About Most Wanted: Music
Most Wanted: Music (MW:M) is the most important music business conference in Berlin and a rising European hotspot event for music and creative industry professionals worldwide. It is run by the Berlin Music Commission, the music industry network of Berlin.
Most Wanted: Music aims to start building the music and creative industries of tomorrow, where collaboration is not merely about working together but creating new with modern goals and rallying around a new ethos.
MW:M’s key objectives are: enabling practical know-how transfer, fostering networking and exchange and inspiring new ideas and business models.
Offering a wide range of inspiring keynotes, interviews and debates, hands-on workshops and matchmaking events, MW:M covers the most current and relevant questions of today’s music, tech and creative industries in order to bring direct value to creators and music businesses. The programme includes interactive talks, interviews and workshops with experts and artists from all over the world, experimental networking formats and stunning live performances.
The conference called MW:M Convention is accompanied by the Listen to Berlin Awards, the awards for remarkable achievements in the Berlin music scene, and MW:M Live, Berlin’s international showcase festival, as well as the MW:M Satellites, a broad variety of partner events distributed around the entire city of Berlin.
MW:M and MW:M Live are organized by Berlin Music Commission, the Network of Berlin Music Industry, on behalf of the Senate Department for Economics, Energy and Public Enterprises.. MW:M Live is co-funded by the European Union (EFRE), as a part of the INP-III program of the Berlin Senate Department for Culture and Community.
Your tasks
The MW:M marketing team communicates the inspiring programme and the business value of Most Wanted: Music to the outside world. It gains attention and attracts attendees, viewers and partners to participate in the event.
Your role as a Social Media Marketing Manager will be to:
- Analyze the structure and needs of our target groups and know how to target and tie them,
- Execute and monitor creative marketing and social media campaigns.
- Plan and create diverse digital media content incl. audio-visual for all communication and advertising purposes,
- Get in touch with MW:M artists, speakers and partners to develop interesting stories, create relevant content and manage social media assets,
- Manage and communicate with the social media community,
- Coordinate all live communication on our socials during the festival days,
- Work closely with other teams such as Programme, Partnerships and Event Management,
- Add your personal part to the overall success of Most Wanted: Music 2024.
Your profile
- You have at least 3 years of social media marketing experience.
- You are passionate about creative markets and marketing.
- You provide basic knowledge in the music, tech and creative industries and are aware of its current changes and challenges.
- You have expertise in all relevant marketing areas and you are able to think across channels.
- You think outside the box when it comes to developing new stories around our interesting speakers, topics and event formats.
- You are result oriented and don’t get lost in the details of your daily operational tasks.
- You are well organized, quality-oriented and able to react quickly to unpredicted changes.
- You can keep calm in a fast-pace and sometimes stressful event environment.
- You are a team player and an excellent communicator both internally within the team as well as externally towards media, speakers, sponsors and other partners.
- You are in full command of German language and English language.
Would be a plus
- You have event management experience and you know the processes and requirements of B2B & B2C events and its target groups.
Our offer to you
- A professional working environment,
- A highly qualified, experienced and motivated team,
- Short communication channels and flat hierarchies.
- Flexible working hours and locations,
- A vast and vibrant network within the international music scene,
- You will learn how to realize highly innovative hybrid events,
- A competitive compensation with the potential to grow.
Workload: approx. 256 working hours
Duration: Beginning of April until end of December 2026
Compensation: based on qualifications (freelance basis)
Maximum contract value: 16.000,00 €
Note: This contract concerns a publicly funded project with limited financial resources. The contracting authority reserves the right to cancel the tender if the most economically advantageous bid exceeds the available budget.
Application
Please send your application including
- CV
- References (max. two comparable projects)
- Fee expectations
via email to: vergabestelle@berlin-music-commission.de
Application deadline: April 01st, 2026
Further information and a detailed description of services can be found here.
The Berlin Music Commission explicitly welcomes applications from people with migration backgrounds, women/non-cis-male applicants, and other underrepresented groups. People with disabilities will be given preference if equally qualified.