Label Manager, EMI North – Leeds, United Kingdom Leeds, England
Universal Music Group
Full Time
Leeds, England
42469 - 52725 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
EMI North is the first major British record label physically located outside of London. Born out of a desire to boost artists and talented music industry professionals based outside of our capital city; EMI North is committed to investing in an already thriving music scene, finding new talent and audiences, and building their business.
The label is dedicated to supporting the very best local talent in the North of the UK and will provide opportunities to work in the UK music industry. We are planting the flag firmly in the ground without prejudice, and with clear intent and values. This grassroots label will have the ability to attract, nurture and establish northern artists.
Bringing a passion for local music, and a true northern soul, the Label Manager is responsible for assisting the label president in launching and executing the label vision, including hiring key staff for the EMI North team.
The Label Manager will be a driving force in the labels success in becoming a culturally significant presence in the region.
The B Side: Skills & Experience
Be Organised
- Create and implement label and release strategies
- Manage all administrative and ad hoc task that come with office, operations and label set up
- Be a ‘fixer’, with a ‘can do’ attitude and a knack for general problem solving across all aspects of label life
- Oversee the digital and physical release schedule process and ensure that all aspects are properly managed and scheduled in a timely manner
- Manage complex promotional planning for artist and label projects
Be Analytical
- Responsible for stock forecasting, internal sales reporting, chart reports, ensuring chart eligibility of EMI North’s Music releases
- Monitor key projects and provide regular detailed written reports on priority
- Identify artists and tracks in the internal system that merit marketing and promotional focus and closely monitor trends and development using all available tools and market data
Be Collaborative
- Provide leadership, advice, and support to internal and external label partners in respect of their release schedule in the areas of sales, distribution, marketing strategy and promotional plans
- Attend planning and scheduling meetings
- Work with labels and EMI North’s partners to compile, approve and maintain budgets for actively worked repertoire
- Forge strong working relationships with Labels, Artists, Artist Management and Marketing colleagues
- Ensure timely delivery of assets from external partners, and internal delivery into supply chain, such that marketing timelines are met – pre orders, instant grats etc go live on time and in correct markets
Be Knowledgeable
- Understanding of different deal types and what that means for how individual projects are worked
- Provide exceptional knowledge of the music industry to support advice given
- Market and promote assigned artists and labels on a local and global level
- Devise and direct promotional strategy for artists to ensure maximised sales in line with marketing objectives
- To work on own initiative to ensure all opportunities are maximised – identify artists and tracks in the internal system that merit marketing and promotional focus and closely monitor trends and development using all available tools and market data
Person Specification
Necessary
- A commitment to empowering regional talent
- Experience in a label, product, or campaign management role ideally within a record label environment
- A solid network and embedded in the local music scene
- A track record of liaising effectively with stakeholders and label partners including Managers, Labels and Artists
- Commitment to working, influencing, and persuading at all levels of an organisation (upwards and downwards) and building lasting relationships
- An understanding of key media and DSP partners and a willingness to learn about, and be objective of, regional, national, global opportunities
- The ability to learn quickly and adapt to the changing demands
- Flexible in approach, and able to prioritise own workload and self-motivated; hard working and enthusiastic
- Ability to quickly learn internal systems and IT infrastructure and to use data objectively
- Team player with a flexible approach, willing to defer when appropriate
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 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.
Job Category:
Universal Music Group
www.universalmusic.fr
Paris, France
Pascal NEGRE
$100 to $500 million (USD)
501 to 1000 Employees
Company - Private
Audio/Visual
1997
