🚀 Internship

A&R Admin Intern

Universal Music Group

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28d ago

🚀 Off-cycle

London

Rolling basis

Description

Few labels can boast as long, prestigious and varied a musical history as Polydor. From the ’60s ‘beat boom’ onwards, through the eras of progressive rock, disco and punk, the label has been at the vanguard of every significant musical development. Today the likes of Billie Eilish, Kendrick Lamar, Glass Animals, Sam Fender, Lana Del Rey, Celeste, Haim, Mura Masa and Olivia Rodrigo maintain Polydor’s enviable cutting-edge reputation.
The A&R Admin Intern will sit in the heart of the busy A&R team and work across multiple artists and their campaigns. They will support the artist’s recordings and releases as well as the creative and administrative A&R teams.

Area of Responsibilities

People, HR & Administration

Responsibilities

Be Administrative

Distributing, filing, and keeping audio secure
Check, update and track status of label copy for both physical and digital releases
Assist A&R team in product initiation and product workflow
Ensure all newly created digital masters and assets are archived
Assist with quality control measures, such as test pressings and artwork sign offs
Collate, place, and distribute product orders for the team and manage stock
Schedule weekly A&R team meeting and circulate agenda/minutes
Book couriers and travel for artists and team as required
Sourcing and booking recording studios, engineers, and equipment hire.
Booking and administrating mastering and “dolby atmos” sessions.
managing all remixes admin: Issuing Remix agreements, making payments and running an XL sheet record

Be Collaborative

Liaise with the archive team for audio and audio-visual asset reports
Schedule and coordinate key department meetings that are fundamental to the sharing of information between the A&R team and other Polydor departments
Help to research and implement new and emerging digital initiatives
Liaise with licensing and legal team to monitor progress of releases
Assist in researching new ideas, projects and asset availability
Assist in researching new artists
Support cross-label project teams as required
Attend scheduling meetings and assist with updates between the A&R and Production teams, proactively and reactively
Assist with streaming analysis and playlist suggestions
taking on miscellaneous tasks as required by department heads and personnel

Be Financial

Keep track of budgets and approve payments
Process Uniport invoices for various artists expenses such as travel on behalf of the department

Requirements

Passionate about music
Experience of working in a fast-paced office environment essential
Great attention to detail
The ability to learn quickly and be proactive as well as reactive
Highly organised with the ability to keep calm under pressure
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Flexible and able to prioritise own workload
Self-motivated, hardworking, and enthusiastic
A desire to progress in the music industry
Great computer skills i.e., Microsoft Office, Excel, and Word
A specific interest to work within A&R administration/project management
Experience working in music (personal or professional) ideally within a studio environment
Adaptable and able to take initiative

Desirable

Benefits