Coordinator - UK Marketing, New Recordings (3 month temp)

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Coordinator – UK Marketing (New Recordings)

Join BMG’s team to support the Director of UK Marketing and senior marketing team across a range of marketing activities and strategies!

This is a 3-month temporary assignment to start ASAP

Key Responsibilities

• Setting up all artist physical, digital and audio digital products within BMG systems. Proactively utilising existing procedures to enhance workflow and implement new procedures where appropriate.
• Liaising with all internal stakeholders – designer, A+R and masters admin, management, production and supply chain to co-ordinate the timely delivery of final products within production deadlines. Monitoring release dates and ensuring any changes to dates or products are communicated and actioned.
• Coordinating, briefing, delivering and approving of advertising, content and marketing materials. Ensuring storage of all items in correct format.
• Updating internal artist project diary and regular artist project reports, timely distribution of project assets.
• Creating and updating artist project decks, physical product sales notes and writing pitching information for digital releases.
• Maintaining dropboxes and Marketing Mix online portal with assigned projects.
• Contributing to artist brainstorms and assisting with the generation and implementation of creative marketing ideas.
• Co-ordinating itineraries and travel arrangements for artists as and when requid.
• Liaising with promoters regarding ticket buys, compiling guest lists.
• Organising showcase events and after shows.
• Managing small projects with the guidance of project marketing lead.
• Building and maintaining strong relationships across the business, including
  • • Internal stakeholders, particularly A+R, digital marketing, digital and physical sales, international marketing, LBA and finance.
• Building and maintaining strong relationships with external stakeholders, particularly Artist and Artist Management teams, press and promotional companies and sales and distribution partners.
• Developing and maintaining an awareness and understanding of the music industry including the changing face of DSPs and social media platforms.
• Anticipating changes within the music industry and suggesting ways in which BMG can adapt and develop.
• Monitoring and analysing competitor releases and feedback during campaign planning.
• Building and maintaining an industry network.

Your Profile

• Previous marketing experience within a label, DSP, management company, promoter or other music / tech related company
• Understanding of streaming and digital marketing
• Experience with project management
• Strong PowerPoint and design skills
• A strong and personable communicator

Pay Range

£30,000 - £32,000 per annum

The above salary is dependent upon factors such as work experience, qualifications and business needs.

Are you interested? Follow the link to apply!

Founded in 2008, BMG reimagined the relationship between music companies, songwriters, and artists by offering fairer contracts, greater creative freedom, and unparalleled transparency in royalties and licensing. Now the fourth-largest music company in the world, BMG combines human creativity with cutting-edge technology to connect music with global audiences.

With 20 offices across 13 key markets, BMG represents more than three million songs and recordings, including some of the most iconic catalogs and works from leading artists and songwriters such as The Rolling Stones, Tina Turner, George Harrison, Blondie, and more. BMG is wholly owned and privately held by the international media, services, and education company Bertelsmann, whose other content businesses include the entertainment company RTL Group and the trade book publisher Penguin Random House.

As a Disability Confident Committed organisation, we are dedicated to ensuring that candidates with disabilities are given a fair opportunity to demonstrate their abilities. Therefore, we guarantee an interview to applicants with disabilities who meet the essential criteria for the role. Please note – there may be exceptional circumstances where the volume of applicants means we cannot interview all eligible candidates. If you have any questions about the Guaranteed Interview Scheme or would like to confirm your eligibility, please reach out to us at career.uk@bmg.com.

Company: BMG Rights Management Services (UK) Limited 

Country: United Kingdom 

State/Region: London 

City: London

Postal Code: SW1V 2SA 

Job ID: 279264