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It’s the passionate and dedicated team at Universal Music who help make us the world’s leading music company. From A&R to finance, legal to digital, sales to marketing, Universal Music is the place to grow and develop your career within a truly commercial and innovative business that leads in everything it does.
Everyone is welcome to apply for our roles, and we are determined to ensure that no applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment because of gender, race, disability, sexual orientation, religion, belief, age, marital status, background, pregnancy, or caring responsibilities. We also recognise the importance of diversity of thought within our teams and are fully committed to embracing the talents of people with autism, dyslexia, ADHD, and other forms of neurocognitive variation.
We will always seek to make appropriate adjustments to recruitment, workplaces, and work processes to be fully inclusive to people with different needs and working styles. If you need us to make any reasonable adjustments for you from application onwards, including alternatives to the online form or to disclose a neurocognitive condition, please email UniversalMusicCareers@umusic.com.
The A side: a day in the life
UMR is the label responsible for ensuring the continued success of Universal Music Group's world class catalogue of recordings. We work with some of the most successful, innovative, timeless and respected artists of all time, continuing to grow their audiences across multiple entry points and platforms and keep the world listening. From The Beatles to Massive Attack, through to the soundtracks of Disney, UMR develops strategies across audio, video, marketing, social, streaming and product development.
Our vision is a world where music doesn't have a sell-by date. We believe music is timeless and as guardians of the best music catalogues in the world, we use our passion and knowledge to help people find their new favourite song, whether it is 2 days or 2 decades old.
Our purpose is to continually spark a connection and reconnection with music that matters drawing on new content, new platforms and new moments. We give momentarily forgotten music the chance to reconnect with new and unexpected audiences through great storytelling regardless of generation and genre.
The B side: skills & experience
This role sits in the Label Operations team.
Release setup & Repertoire Optimisation
- Support with setup, delivery, and scheduling of UMR audio and video releases, working with A&R, audience development, marketing, and supply chain teams.
- Assist in managing the User Generated Content claiming process for UMR repertoire.
- Co-ordinate the creation and upload of closed captions and subtitles for selected music videos.
- Support repertoire optimisation activities such as reviewing setup of artist repertoire on DSPs.
Be Operational
- Champion artwork quality control measures, ensuring all release artwork is to required standard.
- Assist the A&R Admin Co-ordinator in reviewing release documentation, and provision of initiations to release management.
- Represent a knowledge hub within the label when it comes to video delivery best practice, helping to educate and support colleagues and artist teams.
- Support the Label Operations team in managing workflows that ensure creative vision is followed throughout release creation.
Be Administrative
- Co-ordinate meetings, arrange rooms and call details, agendas, and minutes.
- Assist in the forecasting process for new releases including communication of results.
- Setup marketing notes on internal systems in line with release management deadlines.
- Assist in release analysis and planning.
- Additional ad hoc duties where required.
Person specification
- A fast learner who can work autonomously and solve problems.
- Analytically minded and highly organised with the ability to keep calm under pressure.
- Ability to prioritise and manage workload.
- Adaptable and able to use initiative.
- Self-motivated, hardworking, and enthusiastic with an eye for detail.
- Proficient in Microsoft Outlook, Word, PowerPoint and Excel.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to deal with people at all levels of business.
- Confident meeting and presenting to artist management and external partners.
- Passionate about music and the digital landscape – and ultimately a music obsessed fan with broad tastes!
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 available
- Holiday Purchase scheme
- Dental and Travel Insurance options
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- Salary Sacrifice Cars
- Subsidised Gym Membership
- Employee Discounts (Reward Gateway)
