Head of Marketing [12 month FTC]
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Job Summary
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
About Fontana
Fontanas iconic logo has for a long time signalled excellence adventureopennessand optimism. Known for shaping some of the most influential sounds across jazz pop soul folk and alternative music the label was relaunched in 2025 under Universal Music UK as a space for culture-shaping artists.
Fontana is home to a diverse and global roster including Jordan Rakei Jacob Collier AURORA Victor Ray The Teskey Brothers and TOMORA alongside international releases from Blue NoteVerveand Impulse.
We pride ourselves on building long term careers for our artists with artist development sitting at the centre of everything we do. We value curiosityambitionand a willingness to challenge convention creating an environment wherenew ideascan move quickly and have real impact.
As Fontana enters this new chapter in the UK we are creating a label shaped by a belief that the most exciting work happens when people are given the freedom to do things differently.
The B Side: Skills & Experience
Key Responsibilities
To drive creative innovative commercially focused campaigns across Fontanas diverse roster.
Be Managerial
Lead and oversee marketing plans related to Fontanas frontline artistsprojectsand activities.
Manage and develop team members and direct reports as appropriate
Be strategic and innovative
Continuallyseeknew and innovative ways to bring excellence to artist campaigns
Develop and implement a focused strategy and vision for all key areas of activity for an artist campaign
Oversee the planning creation and delivery of domestic and international marketing tools
Be digitally fluent and audience first in your planning with a deep understanding of fandom and communities
Be Collaborative
Work closely with artists theirteamsand other departments Media/Press/Promotion Commercial DigitalSalesand A&R - to deliver connected andcutting-edgestrategies across the business
Be Financial
Responsible for the budgeting and execution of creative commercial and profitable advertising campaignsin the area offrontline releases
Work with relevant external agencies to budget plan and manage all deployment relevant to frontline products
With the General Manager andCommericalteam oversee detailed sales forecasts for frontline releases; be a key contact point for the sales team on campaign information markettrendsand consumer insight
With the General Manager and Finance Director develop and build robust sales versus spend models that can inform short- and long-term campaign planning and execution
Person Specification
We are open to considering candidates at both Head of and Senior Marketing Manager level. Our primary focus is on identifying the right individual to deliver standout commercially successful marketing campaigns that reflect the artistic nuances of the roster.
Skills & Experience
Experience of line managing and mentoring team members
Proven authoritative knowledge of charts trends and artists
Ability toidentifyand nurture artist talent
Proven capability to work autonomouslydemonstratingthe ability to make decisions in a high-stakes environment
Drive motivation and managerial skills to take high-profile projects successfully frominceptionto completion often simultaneously and under pressure
Experience of breaking new UK acts and international-selling acts and the versatility to work with acts ofvarious sizesand budgets
Experience of effectively managing budgets to minimise financial spend within own projects and maximising profits
Proven ability to develop innovative creative and commercially successful marketing strategies
Success at incorporating digital activity into marketing campaigns
Excellent relationship-building and relationship-management skills and the ability to deal withdifficult situationswith tact and diplomacy
Strong communicationskills written and oral and outstanding presentational ability
Successful experience in negotiating with artists artist management internal stakeholders and senior management
Experience managing the creation of videos and otheradditionalcontent including briefing creative agencies and content teams
Experience instigating and managing photo shoots including managing budgets briefs and contracts
Bonus Tracks: Your Benefits
Group Personal Pension Scheme (between 3% and 9%)
Private Medical Insurance
25 paid days of annual leave
InterestFree Season Ticket Loan available
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.
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