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The Team
Our team are a very friendly & sociable. We have a broad range of ages & experience as a collective. We are always happy to help each other with work. We enjoy Sony UK social events, we all love gigs & many other outside activities.
The Role
The intern will be working with a team of industry professionals, where they will have the opportunity to learn and develop a multitude of skills. This role would suit someone who has strong administrative and numerical skills and is interested in learning more about what happens behind the scenes of a major record company. The intern role supports the wider team, gaining great insight into the intricate workings of the music industry as well as the contractual relationship between an artist and Sony Music, and how the artists ultimately get paid.
What you’ll do
- Accountability for Bottomline Royalty document scanning.
- Ensure timely archiving of royalty dept folders & contract files.
- Assist Royalty administrators with artist filing
- Review CARMA database for unsigned producer contracts to be set up.
- Run weekly accrual files.
- Take control for regular Promo orders.
- Take control for regular stationary orders.
- Take control of Royalty query log & allocate queries received to appropriate administrators.
- Process VAT invoices for payment
- Review 3rd party royalty statements input
- Assist with set up of 3rd party compilations in EROS Royalty System
- Updating missing profit centre and company codes financial information for digital sales
- Assist Royalty Management with ad hoc Royalty/Finance requirements
Who you are
- You will enjoy working with systems, data and have a keen interest in gaining an advanced knowledge in these areas
- Demonstrate a clear willingness to learn about the different roles within the royalty department
- Adopt a structured approach to projects and tasks
- Ability to prioritise and monitor workload in line with key department activities
- Ability to use own initiative and be proactive around priorities and tasks
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team
- Demonstrate good time management skills as we often work to tight deadlines
- Methodical
- Good communication skills
What you'll get
- Weekly sessions with fellow interns to learn about the wider business.
- Learning and development workshops to help you grow within the working world.
- The opportunity to join our employee resource groups @HUE, @Whatif, @Whatiffreedom and make a difference to our company.
- 25 days holiday + Bank holidays
- 2 Premium days to use for working on yourself, caring for your mental health or volunteering.
- A credit to use on live gigs.
- Free vinyl
How to apply
When applying to your chosen position, please answer all of the application questions, these answers will be reviewed along with your CV. Please ensure that your CV is readable in all formats, we recommend uploading a PDF CV.
Once you have submitted your application, you will receive a confirmation email to let you know that we have received your application. We aim to get back to everyone on the status of their application by 31/08/21
The application window for this internship will close on 01/08/21 at 9pm.
If you require any reasonable adjustments or assistance with the application or interview process, please contact us here sonyinternshipsuk@sonymusic.com. Please put Reasonable Adjustment Request in the subject line of the email. If you are in need of a phone call, please send us the email a message with the subject line Call Request and your number and we will get in contact at our earliest convenience. Please do not contact reception with application queries.
Things to note
- We do not require you to have a degree or qualification in order to apply for this internship but you do need to be over 18+.
- The start date for the programme will be in January 2022
- We will get back to you on the status of your application by 31/08/21
- There will be 3 rounds of interviews to complete, the recruitment process will be a mixture of virtual and in person interviews, but this will be determined by Covid restrictions and government guidelines at the time of interview. Again, if you require any reasonable adjustments to the interview process, please contact us at sonyinternshipsuk@sonymusic.com. Please put Reasonable Adjustment Request in the subject line of the email.
- The first round of interviews will commence in September 2021, with final rounds in late October or Early November.
