Music is Universal 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.
The New Business Assistant is responsible for supporting UMGB’s global team in their efforts to secure and execute large scale brand partnerships. This position is responsible for conducting extensive research, building presentations, gathering and delivering artist and brand-specific assets and insights that support day-to-day lead generation and business development activities.
Job functions
- Research potential partners and appropriate contacts as part of UMGB’s lead generation efforts
- Build new business presentations that highlight artists and creative ideas for active pitches and potential partnerships
- Gather all new business assets needed for a new partnership pitch
- Manage new business team’s CRM database
- Provide assistance to UMGB team for tasks related to new business-led events and conference activity
- Undertake initial new business outreach to support distribution of products to relevant brands
- Develop thought-leadership and awareness-driving activities
- Represent UMG in business situations
Requirements
- Ability to handle multiple projects and meet deadlines
- Excellent communication skills (verbal and written)
- Professional demeanor in dealing with clients and coworkers
- Ability to craft executive-level presentations
- Ability to be very detail-oriented
- Advanced working knowledge of Microsoft Office Applications including Excel, Powerpoint, and Outlook
- Ability to multi-task and prioritize work
- Marketing experience in digital or mobile entertainment strongly preferred
- Ability to operate in a highly collaborative manner and work in pressure situations
- Ability to interact with multiple levels of personnel
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.
