Commercial Group International Marketing Placement 2022

At Sony Music Entertainment, we are passionate about helping our artists succeed in an industry that sees constant change and opportunity for innovation. The International CMG team coordinates global marketing campaigns across a wide variety of international artists, and we strive to be ahead of the curve by identifying short-term marketing trends, as well as creating both physical and digital products. The team represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives and skills and we embrace diversity, equal opportunity, and progress in a serious way.

The Team

The ideal candidate will join a team of marketing-savvy negotiators who focus on driving global artist campaigns collaborating with creative and marketing teams. We are a small team who regularly socialise together and share a passion for the music we work with. 

The Role

This is a rare opportunity to have direct influence on music industry evolution, present strategic recommendations to senior management and partners that benefit Sony Music’s entire artist roster, while closely collaborating with teams across the company and the globe. You will possess good knowledge of the ever-changing traditional and digital-streaming landscapes, be comfortable working with and interpreting data, be creative and willing to weave innovation into plans, delivering in all these areas with analytical and creative thinking

What you'll do

• Provide administrative support to the team; including raising Purchasing Orders’, arranging travel, couriers & mailouts, processing expenses and other day to day administrative activities as required.
• Liaise with creative and marketing teams across multiple territories, sharing agendas, scheduling calls & meetings to help accommodate their specific needs whilst maintaining great relationships.
• Opportunity to get involved in project work suggesting new concepts and ideas, inputting into creative meetings, and the general creative process of our marketing initiatives while keeping abreast of new trends in digital marketing and streaming.
• Support the team to manage a demanding work schedule and the creation of presentations and design briefs as required.
• Assist the team with various physical and digital product set ups, including track-list curation, pre-order links and label copy set-up.
• Assist the team with global artist campaigns; collation + interpretation of post campaign deep dive analysis & data using a wide range of systems and dashboards (e.g. Apollo, Sami’s etc.)
• Manage marketing assets, proofing artwork & copy checking.

Who you are

• Excellent organisation and prioritising skills, with the ability to work independently and use own initiative
• Broad understanding of the music industry and an interest in digital marketing
• Good working knowledge / experience of TikTok and other social media platforms
• Strong attention to detail
• Excellent communication skills with a friendly approach to assist employee queries
• Comfortable working and interpreting data

What we give you

• You join an inclusive, collaborative and global community where you have the opportunity to fuel the creative journey
• A modern office environment designed to foster productivity, creativity, and teamwork
• An excellent range of benefits, like private medical cover, a generous pension scheme, life assurance and income protection, plus loads of music biz perks
• We invest in your professional growth & development
• Time off for a winter recess

How to apply

When applying to your chosen position, please answer all of the application questions, these answers will be reviewed along with your CV. 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 31/08/21

The application window for this internship will close on 01/08/21 at 9pm. 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 2022
• We will get back to you on the status of your application by 31/08/21
• There will be 3 rounds of interviews to complete, the recruitment process will be a mixture of virtual and in person interviews, but this will be determined by Covid restrictions and government guidelines at the time of interview. 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 2021, with final rounds in late October or Early November.