Description

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.
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
Globe is the dedicated brand agency of Universal Music UK, creating innovative and tailor-made business solutions for brands. We leverage the power of Music & Culture to create innovative and differentiated customer propositions for our brand partners to help them grow their business.
This is a Fixed Term Internship, starting January 2025, until August 2025
The B Side: Skills & Experience
Be Administrative
Collate all relevant marketing material from labels, artist management and stakeholders
Attend label meetings and update the Brand team on new artist releases and new signings
Create and update artist one-sheets with latest bios and data
Arrange and facilitate meetings (internal, external & virtual); preparing necessary documents for meetings
Produce and circulate the Globe weekly brand team status via the Monday.com application
Manage gig ticketing requests and update the team gig calendar
Arrange business travel bookings when required
Assist the office manager in the general running of the department inc. room booking, event organisation, couriers, welcoming guests, etc
Assist in the processing of campaign fees and invoices where appropriate
Delivery of additional ad hoc duties where required
Be Operational
Support the accounts team on events and campaign shoots [live and virtual] inc. location scouting, venue booking, transport arrangements, rider provision, etc
Liaise with the internal events team and support with organising regular hospitality opportunities for clients
Support with Globe internal events/socials
Insight + New Business
Champion our artist data insight tools to support with new business and artist one-pagers
Participation in creative brainstorm sessions
Assist in the preparation of new business presentations and pitch documents, incl. industry research and case study slides
Identify and share new digital trends adopted by influencers / artists [Tik-Tok, Instagram Reels etc]
Online research for brand contacts
Support with product placement ideas for new music video treatments
Assist new business team with research into prospective brand partners and priority development sectors
Develop a deep knowledge of the UMG roster and compile artist suggestions for new projects and pitches
Globe Socials + Marketing
Update and input into the Globe Social Strategy/Comms Plan
Post across Globe Social channels [Instagram/LinkedIn/Facebook/Twitter] - case studies, artist + UMUSICUK re-posts, industry news, award announcements and New Music Friday
Produce and circulate our bi-weekly Globe Newsletter
Update the Globe Website with our latest work / case studies
Person Specification
Interested in music brand partnerships
Confidence in meeting and collaborating with new contacts both internal and external
Extensive knowledge of PowerPoint and proficient in Microsoft Outlook, Word & Excel
Excellent telephone manner, communication, and numeracy skills
Highly organised with proven administrative skills and a high attention to detail
Hardworking and enthusiastic
Ability to learn quickly
Ability to keep calm under pressure
Flexible and able to prioritise own workload
Good team player with ability to form excellent working relationships at all levels
Ability to use own initiative when problem solving
Experience of working in an office environment
Creative thinker with knowledge and a love of music
Proven ability to pick up systems quickly
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.

Skills Required

Brand Partnerships
Creative Thinking
Problem Solving

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