Marketing Intern

Job Description

Job title: Marketing Intern
Responsible to: Marketing Director
Department: Island Records
Location of work: 4 Pancras Square, Kings Cross

Music is Universal

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 [email protected]

The A Side: A Day in The Life

The Marketing Intern will work closely with the Marketing team to assist and provide support in all aspects of the marketing process.

The B Side: Skills & Experience

• Keeping diligent track of watermarked stream links and CDs- both production of and tracking
• Maintain marketing updates and timelines for meetings
• Work with Video Admin to ensure all new videos are logged in BAM and serviced to the project team and third parties
• Budgeting in Uniport; including approving quotes, raising POs etc.
• Sourcing and ordering any merchandise or special items
• Ordering any POS needed e.g. flyers, stickers, posters
• Co-ordination of street teams on various projects
• Co-ordination of in-stores and other artist sessions
• Co-ordinating Planning Meetings
• Assist in, if required, digital, TV and Radio ads
• Organising MPE retail blasts
• Helping to create assets for artist and label social announcements
• Weekly updating of competitor release schedules
• Arranging travel
• Co-ordinating showcases with the Marketing team
• Booking cabs/couriers
• Ticket request administration and ordering on behalf of marketing team
• Answering calls for team if not at desk

• Initiating new releases and videos at request of Product Managers & Marketing Director
• Liaising with marketing, designer, and artist/management to deliver, copy check, and facilitate approval
• Liaising with external suppliers
• Canvas promo quantities from TV, Radio, Press and Club Promotions
• Creation of affiliate, re-marketing links within Universal's Linkfire system
• Management of Island's 'Highstreet club and instore' new music mailer.
• Sales notes for album releases
• Work in conjunction with FUSED, digital advertising planners
• Making sure ad copy is delivered to advertisers, in conjunction with designers
• General administration (invoicing, filing, ordering stationery/CD stock)
• Data Analysis, reporting on streaming activity and play listing as requested by marketing managers within Universal's Artist Portal
• Maintain marketing campaigns in UmusicBox
• Oversee work experience/intern
• Attend gigs; assist on facilitating after shows + showcases
• Ensuring that all Artists birthdays are acknowledged
• Occasionally working outside office hours on special projects, video shoots and shows
• Any other reasonable duties as required by marketing team

Person Specification

• Passionate about music with a positive and enthusiastic attitude
• Desire to pursue a career within marketing, previous experience highly advantageous
• Proven experience of working effectively and efficiently under pressure in a calm and organised manner
• Knowledge of the streaming space, use of either Spotify, Apple Music or both
• Professional, proactive and flexible approach to work – ability to prioritise, multi-task & pre-empt problems before they occur
• Excellent track record of working to strict deadlines & maintaining a high standard of attention to detail
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills and the ability to deal with people at all levels
• Strong problem solving skills and proven examples of using initiative in the work place
• Proven ability to build and maintain good relationships both internally and externally
• Team player able to see all tasks through from inception to fruition independently
• Ability to deal with situations discreetly & confidentially
• Able to demonstrate a tactful and diplomatic approach
• Experience in using in house computer systems and packages including Excel, Word and Outlook

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.