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Product Designer

Santa Monica, CA · On-site

$90K - $100K/yr

At HYBE, we believe in the power of music and foster a culture built on Passion, Autonomy, and ... Lead end-to-end merchandise design across apparel (soft lines) and accessories (hard goods)

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How much do music merchandise designer jobs pay per year?

As of Sep 9, 2026, the average yearly pay for music merchandise designer in the United States is $64,999.00, according to ZipRecruiter salary data. Most workers in this role earn between $57,500.00 and $72,500.00 per year, depending on experience, location, and employer.

What does a music merchandise designer do?

A Music Merchandise Designer creates visual designs and artwork for merchandise associated with music artists, bands, or events. This includes designing t-shirts, posters, album covers, hats, and other promotional items that reflect the artist's brand and appeal to fans. They often collaborate with musicians, managers, and marketing teams to ensure the designs align with the artist's image and marketing goals. This role combines graphic design skills with knowledge of current music and fashion trends to produce unique, marketable products.

What are some common challenges faced by music merchandise designers when working with artists and bands?

Music Merchandise Designers often need to balance creative vision with commercial viability, collaborating closely with artists to ensure designs reflect their brand while appealing to fans. One common challenge is navigating tight deadlines, especially around album releases or tours, which requires strong project management skills. Additionally, designers must adapt to feedback from multiple stakeholders, including management teams and merch companies, and ensure their work meets production requirements for various merchandise formats. Building strong communication and flexibility is key to success in this dynamic environment.

What are the key skills and qualifications needed to thrive as a music merchandise designer, and why are they important?

To thrive as a Music Merchandise Designer, you need strong graphic design skills, an understanding of branding, and experience with merchandise production processes, often backed by a degree in graphic design or a related field. Proficiency with design software such as Adobe Creative Suite and familiarity with print production techniques are typically required. Creativity, attention to detail, and strong communication skills help you translate artists’ visions into commercially appealing products and collaborate with clients and manufacturers. These skills are vital for creating merchandise that resonates with fans, effectively represents the artist's brand, and drives sales.

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Infographic showing various Music Merchandise Designer job openings in the United States as of August 2026, with employment types broken down into 55% Full Time, 43% Part Time, 1% Temporary, and 1% Contract. Highlights an 100% Physical job distribution, with an average salary of $64,999 per year, or $31.2 per hour.

Executive Vice President, Commercial Music & WMX Revenue

Los Angeles, CA • On-site

Warner Music Group
Music Bands and Freelance Musicians • 1 - 5K employees

Full-time

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Job description

At Warner Music Group, we're a global collective of music makers and music lovers, tech innovators and inspired entrepreneurs, game-changing creatives and passionate team members. Here, we turn dreams into stardom and audiences into fans. We are guided by three core values that underpin everything we do across all our diverse businesses:
  • Curiosity: We do our best work when we're immersing ourselves in culture and breaking through barriers. Curiosity is the driving force behind creativity and ingenuity. It fuels innovation, and innovation is the key to our future.
  • Collaboration: Making music and bringing it to the world is all about the power of originality amplified by teamwork. A great idea, like a great song, travels globally. We ignite passions and build connections across our diverse community of artists, songwriters, partners, and fans.
  • Commitment: We pursue excellence for our team and our talent. Everything in music starts with a leap into the unknown, and we're committed to keeping the faith, acting with integrity, and delivering on our promises.

WMG is home to a wide range of artists, musicians, and songwriters that fuel our success. That is why we are committed to creating a work environment that actively values, appreciates, and respects everyone. We encourage applications from people with a wide variety of backgrounds and experiences.
Consider a career at WMG and get the best of both worlds - an innovative global music company that retains the creative spirit of a nimble independent.
A little bit about our team:
WMX, Warner Music Group's culture-driving media, creative content, and artist services' division, sets a new standard for artists, advertisers, and fans through world class experiences, award-winning creative content, and industry leading audience insights. At WMX (Warner Music Experience) we're building the music industry's most dynamic artist and fan-centric organization, creating fans and influencing culture through engaging content and best-in-class experiences. We partner with acclaimed brands and emerging artists to create innovative, authentic, world-class consumer experiences.
Your role:
As the EVP of Commercial Music and WMX Revenue, you will be the primary architect of global business expansion. You will oversee revenue growth across physical music, merchandise, and e-commerce.
This is a high-impact, global leadership role designed to bridge the gap between central strategy and local market execution across EMEA, APAC, and LATAM. You will be responsible for scaling global operations and sales disciplines while navigating the complexities of multi-channel distribution.
Here you'll get to:
  • Global Revenue Strategy & Execution: Drive the overarching commercial P&L, building market-by-market revenue targets and consolidating them into regional and global goals. Work with Finance to drive global pricing, product mix, and inventory strategy to balance sell-through, speed-to-market, and margin.
  • Physical Music & Merchandising: Act as the central hub for physical music growth, leading global initiatives and liaising with labels, global catalogue, e-commerce and retail teams to unlock new revenue streams.
  • Regional Infrastructure & Governance:
    • Oversee the creation and organizational structures of regional hubs (APAC, EMEA, LATAM), including warehousing and logistics strategy.
    • Establish and lead market-specific governance committees to enforce strict adherence to margin and inventory guidelines.
  • Channel Management: Drive growth across all relevant channels to meet WMG's revenue targets, helping set global and local channel management strategies and ensure optimal revenue and margin is generated by territory and label.
  • Talent Leadership: Partner with international and local teams to identify, hire, and mentor regional commercial leaders.

About you:
• Strong organization skills, Excellent communicator, and dedicated professional
• Goal Oriented - set both short- and long-term goals for staff, motivating them towards high performance.
• Relationship Builder - develops internal and external relationships across the region with artists, labels, national staff to accomplish business and revenue goals.
• Exhibits Strong Leadership and Problem-solving Skills to drive and motivate team members and major projects or initiatives.
• Establish and maintain excellent relationships with top level executives globally and decision-makers, continuously communicating priorities and exploring new opportunities to drive new revenue.
• Sound and practical business judgment
We'd love it if you also had:
  • 15+ years experience in executive level sales, business development and/or general management at a major entertainment company
  • Senior Commercial P&L Ownership: Extensive experience managing a significant P&L within a major music company or a global CPG organization.
  • Global Team Management: Proven ability to lead and influence multi-country teams across diverse regions (EMEA, APAC, LATAM).
  • Operational Excellence: Deep expertise in scaling margin, inventory management, and global operating disciplines.
  • Logistics & Supply Chain Savvy: Experience overseeing warehousing strategies as a lever for revenue optimization.

As the home to 10K Projects, Asylum, Atlantic Music Group, East West, FFRR, Fueled by Ramen, Nonesuch, Parlophone, Rhino, Roadrunner, Sire, Warner Records, Warner Classics, and several other of the world's premier recording labels, Warner Music Group champions emerging artists and global superstars alike. And our renowned publishing company, Warner Chappell Music, represents genre-spanning songwriters and producers through a catalog of more than one million copyrights worldwide. Warner Music Group is also home to ADA, which supports the independent community, as well as artist services division WMX. In addition, WMG counts film and television storytelling powerhouse Warner Music Entertainment among its many brands.
Together, we are Warner Music Group: Independent Minds. Major Sound.
Love this job and want to apply?
Click the "Apply" link at the top of the page, or apply directly with your LinkedIn. Applying with LinkedIn will import all of the information you put in your profile, but will still allow you to upload a resume and cover letter.
Don't be discouraged if you don't hear from us right away. We're taking our time to review all resumes, and to find the best people for WMG.
Thanks for your interest in working for WMG. We love it here, and think you will, too.
This position requires a minimum of 4 days per week in the office. We value in-office collaboration, which is essential for talent development and strong working relationships. #LI-OnsiteSalary Range: $350,000 - $400,000 AnnuallySalary ranges are included for job postings where required by law. The actual base pay is dependent upon many factors, such as work experience and business needs. The pay range is subject to change at any time dependent on a variety of internal and external factors.
Warner Music Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
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