Analytics Internship London 2023

4th Floor Creative is Sony Music Entertainment UK’s in-house creative & strategy hub, launched in 2018 to unite Brand Partnerships, Sync, Visual Creative, Podcasting, Digital and Audience Development. Led by music industry powerhouse Cassandra Gracey, the London-based division works with Sony Music’s iconic labels – including Columbia, RCA, Commercial Group, Ministry of Sound, Black Butter, Relentless, Insanity – to orchestrate best-in-class activations and amplify artist and brand stories to connect with a global audience. 

The team

The Analytics team sits at the heart of the business, helping teams such as Label Marketing, Brands, Synch, Sales and International Marketing. The department is accountable for the awareness of both strategic and artist related business questions and uses data to help solve these problems. The Analytics team is part of the Sony Music UK’s Audience Development function (alongside Insight and CRM), sitting within 4th Floor Creative.

The role

You will be an integral part of the team helping coordinate and support the Analytics team with day-to-day requests, whether that be directly supporting our marketing teams on artist campaigns or working on centralised strategic projects. Our team are seen as thought-leaders and collaborators within the company; often offering insights into new emerging topics.

What you’ll do

• Work closely with Marketing / 4th Floor Creative to answer ad-hoc requests on both music and podcasting.
• Working closely with the Analytics/Insight team to help support on projects.
• Investigate social and streaming data to uncover insights for the business.
• Learn how to use analytics software such as Alteryx for Data Manipulation, and Tableau for Data Visualisation & Dashboard Creation.
• Learn SQL in order to tap into our rich databases of social and streaming data to aid with analysis.
• Create comms assets, trend reports and presentations to help convey findings to the business.
• Be accountable for the delivery, maintenance and development of a number of weekly reports.
• Provide admin support for SVP, Digital & Audience Development when PA or Operations Manager is on holiday; i.e., diary management, meeting preparation, printing documents, greeting visitors (in-office as required)

Who you are

• You know excel like the back of your hand and you may have had experience of using statistical package such as SPSS, SAS, eViews. You may also know SQL/Python or want to learnt them.
• Good understanding of the music streaming landscape, music economics and social media platforms.
• Highly Numerate – you need to like numbers and spotting patterns to be in analytics!
• Detail Orientated – findings need to be precise and accurately reflect the data.
• Problem Solving Mentality – not all our questions come with ready-made solutions, so you need to be able to think problems through.
• Great Communicator – you will need to be able to clearly communicate findings to colleagues.
• Good Organisation / Prioritisation Skills – we are a high-volume, fast-paced business.
• Passionate About Music – You love music and have a strong interest in the industry and music consumers.
• It helps if you are open to lots of different types of music as you could be working on any artist.

What we give you

• Regular sessions with fellow interns to learn about the wider business.
• Learning and development workshops to help you grow within the working world.
• The opportunity to join our employee resource groups @HUE, @Whatif, @Whatiffreedom and make a difference to our company.
• 25 days holiday + Bank holidays
• 2 Premium days to use for working on yourself, caring for your mental health or volunteering.
• A credit to use on live gigs.
• Free vinyl

How to apply

When applying to your chosen position, please answer all the application questions, these answers will be reviewed along with your CV and video cover letter. Please ensure that your CV is readable in all formats, we recommend uploading a PDF CV.

Once you have submitted your application, you will receive a confirmation email to let you know that we have received your application. We aim to get back to everyone on the status of their application by 31/08/22.

The application window for this internship will close on 01/08/22 at 6pm. We will not be accepting any applications after this time and date.

If you require any reasonable adjustments or assistance with the application or interview process, please contact us here sonyinternshipsuk@sonymusic.com. Please put Reasonable Adjustment Request in the subject line of the email. If you are in need of a phone call, please send us the email a message with the subject line Call Request and your number and we will get in contact at our earliest convenience. Please do not contact reception with application queries.

Things to note

• We do not require you to have a degree or qualification in order to apply for this internship but you do need to be over 18.
• The start date for the programme will be in January 2023.
• We will get back to you on the status of your application by September.
• There will be 3 rounds of interviews to complete, the recruitment process will be a mixture of virtual and in person interviews, again, if you require any reasonable adjustments to the interview process, please contact us at sonyinternshipsuk@sonymusic.com. Please put Reasonable Adjustment Request in the subject line of the email.
• The first round of interviews will commence in September 2022, with final rounds in late October or Early November.