Commercial Affairs Intern (12 Month Contract)

Job 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 [email protected]

The A Side: A Day in The Life

The function of the department is to co-ordinate all international commercial exploitation spanning across all of UMG’s frontline, catalogue and classical releases. This includes product pricing, systems and data analysis, digital/streaming partner management, campaigns, international direct to consumer/merchandise and international trade management. The team are also responsible for music product/music format innovation.

These areas mean the Commercial Affairs department is comprised of 5 key functions

• Commercial Operations
• Commercial Partnerships
• eCommerce & Fan Product (D2C)
• Commercial Projects
• Commercial Technologies

In this role you will be the general team assistant across the Commercial Affairs Department, reporting to PA to SVP Commercial Affairs, and assisting VP Commercial Partnerships, VP Commercial Technologies and Director Commercial Projects.

The B Side: Skills & Experience

Be Creative

• Generating Linkfire links for campaigns
• Optimising dynamic playlists
• Fixed Playlist creation
• Assisting team with YouTube catalogue optimisation

Be Organised

• Scheduling conference calls and meetings as required
• Financial related responsibilities including use of the UMG online payment system – Uniport, and expenses
• Diary management for VP Commercial Partnerships
• Arranging business travel, preparing itineraries, invoices and expenses
• Coordinating presentations where required
• Spotify and Apple Forum Agenda / Notes
• Key Release Schedule mailout
• Spotlight Weekly Track Summary
• Supply Chain Admin

Be Collaborative

• Coordination of team activities and group projects
• Cover for PA to SVP Commercial Affairs during absence
• General admin and other ad hoc project support as appropriate

Person Specification

Essential

• Excellent communication skills (written and verbal) and a good telephone manner
• Excellent attention to detail
• Strong IT Skills and knowledge of Word, Outlook, Excel, Keynote, Powerpoint and windows-based packages
• Ability to prioritise to tight deadlines, with a strong sense of initiative and discretion
• Ability to multitask
• Excellent organisational skills
• Resilient and tenacious
• A love of music

Desirable

• Knowledge of Macs and Mac based packages (or equivalent) desired, but not essential

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
• 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.