Marketing Internship 2021

It’s the passionate and dedicated team at Universal Music UK who help make us Britain’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

UMC 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, UMC 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

Reporting to the Campaign Manager, you’ll work alongside the Marketing Assistant providing support and assistance to them and the entire department as necessary.

General / regular duties

• Collect and distribute post
• UK + Int Courier bookings
• Book taxis/transport/accommodation for internal staff and artists
• Order stock via FOC systems
• Order stationery and keep cupboard tidy
• Place CD/DVD duplication orders with external copy houses
• Create & distribute Play MPE
• Organise & book meetings when needed
• Collate charts and reports for weekly meeting
• Collate assets to create and order CDRs
• Prepare/print documents for planning meetings and take meeting minutes & circulate
• Monitor press coverage daily (each morning), saving and circulating key articles and reviews
• Attend creative sessions, putting ideas forward
• Working with the Marketing assistant, document annual cultural major moments & anniversaries
• Assist in research for new products and projects
• Collate and distribute assets – e.g. pack shots, press releases, biogs etc
• Research label copy in R2
• Assist in the running of competitions and mailing prizes
• Update the marketing managers schedule weekly
• Assist on artist showcases, events and promotional duties
• Process invoices, raise requisitions in Uniport and raise label budgets
• Source imagery from Hayes archive when requested
• Source video assets via Bitmax
• LSA approval – requests to be added to Dist. Lists, New Starter set-up etc
• Update, maintain & distribute the Marketing Managers schedule across projects & moments
• Additional ad hoc duties where required

Person Specification

• Highly organised with the ability to keep calm under pressure
• The ability to learn quickly
• Self-motivated, hard-working and enthusiastic
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Flexible and able to prioritise own workload
• Good computer skills i.e. Microsoft Office, Excel, Word, PowerPoint
• The ability to learn new programs and systems quickly
• Passionate about music with a desire to progress in the industry
• Experience of working in an office environment
• Experience working in ‘music’ (personal or professional)
• Working knowledge of the digital landscape including social networks
• Desire to work within marketing
• Wide ranging music knowledge

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)

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.