Label Co-Ordinator

Music is Universal

Its the passionate and dedicated team at Universal Music who help make us the worlds 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

The A Side: A Day in The Life

In October 2024 Universal Music UK brought together two iconic music labels Island and EMI Records to createIsland EMI Label Group. The new powerhouse label group is designed to help deliver our strategy to support artists from the wider Universal family linking closely with US label partners Republic Corps and Interscope Capitol Labels Group.

Blending these labels brings Islands unique ethos of launching pioneering and influential global artists such as Bob Marley U2 Amy Winehouse Hozier and The Last Dinner Party with EMIs illustrious history and roster of diverse acts from the UK including Sir Elton John Queenand Metallica.

The label group is also home to a star-studded US and international roster which includes artists such as Taylor Swift The Weeknd Ariana Grande Drake Lewis Capaldi Noah Kahan and Chappell Roan.

The B Side: Skills & Experience

Be organised & diligent:

• Key marketing support (in all facets) to the Strategic Marketing team working on some of Island EMIs most prestigious established acts initially defined as U2 Elton John & other priority acts

• Assistance in delivering products and creative in a timely fashion to support said artist campaigns

• Assist in managing all administrative elements of these campaigns

• Help co-ordinate the respective teams allowing us to deliver the best campaigns possible

• Assist the marketing lead(s) in building and project managing campaigns with paramount attention to detail

• Assist diligently managing budgets on each of the campaigns with a key focus on expectations and length of a campaign

• Assist the marketing lead(s) in making use of all reporting systems UMG software tools and data points to regularly assess performance

Be creative & focused:

• Be the marketing point person for the Island and EMI individual e-Commerce stores

• As required provide support to the Island and EMI team members embedded at IELG from UMGs catalogue team (UMR)

Be communicative & market-aware:

• Develop strong relationships with all internal and external stakeholders across an artist project including the Island EMI Records team artist managers central UMG departments and freelance consultants

• Assist in sending out communications & updates which should continuously relay campaign specifics to all stakeholders across an artist project

• Remain curious and stay up to date with competitor campaigns market developments and emerging trends

Person Specification

• Experience of working within a high-performing team

• Ideally experience of working in a marketing department at record label

• A creative and critical thinker with problem-solving ability

• Exceptional interpersonal skills and client facing/consulting skills

• Ability to multi-task problem solve and execute tasks with accuracy in a high-pressure fast-paced agile environment

• Proven authoritative knowledge of charts trends and artists

• A keen eye for engaging short form content and digital campaign moments

• Have strong knowledge of the streaming space and playlisting fundamentally on Spotify and Apple Music Amazon & YouTube services

• Strong communication skills written and verbal and outstanding presentational ability

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

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 jobholders 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.

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