Executive Assistant (Music Industry) 18079

Johannesburg - South Africa

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 7 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Role: Executive Assistant

Priority Location: South Africa

Working Hours: Flexible based on clients needs (This is not a rigid 9-5 role flexibility is important)

Salary Range: $1500-2000 USD per month (The final offer is at the clients discretion and depends on the candidates interview result skills and experience.)

Type of contract: Independent Contractor

Type of job: Remote

About the Role:

This is not a traditional Executive Assistant role.

The client is looking for a highly operational partner who can integrate directly into his day-to-day world across multiple verticals publishing records management and advisory and remove administrative operational and organizational friction from his life.

His dream state:

Anything operational or administrative that comes into his world can be passed off cleanly intelligently and without hand-holding so he can focus only on high-leverage decisions: signing artists closing deals and exercising creative judgment.

This person will not just manage a calendar. They will become the operational backbone of a modern fast-moving music executive.

Key Responsibilities:

Operational & Administrative Management

Full calendar ownership (scheduling across UK Europe and U.S. time zones)
Coordinating calls with artists producers label partners and advisors
Inbox and WhatsApp support (monitoring aggregating organizing requests)
Tracking inbound song requests and routing them appropriately
Organizing Dropbox and digital files into structured systems
Creating lightweight internal workflows where none currently exist

Much of the clients business runs through WhatsApp. This EA must be comfortable operating in less formal systems extracting signal from noise and creating structure behind the scenes.

Music-Specific Administrative Support

Invoicing for management clients (producers & songwriters)
Tracking payments and following up where necessary
Coordinating deliverables across publishing and record partners
Acting as liaison with partner teams (publishing staff record-side marketing staff)
Aggregating creative assets (songs demos metadata)

Music industry experience is a strong plus or at minimum a deep passion for music and curiosity about how publishing records and management function.

Cross-Vertical Integration

The client operates across:

A publishing company
A records company
A management arm
A consulting practice

Each vertical has different partners and stakeholders. This EA must be able to move fluidly between them integrating with external teams while remaining the clients dedicated operator.

Personal & Lifestyle Support

Restaurant reservations
Travel coordination (when needed)
Client gifts and thoughtful gestures
Light personal admin

The goal is simple: keep the client above the noise.

Work Style & Environment:

This is a dynamic personality-driven industry.

Key context:

Mornings are intense and fast-paced.
Midday may be quieter.
Evenings (69 PM UK time) can ramp up due to U.S. calls.
Communication is fluid and often informal.
Speed and responsiveness matter.

This is not a rigid 95 role. Flexibility is important.

The Ideal Candidate:

You are:

Operationally sharp and extremely organized
Comfortable with ambiguity and building structure from chaos
Proactive you dont wait to be told twice
Calm under pressure
High-agency and solution-oriented
Personable warm and confident in communication
Discreet and trustworthy

Bonus Points For:

Experience in music entertainment or creative industries
Familiarity with publishing/record structures
Experience working with executives across time zones
Strong WhatsApp and informal comms management experience

What Success Looks Like (6-12 Months):

Alex no longer touches invoicing.
His calendar runs seamlessly without his involvement.
Dropbox and digital systems are structured and searchable.
Song requests are routed and tracked without friction.
Admin work disappears from his daily cognitive load.
He is focused exclusively on signing artists closing deals and growing Rendezvous.

Why this Role is Unique:

You will work directly with a globally connected music executive who sits at the center of:

Iconic legacy catalogs
Emerging frontline artists
High-level private advisory relationships
Cross-continental creative deal-making

This is a rare opportunity to gain exposure to the inner mechanics of publishing records management and music finance while building real operational ownership inside a scaling venture

Role: Executive AssistantPriority Location: South AfricaWorking Hours: Flexible based on clients needs (This is not a rigid 9-5 role flexibility is important)Salary Range: $1500-2000 USD per month (The final offer is at the clients discretion and depends on the candidates interview result skills and...