Marketing Assistant

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

The Marketing Assistant is a vital role in supporting the teams that run global campaigns that are executed by Virgin Music Group with artists signed direct to Virgin or particular artist projects from our large and growing network of independent label partners. Based in our London office you will be given the opportunity to engage in multi-disciplinary areas of UK and global marketing at an entry level. It is a dynamic varied and challenging role that requires nimbleness openness to change and a confident communications manner backed up by an enthusiasm for learning about many aspects of the music business.

You will be resp onsible for

Supporting team(s) of marketing exec utives and project leads in their roles building and executing complex global artist campaigns

Arranging and assisting in the running of regular team functions e . g . arranging meetings organizing age n das taking and distributing meeting notes etc.

Assisting with the management of financial budgets and tracking

Learning key production processes and systems reporting tools as well as writing asset briefs and creating decks

Maintaining the organization and archiving of assets and deliverables chasing up collating and disseminating key campaign assets (e.g. advertising artwork audio publicity assets etc.)

Organizing ticket buys and requests

Organizing couriers of promotional stock merch items etc.

Planning promotional schedules and where required being on-hand during promo trips

Supporting the execution of artist-based events e . g . interview - based promotion instore performances at retail etc.

Updating contact databases and sheets

Key t raits

A desire to help and engage in campaigns proactively

A fast learner with a desire to ask questions

An enthusiasm for the role and the opportunity to grasp experience across many areas

Able to manage and prioritise own workload self-motivated and hard - working

Ability to quickly learn internal systems and IT infrastructure

Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Flexibility with an ability to challenge ones preconceptions

Highly organized with the ability to keep calm under pressure and think creatively

Outstanding attention to detail

Passionate about music and immersed in modern music culture

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.

Job Category :

Marketing Streaming & Digital Media

Key Skills

Marketing,Google Docs,MailChimp,Adobe Creative Suite,Constant Contact,Microsoft Powerpoint,Market Research,Adobe Photoshop,Social Media Management,Adobe Illustrator,Wordpress,Adobe Indesign

Employment Type : Full-Time

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1