experience handling song data, metadata, or creative catalogues.
• A genuine interest in discovering and developing talent over time.
About us:
At Warner Chappell Music (WCM), we shape the culture of songwriting and champion songs that resonate for generations by creating transformational opportunities for songwriters everywhere. Our people and culture are at the epicenter of our company, and we are looking for team members who share our service-oriented mindset and have a passion for looking after our songwriters.
As the global music publishing arm of Warner Music Group (WMG), we’re a collective band of music lovers, innovative connectors, and relentless supporters of our songwriters and catalog of iconic works. We lead with curiosity, collaborate across departments, borders, languages, and genres, and we’re committed to delivering on the promises we make to each other and to our songwriters.  
As the home to Asylum, Atlantic, East West, Elektra, FFRR, Fueled by Ramen, Nonesuch, Parlophone, Rhino, Roadrunner, Sire, Warner Records, Warner Classics, and several other of the world’s premier recording labels, Warner Music Group champions emerging artists and global superstars alike. And our renowned publishing company, Warner Chappell Music, represents genre-spanning songwriters and producers through a catalogue of more than one million copyrights worldwide. Warner Music Group is also home to ADA, which supports the independent community, as well as artist services division WMX. In addition, WMG counts film and television storytelling powerhouse Warner Music Entertainment among its many brands.
Together, we are Warner Music Group: Independent Minds. Major Sound
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Don’t be discouraged if you don’t hear from us right away. We’re taking our time to review all resumes, and to find the best people for WMG. 
Thanks for your interest in working for WMG. We love it here, and think you will, too.
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This position requires a minimum of four days per week in the office. We value in-office collaboration and believe it's essential for talent development and fostering strong working relationships.
Warner Music Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer.