o13 is a modern record label focused on developing original artist projects and building music with long-term value. Combining creative A&R with a data-driven approach, we identify emerging sounds, trends, and opportunities across streaming and digital platforms. Our focus is on creating distinctive artist identities, releasing great music consistently, and building a catalog that can grow at scale.
We're looking for a highly organized, music-obsessed candidate for a Music Catalog Coordinator & A&R to help us build and manage a growing catalog of music across electronic, chill, ambient, piano, dance, and emerging genres.
This is an entry-level role for someone who understands music culture, genres and trends, and wants to learn the business side of building music projects and catalogs.
You'll work closely with our A&R team across everything from coordinating, track sourcing, release planning, metadata, playlist research, creative development, and general catalog organization and administrative work.
What You'll Do
- Organize demos, masters, artwork, metadata, splits, and release information
- Help prepare releases for distribution and make sure assets and metadata are complete
- Maintain internal spreadsheets and databases tracking songs, artists, releases, and project status
- Coordinate with producers, composers, artists, and other external collaborators
- Help evaluate tracks for new and existing music projects
- Assist with building new artist concepts, aliases, and catalog projects
- Support day-to-day A&R and catalog development tasks as needed
Who We're Looking For:
You don't need years of industry experience. We care more about taste, curiosity, culture fit, organization, and your willingness to learn.
You should:
- Be genuinely passionate about music and music discovery
- Have a strong understanding of Spotify, TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, and current music culture
- Be comfortable working with spreadsheets and keeping large amounts of information organized
- Have excellent attention to detail
- Have strong written and verbal communication skills
- Be able to manage multiple projects at the same time
- Be comfortable working in a fast-moving environment where priorities can change quickly
Not required, but helpful:
- Experience with Spotify for Artists or other DSP analytics
- Basic understanding of music distribution, publishing, royalties, ISRCs, metadata, and release delivery
- Experience working with artists, producers, labels, playlists, or music marketing
- Familiarity with electronic music, chill house, ambient/sleep music, UK garage, dance music, or related genres
- Basic knowledge of Meta Ads, TikTok Ads, or digital music marketing
- Experience with Google Sheets, Excel, Notion, Airtable, or similar tools
What You'll Learn
This role is designed to give you hands-on experience in how a modern music company builds and grows a catalog.
You'll gain exposure to:
- A&R and artist development
- Music publishing and master rights
- Streaming analytics
- Digital marketing
- Distribution
- Release planning
Salary: $40K-50K CAD annually (plus benefits)
Level: Entry Level / Full-Time
*Must be able to commute to the Vancouver office a few days a week.
If you're someone who is interested in understanding both the creative and business sides of the music industry, we'd love to hear from you.
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