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    The Strategic Planning team is involved in the day-to-day running of Apple Music, Apple Podcasts and Beats by Dre. The team provides strategic and operational support to the global Apple Music leadership team, with responsibilities including fiscal planning, executive projects, and marketplace analysis. You will have a range of responsibilities including significant day-to-day tasks alongside longer project work. You will be a vital and impactful member of the team and every day will be different, rewarding and challenging. We are looking for passion and potential rather than prior work experience.

    Key Qualifications

    • You have knowledge and passion for the music and audio industry.
    • You are deeply analytical, have excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
    • Able to build compelling Keynote presentations to develop stakeholder buy-in.
    • A talented communicator, and confident in presenting to senior executives.
    • You are highly collaborative, and capable of working across diverse teams and functions.
    • You are able to prioritise, manage timelines, and deal effectively with pressure.
    • You have a desire to work in a hands-on, fast paced, and changing environment.

    Description

    The Apple Services Academy is a 12 month entry-level program starting in September 2023. It is full-time, competitively salaried, and includes a program to support personal development. There may be other opportunities within Apple at the end of this program, however this cannot be guaranteed.

    Responsibilities:

    • Track business performance, including subscriber and financial KPIs.
    • Monitor industry trends and competitors to identify threats/opportunities.
    • Develop narratives and visualisations for executive presentations.
    • Help assess new business proposals and develop strategic plans.
    • Support special projects and initiatives assigned by senior leadership.

    Education Experience

    Candidates from all education backgrounds are encouraged to apply. Requirements: Able to complete the full program (12 months), starting Sep 2023. Must currently have the right to live and work in the UK. There are 12 UK roles in total (across numerous teams) based in our London Battersea Power Station office. We are able to support with relocation from within the UK if needed. This is an entry level program with a fixed (competitive) salary.

    Additional Requirements

    • Important - the deadline for applications is: 11am UK time Thursday 25th May 2023
    • We have a 3 stage recruitment process.
    • 1. Complete the questions below and attach to your application as a cover letter
    • 2. If selected, we will ask you to complete a role specific task for the team you have applied for and email back to us.
    • 3. If selected, you will be invited to attend an assessment day in early June.
    • Please submit a cover letter answering the below questions and do so without including your name or any other personal information.
    • Save the document as: ‘Strategic Planning - Apple Services Academy”
    • 1. Why are you interested in this program?
    • 2. How did you hear about this program?
    • 3. Are you currently eligible to work in the UK for the whole 12 month program?
    • 4. 2022 was a record year for Apple Music. What do you think were the main drivers?
    • 5. What do you expect the core KPIs of a music streaming service to be?
    • 6. What trends do you see as opportunities and threats to the music industry?
    • 7. Give an example of an initiative that you’d like to see Apple Music implement.
    • We advise you use PDF to save your document if you have formatting you would like to keep. But Pages, Word etc is also ok.
    • Unfortunately we are unable to provide specific feedback on each application, but we will contact you if you have been selected to move through to the next stage. Good luck!