Global Brand Insight Director
Universal Music Group
Kings Cross, UKThis was removed by the employer on 8/13/2019 6:22:00 AM PST
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Description
Job title: Global Brand Insight Director
Responsible to: Global Brand Insight Snr Director
Department: Global Insight
Location of work: King's Cross, London
The A Side: A Day in The Life
UMG’s Global Insight team manages the most powerful and effective data sets and research capabilities in the music industry. As well as utilising sales, commercial / partner data, and social media analytics, the Global Insight team manages extensive consumer survey data from around the world, delivering unique detail into evolving attitudes and behaviours of today’s music consumers.
Global Insight is a 15 staff team, with presence in London, NY and LA. This role is based in London and will primarily support UMG’s global New Business teams, reporting directly to the Brand Insight Manager supporting the Brand Insight team. The role will also support the US Brand Insight team who creates strategically-led, meaningful partnerships between artists and brands.
This role is responsible for developing strategic direction for brands entering the music space. Its primary focus will be to help offer a consultative approach to music and brand marketing and translate primary insight into actionable strategic and creative direction.
The B Side: Skills & Experience Be collaborative
• Work in highly collaborative & cross-functional team environment.
Be strategic
• Lead the delivery of research (primary & secondary), putting strategic thinking at the heart of the project to inform content and business development and brand strategies.
• Leverage primary and secondary data sources to identify market trends and customer insights, and translate these into actionable brand ideas and strategies.
• Develop strategic positioning frameworks in order to best articulate a brands purpose in music.
• Extract insights from complex research, identifying the implications and ideas for brand growth.
• Build thought provoking insight narratives that fuel creative thinking, trend frameworks, immersion sessions and cultural perspectives.
• Identify and author thought leadership pieces to establish UMG’s leadership position in the music and entertainment space.
Be commercial
• Driving active partnership with clients on an ongoing basis, maintaining the highest standards of output and confidently delivering presentations to senior client audiences.
• Engage in compelling business storytelling to ensure insight inspires strategic decision making.
Person specification Essential
• Advanced Word, Excel and PowerPoint skills.
• Can analyse a problem from multiple perspectives and reason potential ways forward. Thinks laterally to solve a challenge.
• Ability to develop logical and convincing arguments spanning multiple client sectors.
• Strong presentation skills (preparation and delivery); credibly ‘pitches’ to clients.
• Effective communicator with proven negotiating skills.
• Strong collaborative skills to deliver results for the team.
• Proven effectiveness in project design as well as project leadership; including qualitative and quantitative measurements.
• Ability to facilitate large groups in a workshop environment.
• Sets high standards of self and others; proactive approach to opportunities.
• Experience modeling costs.
• A strategic thinker that is also a “doer.”
• Must be detail, precision-oriented.
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.