The Orchard (a wholly owned subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment) is a leading music distribution company operating in over 40 markets worldwide – distributing music from independent artists including Ozuna, Skepta, Jorja Smith, 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.
The Solutions Associate Manager (Korea) acts as the primary client-facing operational and administrative liaison between local partners and The Orchard’s global Legal, Finance, Operations and Rights Management teams. Moving away from traditional standalone label support, this role owns the full end-to-end client onboarding, supports digital release logistics, handles financial/administrative escalations, and delivers actionable performance analytics. The ideal candidate is a corss-functional problem solver with a strict “see-it-through” mindset, dedicated to eliminating operational friction, safeguarding royalty flows, and supporting roster growth.
End-to-End Client Onboarding & Back-Office Integration
- Oversee the complete operational and administrative onboarding lifecycle of new Korean artists and labels, from the account set up to payment readiness, and catalog ingestion, working in close partnership with the Relationship Management Team.
- Guide clients through the onboarding process, conduct platform demonstrations, and ensure seamless system adoption.
- Resolve payment blockers by gathering, verifying, and processing financial/banking documentations in coordination with global Finance and Contract Admin teams.
- Manage administrative catalog transitions, including payee changes (LOD, assignments, entity name changes), payment holds, and client offboarding workflows, as needed
Release Operations & Product Logistics Support
- Autonomously manage complex digital release setups (eg. timed releases), and advanced metadata updates in collaboration with the Relationship Management Team
- Act as the local escalation point for product blocks or copyright/compliance flags, with Content Review Team
- Coordinate with centralized Operations to process catalog adjustments, remaps, takedowns, transfers, and store whitelisting
Domestic Client Support
- Deliver release schedules and metadata updates seamlessly to major domestic DSPs
- Compile, update and optimize master release lists of key local titles, tracking placement updates and providing feedback loops to partners and internal stakeholders.
Data Analytics & Performance Reporting
- Establish and manage a structured data reporting routine across release cycles (Day 1, Daily, Weekly, Monthly) to monitor streaming trends, algorithmic pick-ups, and market performance.
- Analyze listener demographics, geographic consumption spikes, and playlist performance to provide actionable insights for localized commercial and marketing campaigns.
- Utilize internal BI tools (eg. Looker) to monitor monthly client revenue fluctuations, identifying growth opportunities or investigating underlying operational causes behind revenue drops
Cross-Functional Problem Solving & Global Alignment
- Investigate and resolve day-to-day administrative, financial, and operational client inquiries with end-to-end ownership, ensuring a streamlined and positive partner experience.
- Collaborate with Rights Management, Legal and Claims teams to safeguard content integrity (eg. ownership disputes, asset remaps, rights conflicts)
- Maintain internal system fluency (including proprietary back-end applications (eg. Zendesk), and obtain necessary industry certifications/standards.
Who you are:
- Minimum 5+ years of total professional experience in digital operations, client administration, or content distribution (including at least 2+ years of direct experience within music distribution, record label, or digital media platforms sectors)
- A strong advantage in digital media, content, music or platform-based businesses
- Solid understanding of digital supply chain workflows, metadata standards, and streaming platform mechanics. Proficiency with platform tools (eg. Spotify for Artists, iTunes Connect, or YouTube CMS) and proprietary backend content system.
- Proactive problem solver with a strong financial/contractual baseline. Highly advanced organizational skills with the ability to multi-task, prioritize under tight deadlines, and maintain a strict “see-it-through” problem-solving mindset.
- Professional fluency in both English and Korean is required (written and spoken).
- You’ll join an inclusive, collaborative, and global community where you have the opportunity to fuel the creative journey.
- A modern office environment designed to foster productivity, creativity, and teamwork.
- We invest in your professional growth & development.
Equal Opportunities
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Skills Required
- At least 5 years of total professional experience in digital operations, client administration, or content distribution
- At least 2 years of direct experience in music distribution, record labels, or digital media platforms
- Understanding of digital supply chain workflows, metadata standards, and streaming platform mechanics
- Proficiency with platform tools such as Spotify for Artists, iTunes Connect, or YouTube CMS, plus proprietary backend content systems
- Professional fluency in English and Korean, written and spoken
- Strong financial and contractual understanding
- Highly advanced organizational skills, multitasking ability, prioritization under tight deadlines, and end-to-end problem-solving mindset
- Experience in digital media, content, music, or platform-based businesses
What We Do
The Orchard is a global music distribution and artist-services company. It distributes music from independent artists and labels across 45 markets and offers marketing, sync licensing, video services, data analysis, advertising, rights management, and digital and physical distribution. The company’s mission is to empower creators and businesses to grow, and it operates as a wholly owned subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment.
