Sony Music Publishing
New York, USA

Summer Intern, A&R Research

$18/hrPosted 1 week agoWebsiteLinkedIn

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About this role

Job Purpose:

The Summer Intern will contribute to the A&R Research team by discovering new songs and writers through data-driven methods and evaluating them using statistical models.

What You’ll Do:

  • Discover and track growing songs and writers for the A&R team, explore what is causing the growth and the story behind the data
  • Research available writers and maintain internal records
  • Develop new methods and metrics to draw insights from existing data sources, investigate emerging data sources
  • Work on coding projects to analyze and ingest data
  • Design, execute, and present analytical projects that build the team’s understanding of music trends
  • Help with administrative needs such as documentation and manual database updates

Who You Are:

  • Current undergraduate or graduate student, preferably in Statistics, Computer Science, Mathematics, Economics, or another quantitative discipline
  • Music fan and knowledge of the modern music landscape, familiarity with music data
  • Beginner to intermediate in Python and SQL
  • Ability to provide answers to loosely defined questions and provide actionable insights
  • Strong communication skills, comfortable relaying insights to both technical and non-technical audience
  • Inquisitive and self-motivated