Intern - International Label and Artist Marketing

This is a Part Time Unpaid Internship

DescriptionJob title: International Label and Artist Marketing InternResponsible to: VP International and Head of MarketingDepartment: SpinefarmLocation of work: 4 Pancras Square, Kings Cross 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.The A Side: A Day in The Life Spinefarm Records is Universal Music Group's international specialist hard rock label and a global leader in rock and heavy music. Our varied roster includes Airbourne, Atreyu, Black Label Society, Bullet For My Valentine, Dead Poet Society, Electric Wizard, Employed To Serve, Royal Thunder, Killing Joke, Anti-Flag, Refused, While She Sleeps, The White Buffalo and many more. We are also the releasing label for specific Universal Music artists in different territories – these include Ghost, Seether, Ice Nine Kills, I Prevail and Rammstein. Our label has offices in New York, London and Helsinki and is distributed through Universal Music's Virgin distribution and label services platform.We are looking to bring an intern into this team who can benefit from working within a small but energetic label team. This role represents a fantastic opportunity to learn about the different functions in a label. It will ensure interaction with all areas including A&R, marketing, promotion and manufacturing. The B Side: Skills & Experience Be Organised
• Managing weekly label communication to highlight key releases and share release schedule updates
• New release set-up across various Virgin Music and UMG teams and systems
• Maintaining the artist assets Box with relevant and up to date assets for global access
• Delivery of secure music to label partners and media
• Delivery of new release information and marketing assets to label partners
• Drawing up agendas for label and territory calls and circulating post-meeting notes
• Various ongoing label database updates
• Help accurately maintain the company's digital, video and physical release schedules
• Coordinating interviews and live show guest lists with artist managers and international team
• Sending stock on behalf of the team and partners (CD's, Vinyls etc) for promotional activities and bands on tour
• Update mailing lists and be the main point of contact for MPE on behalf of the international team
• Attend and manage meetings with territories and partners.
• Assist in pulling reports from Chartmetric, Radiomonitor, UMG Consumption on behalf of the international team
• Assisting in other daily tasks with the team, help solve queries and issues when brought upBe Collaborative
• Supporting the artist and label team in organising media interviews and guestlists for our artists
• Supporting the artist and label team in creating, delivering and organising marketing assets
• Supporting the team in creation and delivery of artist promotional and travel schedules, including booking travelPerson specification
• Self-motivated, hard-working and enthusiastic
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Highly organised with the ability to keep calm under pressure
• Flexible and able to prioritise own workload
• Excellent attention to detail
• Meticulous and tenacious about delivering the right results
• Previous experience of working within fixed processes
• Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to work round issues
• Passionate about music
• Experience of working in an office environment as well as remotelyBonus 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.