Junior Content Commissioner

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

Polydor Label Group

Polydor Label Group (PLG) unites three legendary UK music labels Polydor Capitol and 0207 Def Jam creating a powerhouse for the worlds most iconic artists. We work in close collaboration with our Universal Music partners in the US including Interscope Capitol Label Group and Republic Corps.

The PLG roster boasts an extraordinary lineup of talent featuring Sam Fender Lana Del Rey Florence The Machine Olivia Dean Sam Smith Stormzy The Rolling Stones Ellie Goulding Michael Kiwanuka The Cure and many more.

Additionally were proud to represent a stellar array of US and international superstars including Lady Gaga Kendrick Lamar Eminem Billie Eilish Olivia Rodrigo Gracie Abrams Sabrina Carpenter and Dr. Dre.

The A Side: A Day in The Life

The Junior Content Commissioner will bring their own individualistic creativity flair and a passion for music and culture to curating contemporary content at Polydor Label Group. This is a fantastic opportunity to learn from an award winning creative team - assisting and running commissions across multiple platforms for an incredible diverse roster of recording artists.

The B Side: Skills & Experience

The successful Junior Content Commissioner will:

Be Creative

• Support the team in commissioning360 creative content. That includes: engaging short and long-form content music videos clips for social mediagraphics stills and artwork.

• Support the team in commissioning eye catching live music / tour content content series visualisers lyrical and subtitled content interviews teasersvinyl and merch.

• Work closely with the wider creative team marketing social and digital teams to ensure content is faithful to the artist or project vision

• Be forward thinking in how the creative team and its work functions across short form & online platforms.

• Collaborate and work with the team on ideation & brief creation as well as finding new talent to work with.

Be Collaborative

• Be a team player; keeping internal collaborators and relevant partners updated on progress maintaining a collaborative approach across all projects.

• Good artist liaison skills; acreative communicator confident in the presentation and discussion of creative concepts and ideas.

• A people person; being present available and approachable on set.

• Always aware of the artists vision and able to check in and communicate clearly when needed.

Be Digital

• Being trend aware to maximise opportunities online.

• Have excellent deck design and copywritingskills.

• Have some technical understanding of the processes behind making video / photo Adobe Suite knowledge not a must but a bonus.

Be Administrative

• Be an effective communicator in a large team with confidence in managing priorities.

• Be a detail-oriented creative when it comes to approving work with overall accountability.

• Confidence in managing multiple projects at once.

• Have a basic understanding of production costs / budgets and feeling comfortable negotiating and ensuring projects represent good value for the artist and label.

• Create detailed budgets call sheets and schedules.

Person Specification

• A passionate creative thinker used to assisting with commissioning cultural content moments.

• Proactive positive professional fun and collaborative approach to people and projects.

• Aware of current visual trends and styles.

• A love of music is a must; broad appreciation encouraged.

• Developing a wide network of creatives existing relationships with photographers directors designers stylists.

• Can cope with a fast-paced environment; being nimble reactive and proactive.

About UMG UK

We are Universal Music Group UK the UKs leading music-based entertainment company. We exist to shape culture through the power of artistry. We help UK artists produce distribute and promote the most critically acclaimed and commercially successful music to inspire and entertain fans at home and around the world.

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.