Data Analyst

Universal Music; Greater London; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global music company is seeking a Data Analyst to join their commercial division. This full-time role involves pulling, analyzing, and interpreting commercial data to provide valuable insights for label teams. The ideal candidate has experience in analysis, particularly within the music industry, and is comfortable using data tools. This position offers the opportunity to work closely with A&R and marketing teams to support strategy development and artist discovery in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in an analysis role; SQL, Python or BigQuery preferred.
• Experience in the music industry or commercial A&R/Streaming.
• Able to be both creative and data-driven.

Responsibilities

• Analyze track performance and share insights with label teams.
• Report on audience data to inform marketing strategies.
• Support A&R analysis and discover new artists.

Skills

Data Analytics

SQL

Power BI

Microsoft Access

Data Visualization

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

A newly created role serving two labels Decca & Fontana. As part of the commercial division the Data Analyst role will primarily be responsible for pulling analysing interpreting and communicating commercial and consumption data. This data analysis will give the label teams valuable insights and inform strategy. Other areas of focus will include audience data and insight and A&R analysis helping our label teams understand fan behaviour and look for new artist signings.

Since 1929 DECCA has been the home of the worlds greatest musicians. Working with globally successful artists like Max Richter and Andrea Bocelli to groundbreaking experimental artists in the ambient instrumental space such as Ólafur Arnalds and LUXE bringing the music of these artists to a global audience is all in a days work. The label has always been at the forefront of classical music artistic excellence musical innovation and creative entrepreneurship. Home to prominent classical icons and contemporary classical favo u rites including Yunchan Lim Sheku Kanneh-Mason Alexandra Whittingham Klaus Makela Pavarotti Ashkenazy and Solti and more.

Fontana Records the legendary label has been home to some of the most influential recordings in jazz pop and alternative music. Recently revived under Universal Music UK Fontana continues its legacy as a home for genre-defining artists across jazz folk blues alternative and soul. Fontanas roster includes Jacob Collier Aurora Jeff Goldblum Jordan Rakei Victor Ray The Teskey Brothers and Melody Gardot alongside international acts from Blue Note Verve and Impulse. As Fontana returns to the UK it embarks on a new chapter celebrating experimentation discovery and artistry. This is an exciting opportunity to join from the start helping to shape the next chapter of an iconic label.

The B Side : Skills & Experience

Be Analytical

• Report on frontline and catalogue track performance and share weekly insights with label teams
• Analyse historical sales data to inform physical forecasting and marketing budgets
• Report on audience data across social media and CRM to give label marketing teams deeper insights
• Discover new artists through internal and external A&R data tools websites streaming services and develop new ways to evaluate unsigned talent.
• Work closely with the A&R team to demystify and locate opportunities.
• Building bespoke systems and processes to help this process run sooner in a fast-paced environment.

Be Operational

• Put together weekly reports highlighting track performance audience shifts sales figures
• Work with other UMG data teams to leverage the latest tech and keep the labels future-facing
• Attend meetings gigs showcases conferences and other events to represent the label where required.
• Feedback and contribute to the general development of the labels artist data signing strategy.

Be Collaborative

• Work closely alongside the commercial D2C marketing and A&R teams to streamline processes in this area.
• Work with data specialists in labels & central teams both in UK and internationally - to ensure we are fully across the latest changes in this area.
• Contribute to long-term plan to effect positive change within the label using data & analysis

Personal specification

• Experience in an analysis role. SQL Python or BigQuery knowledge would be a bonus.
• Experience in the music industry ideally gained within commercial A&R Streaming.
• Ability to be both creative and data driven.
• Digitally savvy and quick to adopt trends.
• Passionate at reading audiences and trends in the music landscape.
• Exceptional communication presentation and organization skills.
• Artist focused and passionate about the music industry with a good knowledge of the digital and short form landscape.
• Proactive attitude to work to deadlines meet targets and multitask in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong relationship building skills and a team-oriented approach.

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

Required Experience : IC

Key Skills

• Data Analytics
• Microsoft Access
• SQL
• Power BI
• R
• Data Visualization
• Tableau
• Data Management
• Data Mining
• SAS
• Data Analysis Skills
• Analytics

Employment Type : Full-Time

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1