PROFESSIONAL CAREERS IN THE MUSIC BUSINESS

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IMB School training is oriented towards professionalisation.

It is designed for our students to acquire the most demanded skills to successfully perform a wide variety of roles in the music business.

Here we highlight a few:

  • Independent / DIY / self-managed artist
  • Personal manager 
  • Business manager 
  • Personal assistant 
  • Tour manager
  • Booking agent
  • Artist’s lawyer
  • Community manager artists
  • Public relations – PR artist
  • Music publishing management
  • Publisher
  • Publisher A&R
  • Publishing manager
  • Publishing sales (synchronisations) 
  • Publishing lawyer
  • Self-managed author
  • Record label A&R
  • Music supervisor
  • Phonogram’ synchronisation commercial
  • Production music producer
  • Record label company director
  • Record manager
  • Recording lawyer
  • Digital distributor
  • Label manager
  • Customer services in aggregator
  • Digital marketing
  • Record commercial
  • Record project/product manager
  • Strategic marketing
  • Sound recording royalties department
  • PR / label press
  • Executive record producer
  • Concert / festival promoter director
  • Concert / festival promoter
  • Concert / festival producer
  • Concert / venue / festival administrator
  • PR/Press department at Concert / Venue / Festival
  • Promoter / venue / concert lawyer
  • Venue booker
  • Promoter booker
  • Musical entrepreneur
  • Journalist and/or music media 
  • Music programmer
  • Business development consultant
  • Financial consultant for the music sector
  • Manager in the field of music tourism
  • Music export offices
  • Management position in collective management entities
  • Manager in collective management organisations
  • Country / region / city brand image promoter
  • Music technology project director
  • Data analyst

In today’s music business there are a myriad of roles and positions that can be grouped into different areas of activity. In particular, we have created articles in relation to the following roles:

INDEPENDENT / DIY ARTIST

MUSIC MARKETING / PROMOTION

ARTIST MANAGEMENT

CONCERT/ FESTIVAL ORGANISATION

A&R AND BOOKING

TOP MANAGEMENT ROLE

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