Data Analyst – Kings Cross, London London, England
Universal Music Group
Full Time
London, England
28000 - 50000 GBP ANNUAL Today
Job description
Music is Universal
It’s the passionate and dedicated team at Universal Music who help make us the world’s 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.
It’s the passionate and dedicated team at Universal Music who help make us the world’s 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 [email protected].
The A Side: A Day in The Life
Are you interested in working for the music industry? Would you like to help develop unique cutting-edge data science solutions to help drive innovation and creative data-driven strategies across Universal Music?
Universal Music UK is looking for a Data Analyst to become part of our in-house creative agency The Square. The role offers a unique opportunity to join us at the start a new chapter within data and technology, where we are looking to grow and expand on the foundation of work we’ve already begun.
The role is perfect for a candidate that is passionate about music, data and technology and has a thirst for acquiring, analysing and communicating knowledge through data. In a creative organisation such as ours, reducing a complex problem into something simple is key, so any experience managing clients would also be a strength.
As well as being proficient in SQL, you should have a strong grasp of ETL processes, advanced troubleshooting skills, the ability to run queries efficiently and a basic knowledge of statistical modelling, This role also requires data to be reduced to simple takeaways for clients, so strong communication and data visualisation skills are also essential. Any machine knowledge a bonus.
As The Square sits centrally, you’ll have a chance to work across all divisions, including frontline labels, our catalogue division UMR, our music content studio Mercury Studios and all other central agencies, as well as data teams within the business. This includes end-to-end product design from the inception of an idea to a fully working piece of technology that supports and supercharges the labels.
Universal Music UK is looking for a Data Analyst to become part of our in-house creative agency The Square. The role offers a unique opportunity to join us at the start a new chapter within data and technology, where we are looking to grow and expand on the foundation of work we’ve already begun.
The role is perfect for a candidate that is passionate about music, data and technology and has a thirst for acquiring, analysing and communicating knowledge through data. In a creative organisation such as ours, reducing a complex problem into something simple is key, so any experience managing clients would also be a strength.
As well as being proficient in SQL, you should have a strong grasp of ETL processes, advanced troubleshooting skills, the ability to run queries efficiently and a basic knowledge of statistical modelling, This role also requires data to be reduced to simple takeaways for clients, so strong communication and data visualisation skills are also essential. Any machine knowledge a bonus.
As The Square sits centrally, you’ll have a chance to work across all divisions, including frontline labels, our catalogue division UMR, our music content studio Mercury Studios and all other central agencies, as well as data teams within the business. This includes end-to-end product design from the inception of an idea to a fully working piece of technology that supports and supercharges the labels.
The B Side: Skills and Experience
Be strategic
- Researching and developing data driven solutions to solve current and future business problems.
- Supporting the core strategic unit through data research and audience insights around our artists.
- Developing new data sets or features that become integral to how the business operates.
- Strive to cultivate the desire to give us a competitive edge in connecting our artists with audiences across the globe
Be operational
- Building, refining and improving SQL pipelines that feed directly into data dashboard or tools.
- Sourcing, cleaning and preparing data for modelling, product creation or visualisation.
Be informative
- Utilising partner data to pull out key metrics and feeding back to the labels.
- Advise on data related topics to help guide or inform business decisions.
Person specification
Necessary
- Proficient in SQL with knowledge of querying databases accurately and efficiently.
- Strong knowledge of ETL processes.
- Familiarity with Google Cloud Platform products (or equivalent AWS), such as Big Query.
- Familiarity with software development tools such as Git.
- Basic programming knowledge, ideally in Python.
- Ability to lead data projects from ideation to realization.
- Basic knowledge of machine learning concepts, techniques and their application.
- Creative and innovative approach to problem-solving.
- Knowledge of music repertoire is advantageous.
- A proven track record in an SQL developer or related role.
- Background in engaging clients in a consultative or analytical capacity.
- Experience working with development teams to productionise work.
Desirable
- Degree in Computer Science, Physics, Mathematics, Statistics or a similarly quantitative degree.
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 jobholder's 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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Universal Music Group
www.universalmusic.fr
Paris, France
Pascal NEGRE
$100 to $500 million (USD)
501 to 1000 Employees
Company - Private
Audio/Visual
1997
