Streaming Internship 2021
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The A Side: A Day in The Life
Polydor are looking for a Streaming Intern to join and support the current team across the ever-changing music streaming landscape. As streaming continues to become the biggest means of music consumption globally, we are looking for a candidate who has a keen eye for detail, an interest in analysing data, a passion for engaging with wider music platforms (such as TikTok & YouTube) and someone who is keen to learn what it takes to build a song into a hit record.
The B Side: Skills & Experience
- Assisting the Streaming team in pitching new music to our key partner platforms
- Understanding each platform’s playlist ecosystem and keeping the wider label teams updated with major playlist addition for our music
- Tracking song performance by using our Internal Data tools, understanding how a song is reacting and how we can continue to make a song grow
- Reporting week on week streaming growth of key releases, highlighting streaming spikes and potential reasons for this (e.g. playlist add/radio play/promo)
- Tracking and reporting on the ‘health’ of our key tracks e.g. such as the percentage of library plays a track is receiving or the number of people searching for a track in one week
- Manage our artist’s profiles on streaming platforms and update artist complete playlists with new music
- Managing our YouTube & SoundCloud uploads ensuring music is tagged properly & fan interaction is maintained
- Analysing engagement on uploads across YouTube & SoundCloud, spotting any trends or new audiences
- Managing concert ticket requests for partners
Person Specification
- A keen interest in analysing and interpreting data
- A love of problem solving
- A passion for both new music and how to constantly reach new audiences
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.