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INTERNATIONAL
SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT · VICE PRESIDENT
· DIRECTOR (INTERNATIONAL)
JOB OVERVIEW
Personnel in this area manage the company's
international music publishing
assets. At BMG, Ron Solleveld is specifically
responsible for the well-being and
running of the company's music publishing
concerns in Latin America, Canada,
Eastern Europe (Czech Republic, Poland, and
Hungary), and to some extent Spain and
Asia. The executive in each respective country
reports directly to him. He is involved
in working to improve and enforce royalty
collection laws in foreign countries, and
negotiating deals to acquire or subpublish
existing song catalogs.
PREREQUISITES
First, you must possess a business education,
the ability to structure a budget, and
knowledge of publishing laws throughout the
world. Second, you should have an
appreciation for all different types of music,
and an understanding of the overall
music industry. You should be multilingual and
self-motivated and have the ability to
work well with people from many different
cultures.
A DAY IN THE LIFE
When he is not traveling to one of
the
territories he oversees, Ron Solleveld is
in
his New York office around 9:30
a.m.His
first task is reading and responding to
e-
mail. Throughout the day he may be
called upon to solve a crisis with one
of
the foreign offices, while continuing
to
work on strategic planning
negotiations
for better foreign rights for the
company's
catalog, and negotiating to acquire
or
subpublish other catalogs. One to
two
weeks each month, for nine months
of
the year, Solleveld travels around
the
world to work with the territories
he
manages.
"You need good mentors--
people that take you under their
respective wings."
"It doesn't hurt if you are well
traveled and understand what
music goes where in which
country, and why certain things
don't go in particular coun-
tries."
The ability to speak a second
and third language is an
advantage--Spanish, German,
French, Japanese.
CAREER
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