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 UniversalMusicCareers@umusic.com.
The Marketing Assistant is a vital role in supporting the teams that run global campaigns that are executed by Virgin Music Group with artists signed direct to Virgin, or particular artist projects from our large and growing network of independent label partners. Based in our London office you will be given the opportunity to engage in multi-disciplinary areas of UK and global marketing at an entry level. It is a dynamic, varied and challenging role that requires nimbleness, openness to change and a confident communications manner, backed up by an enthusiasm for learning about many aspects of the music business.
You will be responsible for

• Supporting team(s) of marketing executives and project leads in their roles building and executing complex global artist campaigns

• Arranging and assisting in the running of regular team functions e.g. arranging meetings, organizing agendas, taking and distributing meeting notes, etc.

• Assisting with the management of financial budgets and tracking

• Learning key production processes and systems, reporting tools, as well as writing asset briefs and creating decks

• Maintaining the organization and archiving of assets and deliverables, chasing up, collating and disseminating key campaign assets (e.g. advertising, artwork, audio, publicity assets, etc.)

• Organizing ticket buys and requests

• Organizing couriers of promotional stock, merch items, etc.

• Planning promotional schedules and where required being on-hand during promo trips

• Supporting the execution of artist-based events e.g. interview-based promotion, instore performances at retail, etc.

• Updating contact databases and sheets

Key traits

• A desire to help and engage in campaigns proactively

• A fast learner with a desire to ask questions

• An enthusiasm for the role and the opportunity to grasp experience across many areas

• Able to manage and prioritise own workload, self-motivated, and hard-working

• Ability to quickly learn internal systems and IT infrastructure

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

• Flexibility with an ability to challenge one's preconceptions

• Highly organized with the ability to keep calm under pressure and think creatively

• Outstanding attention to detail

• Passionate about music and immersed in modern music culture

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.
Job Category: Marketing, Streaming & Digital Media