Marketing & Sync Assistant Amplify U, Trainee

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

Universal Music Publishing Group UK is looking for a creative and enthusiastic Marketing & Sync Assistant to support both our Marketing and Sync teams.

This is an exciting 3-month paid work experience opportunity running from 7 September to 4 December. Its an ideal entry-level opportunity for someone with a genuine passion for music creativity and design.

Working across both departments youll support the creation of engaging marketing assets while gaining hands-on experience of the sync process helping showcase our songwriters and catalogue across film TV advertising gaming and digital media.

• Champion the UMPG brand ensuring all creative assets are delivered to a high standard and remain consistent with our visual identity and brand guidelines.

• Design engaging creative assets for social media presentations marketing campaigns internal communications and other marketing initiatives.

• Support the creation of compelling copy and visual storytelling across social media marketing campaigns and wider brand communications.

• Contribute creative ideas and assist in the planning and delivery of marketing campaigns that celebrate our songwriters catalogue and brand.

• Stay up to date with trends in design social media digital marketing and music culture bringing fresh ideas and creative thinking to the team.

• Support the Sync team with day-to-day administration and creative projects.

• Create and maintain playlists for client pitching and internal use.

• Upload and organise songs metadata and assets across internal systems.

• Assist in preparing music pitches and creative briefs.

• Attend creative Sync meetings taking notes and following up on actions where required.

• A genuine passion for music with an appreciation of both contemporary and catalogue repertoire.

• A genuine passion for creativity design and visual storytelling with a desire to develop your creative skills.

• A strong interest in marketing social media design and the music industry.

• A basic working knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite particularly Adobe Express and/or Canva.

• Excellent organisation attention to detail and time management.

• A proactive attitude willingness to learn and the ability to work collaboratively.

• Experience creating content for social media.

• Basic video editing experience.

This role offers an excellent opportunity to build practical experience across marketing design and sync within one of the worlds leading music publishers developing creative commercial and industry knowledge in a collaborative environment.

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.