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
A physically demanding role working with the site services team studiorunnersand technicians to set up studio -ordination of day to day running of the site ensuring a safe & pleasant working environment for all staff and visitors. To continually strive to improve and enhance site services and ensure compliance with Health & Safety Legislation in support of the Site Services Manager.
The B Side: Skills & Experience
Studios:
Provide manualassistancein all studio equipment set ups from rehearsals to major events.
This includes daily liaison with studio runners and engineers and the setting up of staging chairs acousticscreensand generalassistancemoving equipment across all studios as.
Provide support to the site services team for events and projects at Abbey Road -ordinate and set up studio equipment as per agreed plans. Supervise local crews in the moving of equipment pre and post event.
Book & liaise with security and cleaning teams for events incorporating H&S considerations.
Co-ordinate relocation of studio equipment tofacilitaterefurbishment projects.
Provide daily general ad hoc manual handlingassistancefor all Abbey Road staff including deliveries from reception such as Abbey Road merchandise and lacquer boxes.
Provide cover and support for weekend studio sessions as necessary liaising with engineers and runners andassistwith allstudioset up requirements.
Site Services:
Co-ordinate day-to-day site operations and maintenance at Abbey Road Studios not exhaustively M&E building fabriccleaningand security.
A point of contact and escalation for all building operational issues including out of hours emergencies (e.g. fire or intruder alarm AC failure).
A point of contact for daily communication with contract cleaning company supervisor.
Assistthe site services team with fire drills and emergency evacuations.
Work with the Site Services team on monitoring PPM and reactive maintenance & contractor project works.
Assistin ensuring technical and studio departments are aware of all potential contractor impact on studio sessions both in and outside of normal office hours.
Carry out light building maintenance and general DIY tasks e.g. regular installation of Abbey Road wall art frames.
Assistin office moves and organise removal of furniture and delivery of furniture items.
Cover security lunch break at reception.
Any ad hoc duties required by the Site Services Manager and wider management team.
Torepresent & enhance the Abbey Road Studio image and business at all times.
Person Specification
Necessary:
Flexibility in working hours to suit Studio needs
Regularly workweekends when the businessrequiresit with weekday time off in lieu (approximate & flexible guideline 20 weekends per year)
Good general Health & Safety awareness and knowledge
Competentin manual handling procedures & techniques
A basic knowledge of M&E systems i.e. air conditioning
Ability to perform general DIY tasks
Pro-active energetic & enthusiastic
Proven communication relationship building and customer service skills and attitude
Proven experience of working under pressure in a calm and organised manner
Competent in multi-tasking & problem solving
Ability to work with all levels of personnel in a courteous and polite manner
Ability to deal with sensitive information conscientiously and confidentially
Familiar with Microsoft Office (especially OutlookWordand Excel)
Desirable:
Aproventrack recordinfacilitieswithoperational experience at assistant / co-ordinator level
IOSH experience
Studio experience
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 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.
Required Experience:
Intern