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Production Intern – Kings Cross, London London, England

Universal Music Group

Full Time London, England 10.56 - 12.04 GBP 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.

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

Powered by the legendary Universal Music Group and working with our global network of artists and creatives, Mercury Studios develops, produces and distributes award-winning and world-class music content. We are currently offering a year’s paid internship in this recently launched modern-day, multi-faceted content studio.

Our year long internship offers the successful candidate the opportunity to gain experience working in Mercury Studios’ Production department, working across live streaming, digital and long form content production. You will assist our production team in delivering work that will continue to define us as one of the world’s leading music content creators.

The B Side: Skills & Experience

From initial production planning of development ideas, to production and then delivery you will work across the entire lifecycle of all production output from Mercury Studios - working alongside our team of production and post production managers, creative stakeholders and marketing and distribution team.

This important role will support the day to day running of the production department with tasks including (but not limited to)

Be Administrative

Updating and creating schedules
Creating and distributing call sheets
Booking travel as needed, keeping a log of journeys and costs
Preparing crew engagement forms
Help onboarding and set up new freelance team
Gathering information need to obtain sustainability certification and carbon offsetting for projects

Be Operational

Manage and update the current production pipeline document, and distribute to the wider company
Updating financial trackers and budget management alongside the production manager, including invoices (chasing, monitoring, recording costs)
Submitting expenses and reconciliation of shoot spend
Point person for freelancers for finance system troubleshooting
Assisting the post production coordinator with deliverables
Acting as production assistant on shoots

Person Specification

Necessary

Desire to work in content/audio visual production.
Passion for music
Creative thinker and eye for design
Excellent attention to detail
Hardworking, organised and self-motivated individual
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Enthusiasm and knowledge of television & content, the main channels & platforms and what programs/series/digital platforms are perceived to be successful
Awareness of current affairs, upcoming/established artists within the UK and abroad
Apt at making and maintaining strong working relationships with individuals within different teams, both internally and externally
Ability to learn quickly and prioritise responsibilities

Desirable

Some previous experience of working in content
Experience of managing small budgets
Knowledge of production systems and processes: recording, editing, transmission

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 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 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:

Internships

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