Job Specifications
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.
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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.
Introducing Amplify U
Amplify U is our Early Talent Programme at Universal Music Group UK. It helps build a sustainable and inclusive talent pipeline by equipping emerging professionals with real-world experience, industry insight and the skills to forge a career in music.
Our Internship Overview
The Amplify U Internship is a structured, 12-month paid programme open to individuals aged 18 and over who demonstrate a strong interest in a career in the music industry. Interns are placed within specific departments and will gain meaningful, hands-on experience while developing professionally and personally through curated development sessions, projects and network-building opportunities.
The Role
Universal Music Group is looking for a Digital Operations Intern to support across the Fused Digital Media team. The core responsibility of this role is to support and maintain the quality and accuracy of the operational systems. From managing the booking system, to supplier payment, to spend analysis.
The role is a key support role for driving forward improved ways of working through the evolution of our media and finance systems and whilst experience in digital media or operations isn't required it is an ideal and at the least we expect individuals to have an interest in the digital media landscape.
We're looking for a hungry self-starter prepared to roll their sleeves up and ask questions where needed. Someone who is adept with numbers & also engaged with social media and media content, particularly across TikTok and can support with trend research & analysis.
Supporting operations team in managing the central booking system & reporting platforms
Working with campaign management to reconcile spends accurately
Creation of monthly POs for all suppliers & Reconciling actual supplier invoices to POs
Maintaining log of completed spend issues/errors
Working with label Fused team heads & label FDs to provide monthly and annual forecasts
Involvement in media owner trading
Support the data team in the identification and execution of internal measurement initiatives
Working closely with campaign management team & media planners to report performance and deliver campaigns in line with performance targets
Support Influencer Strategist & Fused team heads with social media trend research and analysis.
Learning & Development
Throughout Your Internship, You Will Benefit From
A dedicated onboarding experience, including UMG UK immersion and coaching
A Lumina Spark strengths profile and one-to-one coaching session
Quarterly soft skills workshops (e.g. presenting, time management)
Networking sessions with professionals across UMG UK
Intern shadowing days and unique industry experiences
Ongoing check-ins and final internship review with career planning support
Who You Are
Passionate about music and music video content, with a positive and enthusiastic attitude
Desire to pursue a career within the creative fields of a label, previous experience highly advantageous
Proven experience of working effectively and efficiently under pressure in a calm and organised manner
Knowledge of the UK music landscape & new talent within it
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
Proven ability to build and maintain good relationships both internally and externally
Team player able to work on own initiative
Ability to deal with situations discreetly & confidentially
Able to demonstrate a tactful and dip
About the Company
Universal Music Group (UMG) is the world leader in music-based entertainment, with a broad array of businesses engaged in recorded music, music publishing, merchandising and audiovisual content in more than 60 countries. Featuring the most comprehensive catalog of recordings and songs across every musical genre, UMG identifies and develops artists and produces and distributes the most critically acclaimed and commercially successful music in the world. Committed to artistry, innovation and entrepreneurship, UMG fosters the d...
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