International Data - London, United Kingdom - Universal Music Group

Universal Music Group

Verified Company

London, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Music is Universal

It's the passionate and dedicated team at Universal Music who help make us the world's 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.

The A Side:
A Day in The Life

Virgin Music is an award-winning label services company, with offices across the world.

As part of the Universal Music Group, the world's largest music company, we have access to world class data and analytical tools.

Virgin Music is looking for an International Data & Analytics Lead based from our UK office but with a global outlook.

This is a unique role and is crucial to the success of the label by supporting the marketing, commercial, finance, A&R and international and territory teams.

The B Side:
Skills & Experience

Be Analytical

Analysing streaming and sales data; combining top level consumption with deeper analysis of the methods/sources of that consumption and historical comparatives
Subsequently communicating that back to marketing, digital, commercial teams and management; extracting the key insights depending on the audience

Be Collaborative

Preparing and presenting business reviews and release updates to 3rd party label partners, key artist management and Virgin Music senior management
Provide general market & commercial reports at request from senior management and own initiative, including competitor analysis, local market overviews and DSP insights
Coordination of and with other teams (internal and external) across markets to maintain consistency in data and reporting and maintain global Virgin Music standards in same

Be Innovative

Assisting in educating and onboarding Virgin Music's 3rd party label partners on the analysis for their artists, to ensure that Virgin Music is a market leader of this function
Improving Virgin Music's systems and technology offering to internal and external teams, through the use and identification of new software/tech, managing development and rollout along with and technical skills to create selfservice dashboards, release schedules, DSP insights and more

Be Strategic

Setting KPIs for streaming and partnering with teams to work towards those
Creating, refining and automating regular reporting so that it can serve the variety of teams in the most efficient manner in existing and newly implemented systems

Person Specification

Necessary

Proven track record of experience in an analytical role within the Music industry
Advanced Excel and Office suite (including Macro creation and editing) skills
Strong SQL abilities, including windowing functions and querying of very large data sets
Experience with Google BigQuery strongly desired
Proven experience with a variety of BI tools, in particular MicroStrategy, Tableau (Desktop and Online environment management), Domo and DataStudio
Excellent communication skills with ability to present to & interact with highlevel management
Experience in working with teams based in multiple territories tailored analysis, appropriate communication, and coordination and crucially an understanding of the nuances and differences between the recorded music markets
Ability to provide strategic recommendations based on unstructured data analysis. Must be able to do this with or without direction
Must have a full understand of the latest innovations and consumer trends in music and technology
Special attention to new forefronts in label services amongst competitors and industry
Passion and interest in software and identifying systemsbased solutions for constantly improving work processes
Naturally curious about the music industry
Ability to bring data to life in an intelligent and compelling way (storytelling)

Desirable:

Existing networks with such teams and external labels

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 jobholder's 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:
Data, Analytics & Business Intelligence