Catalogue Transition Manager

Universal Music; Greater London; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent music company in Greater London is seeking a Catalogue Transition Manager to ensure the accuracy of metadata and assets within the supply chain. The role requires strong analytical skills and the ability to build relationships with both internal and external stakeholders. Key responsibilities include overseeing catalog transitions, managing data integrity, and working collaboratively on business-critical projects. The ideal candidate should have a deep understanding of digital asset management and experience in the music industry.

Benefits

Group Personal Pension Scheme

Private Medical Insurance

25 paid days of annual leave

Interest Free Season Ticket Loan

Holiday Purchase scheme

Dental and Travel Insurance options

Cycle to Work Scheme

Subsidised Gym Membership

Employee Discounts

Qualifications

• Strong understanding of digital asset management metadata structures and delivery specifications.
• A working understanding of a product lifecycle within the music industry.
• Proficient in using Excel to manipulate data.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the global transition of music catalogues.
• Ensure high standard of metadata and assets capture.
• Build and maintain relationships with stakeholders.

Skills

Data analysis and manipulation

Digital asset management

Strong interpersonal skills

Project management

Education

Strong understanding of metadata structures

Proficient in Excel

Tools

Excel

Job description

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 Catalogue Transition team oversees the global transition of music catalogues from 3rd parties to UMG (Catalogue Onboarding) and the coordination of music catalogue loss of rights to 3rd parties (Catalogue Offboarding). The team is responsible for the initiation ingestion review and delivery of repertoire to digital and physical retailers ensuring smooth migrations by maintaining the integrity and accessibility of the repertoire while coordinating with all relevant UMG departments and external stakeholders. The key objective of the team is to ensure that any new catalogue and / or label is distributed out to the market accurately and up to current industry and artistic standards. The group looks to drive industry standards by supplying high-quality materials for offboarding music catalogues to 3rd parties.

As the Catalogue Transition Manager you will be responsible for ensuring that a high standard of metadata and assets are captured in our supply chain systems through the collation review clean-up and timely scheduling within UMG Digital Supply Chain in support of UMG owned and 3rd party labels globally. This is a vital function as it informs supports and entrusts that our metadata and assets are complete and correct for all of our partners both internal and external.

You will utilise your strong interpersonal skills to build and maintain solid relationships with both the team and key internal and external stakeholders to help facilitate the delivery of time dependent business critical projects.

The B Side : Skills & Experience

Be Analytical

Ensure successful onboarding of catalogue by providing detailed support in the collection analysis and manipulation of assets (e.g. audio video artwork files)

The ideal candidate will be an expert at analyzing large data sets using Excel and highly skilled at understanding new or complex data with a view to actioning in relevant UMG systems

Support in-house conversions and ensure all assets meet UMG technical specifications

Be proactive in the investigation of asset-related issues to ensure smooth delivery and project completion

Coordinate bulk ingestion and scheduling exercises with central teams and execute punctual upload and scheduling tasks into UMG systems when required

Consolidate release scheduling information and guide stakeholders on appropriate scheduling plans

Monitor deliveries to business partners troubleshoot delivery issues and ensure alignment with partner requirements

Be Organised

Manage daily workloads by assessing business priorities in a timely manner (i.e. being aware of project milestones)

Ability to work effectively under pressure multi-task and be highly flexible to meet all deadlines

Ability to synthesise queries and questions and liaise with appropriate key stakeholders to provide effective timely solutions

Ensure that complex issues are acknowledged and progress updates are provided to line manager

Be Collaborative

Proactively raise and discuss issues / themes with team members and line manager

Act as a subject matter expert in the context of catalogue onboarding projects

Person Specification

Essential:

• Strong understanding of digital asset management metadata structures and delivery specifications
• A working understanding of a product lifecycle within the music industry and the metadata requirements necessary to support that
• Be proficient in using Excel to manipulate data

Quick learner:

Experienced in being able to quickly understand new business information systems and processes

Solutions-oriented with a positive attitude and strong work ethic and have an impeccable attention to detail

An analytical mindset to challenge existing processes and seek out new solutions to existing issues

Ability to work closely with other team members while at the same time taking responsibility for personal workload

Excellent communication reporting and trouble-shooting skills

Excellent time keeping

Highly motivated / self-starter with a proactive approach

Strong organisational skills and an ability to complete deliverables on time

A passion and knowledge of music and new technologies

Desirable:

Previous experience working in digital supply chain metadata operations and / or digital production

A working understanding of XML and in particular DDEX standards

Be proficient in a second language

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
• 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 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

Universal Music Group

Required Experience

Manager

Key Skills

Restaurant Experience,Customer Service,Employee Evaluation,Management Experience,Math,Employment & Labor Law,Sanitation,Leadership Experience,P&L Management,Mentoring,Supervising Experience,Restaurant Management

Employment Type

Full-Time

Experience

years

Vacancy

1