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A&R Admin Coordinator

Universal Music

Greater London

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GBP 30,000 - 40,000

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Job summary

A global music company in Greater London is seeking an A&R Admin team member to support artists and repertoire across various labels. The successful candidate will book recording sessions, liaise with different teams, and ensure compliance with company policies. Essential qualifications include excellent IT skills and the ability to multitask in a fast-paced environment. This role offers comprehensive benefits including a pension scheme and private medical insurance.

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)

Qualifications

Proficient in Word, Excel, and Outlook.
Experience working with colleagues at all levels.
Ability to remain calm in a sometimes-pressured environment.

Responsibilities

Booking and coordinating recording, mixing and mastering sessions.
Ensuring all audio parts for physical and digital products meet deadlines.
Archiving all masters after recording sessions.
Compiling studio musician and remix agreements.

Skills

Excellent IT skills

Knowledge of audio and production parts

Proven experience of working to strict deadlines

Excellent organisational skills

Excellent written and verbal communication skills

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 A Side : A Day in The Life

The A&R Admin team sits at the heart of Universal Music UK’s creative operations providing essential support to our Artists & Repertoire (A&R) teams across the labels. We ensure that the creative process runs smoothly by managing the administrative contractual and logistical elements of the recording process.

From setting up recording sessions and processing producer and songwriter agreements to overseeing budgets and ensuring compliance with company policies the team plays a vital role in turning creative ideas into commercially successful releases. Acting as the link between artists A&R legal finance and production, A&R Admin helps to create the foundation on which our artists and repertoire can thrive.

Responsibilities

Booking and coordinating recording, mixing and mastering sessions.
Liaising with A&R, marketing, metadata and release planning teams for formatting and scheduling for all releases.
Ensuring all audio parts for physical and digital products are ordered and put into production in time to meet release deadlines for UK and international releases.
Collating and compiling all label copy for copyright and artwork, and liaising with managers, writers, publishers, producers, mixers and musicians to ensure all credits are received and correctly integrated into the UMG systems.
Archiving all masters after recording sessions and ensuring producers, mixers and engineers have supplied all parts required from sessions in the required format.
Compiling studio musician and remix agreements and ensuring these are signed and processed promptly.
Booking travel for artists.
Attend weekly scheduling meetings.
Oversee delivery of all singles deals on the domestic roster ensuring all the usual processes are followed with the guidance of your manager.
Inquire on paying supplier invoices on time while monitoring overall recording budget spend.
Book the artist travel to recording sessions.
Any other reasonable duty as instructed by line manager.

Person Specification

Necessary

Excellent IT skills; must be proficient in Word, Excel and Outlook.
Knowledge of audio and production parts.
Proven experience of working to strict deadlines and excellent organisational skills.
Experience working on own as well as part of a team.
Experience working with colleagues at all levels.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Ability to remain calm in a sometimes-pressured environment.
Committed and flexible.
R2 User.

Desirable