Music Analytics & Insights Strategist

Umusic; Santa Monica (CA); On-site; USD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Mental health coverage

Fertility coverage

Wellbeing reimbursements

Student Loan Assistance

Tuition Reimbursement

401(k) vesting

Flexible PTO

Winter Break

Company Holidays

Summer Fridays

Parental leave

Job summary

Universal Music Group, located on-site in Santa Monica, seeks an Analyst for the Strategic Analytics team. You will analyze large data sets using SQL, build financial models, and craft data-driven insights for executives, collaborating with Business Development, Finance, Marketing, and label groups.

The role emphasizes learning company data sources, data quality, and presenting complex analyses in clear, actionable formats.

Qualifications

• Write complex SQL scripts to extract data for projects
• Explain benefits and pitfalls of various data sets based on data quality
• Distill large data into a narrative and actionable insights
• Learn quickly and become a deep subject matter expert on UMG data sources
• Communicate data-driven recommendations to executives and analysts
• Collaborate in project teams to answer analytical questions

Responsibilities

• Generate insights on user trends, platform trends, engagement, retention, monetization
• Develop dynamic models to support licensing negotiations (e.g., with Spotify, Apple, YouTube)
• Present analyses to senior executives and cross-functional stakeholders
• Work with multiple data sources and reconcile against the source of truth
• Create compelling presentations and deliver clear data-driven narratives

Skills

SQL

Excel

PowerPoint

Data visualization

Financial modeling

Job description

Universal Music Group, located on-site in Santa Monica, seeks an Analyst for the Strategic Analytics team. You will analyze large data sets using SQL, build financial models, and craft data-driven insights for executives, collaborating with Business Development, Finance, Marketing, and label groups.

The role emphasizes learning company data sources, data quality, and presenting complex analyses in clear, actionable formats.