About ONErpm

Founded in 2010, ONErpm is a global music solutions company with 43 offices and studios in 35+ countries with over 530 staff members across the world, with significant presence in Brazil, the U.S., Europe, and other markets. ONErpm encompasses distribution, label solutions, content production, publishing, and an innovative marketing group that includes in-house advertising and influencer agencies, ONErpm has a proven track record of providing local and global support to artists and creators at any stage of their careers.

Role Overview

ONErpm is seeking a highly organized and digitally fluent Project Manager to oversee music releases, marketing campaigns, and strategic initiatives across Kenya and the wider East African region. This role is central to ensuring that releases are executed efficiently while leveraging traditional and new digital tools, platforms, and audience-growth trends to scale locally and globally.

The ideal candidate understands how music travels today in Kenya and East Africa—through streaming platforms, short-form video, influencer culture, and cross-border collaborations—and can translate that understanding into well-managed, high-impact projects.

This role reports to the Country Manager of the Nairobi office and requires some in office presence.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage the end-to-end delivery of artist releases, campaigns, and regional initiatives.

• Coordinate with A&Rs, operations, DSP relations, advertising, other regional and global ONErpm teams.

• Develop and oversee release timelines, asset submissions, approvals, and reporting.

• Track project budgets, milestones, and deliverables across multiple concurrent projects.

• Work with artists and teams to apply new digital and marketing trends (short-form video, data-driven targeting, creator partnerships, fan engagement tools).

• Develop and maintain strong working relationships with external partners, including PR agencies, creative teams, media outlets, and event partners. This role will also involve supporting and coordinating on-ground and out-of-home (OOH) marketing activations, as well as showcases and live events, when required.

• Identify and recommend improvements to internal processes to support growth and efficiency.

• Represent ONErpm professionally at music industry, cultural, and related networking events.

Required Experience

• 3–5 years of project management experience within the music, media, entertainment industries.

• Strong understanding of the East African music ecosystem, including key markets such as Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, and Ethiopia.

• Proven ability to manage multiple stakeholders and fast-moving creative projects.

• Solid working knowledge of digital distribution, release workflows, and modern marketing practices.

• Comfortable using tools such as Google Suite, Canva, Chartmetric and other relevant tools and platforms.