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The A side: A day in the life
UMPG Classics & Screen is a newly formed division at UMPG focusing on the promotion of classical and screen composers and catalogues. This includes catalogs like Ricordi, Durand/Salabert-Eschig, and EMB, which includes composers Puccini, Respighi, Poulenc, Messiaen, Haas, Kurtag, David Lang, Julia Wolfe, Michael Gordon and more. Decca Publishing which specializes in post-classical, electronic and score composers like Max Richter, Isobel Waller-Bridge, Clark, Actress, Ben Frost and UMPG’s roster of screen composers including Danny Elfman, Alexandre Desplat, James Newton-Howard, David Lynch, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Gustavo Santaolalla, Nicholas Britell and more.
The B side: skills & experience
Be administrative
- Assist UMP administration teams to collate, review and deliver copyright information from composers to include works titles and cue-sheets
- Collate information on roster’s singles/album releases
- Collate and review broadcast information and disseminate to appropriate teams
- Collate and review live performance details, gather set list information and disseminate to appropriate teams
- Document creation (spreadsheets/word docs/one-sheets or equivalent)
Be organised
- Ticket ordering and distribution of tickets throughout the company for international events and awards
- Database management/data entry and performance calendar management (research and tracking)
- Pulling together report information from the departments and collating into reports for the EVP
- Processing invoices through accounts department
- Responsible for organising gifts for artists on special occasions
Person specification
- Confident liaising with people at all levels including Directors, Artists/ Artists Management
- Good organisational & communication skills
- Able to work in a pressured environment
- Works well as part of a team but also able to take own initiative
- Excellent IT skills, especially in Word and Excel (or equivalent)
- Good typing and audio skills
- Proactive approach to work, able to pre-empt problems before they occur
- Passionate about classical music is desirable
Bonus tracks: Your benefits
- Group Personal Pension Scheme (between 3% and 9%)
- Private Medical Insurance
- 25 paid days of annual leave
- Interest Free Season Ticket Loan
- Holiday Purchase scheme
- Dental and Travel Insurance options
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- Salary Sacrifice Cars
- Subsidised Gym Membership
- Employee Discounts (Reward Gateway)
Just so you know…
The company presents this job description as a guide to the major areas and duties for which the jobholder is accountable. However, the business operates in an environment that demands change and the jobholder's specific responsibilities and activities will vary and develop. Therefore, the job description should be seen as indicative and not as a permanent, definitive and exhaustive statement.
