Artist Relations Intern in London

Sony Music is looking for a passionate and enthusiastic intern to join our Artist Relations team. This is a fantastic opportunity for someone eager to gain hands-on experience in the music industry and learn how we support our artists behind the scenes. As an Intern, you’ll assist with a variety of tasks that help the team run smoothly. This includes getting stuck in and helping to organise exciting events and awards parties. A key part of your role will be supporting with ticket distribution for tours, and providing general administrative support. You’ll work closely with the team to gain insight into how we build and maintain strong relationships with our artists and key stakeholders.

We’re looking for someone who is proactive and keen to learn, with strong communication skills, both written and verbal. You should be organised, detail-oriented, energetic, approachable, and ready to be a supportive team player. If you’re passionate about music and excited to start your career in the industry, we’d love to hear from you.

This role is not in the A&R (Artist and Repertoire) department.

Role Overview:

• Office attendance: Monday to Thursday
• Flexibility: Occasional further working from home days if approved by department head
• Offsite working: The role involves regular off-site work, including attendance at events outside standard working hours and occasional weekend commitments.

What you'll do:

• Supporting the team with all touring, ticket allocation and administrative duties.
• Working closely with our Artist Relations Coordinator to distribute tickets and liaise with promoters and Sony Music employees, ensuring all related admin is completed accurately and on-time.
• Provide administrative support to the team in relation to internal and external playbacks and events.
• Helping with guest lists and tasks at each event as required. Larger events will include the Brits and corporate parties.
• Leading on smaller scale artist, fan & influencer events and activations.
• Responsible for completing admin activities for the above events and tours including processing invoices, arranging backstage passes and hospitality at shows and continual maintenance of wristbands.
• Be ready to provide quick, on-the-spot support for artists or key stakeholders during events, helping ensure everything runs smoothly under pressure.
• Support the coordination of gifts for artist and staff birthdays, weddings, and other major life events, contributing ideas and helping to ensure thoughtful and timely gestures are delivered.
• Assist in keeping artist and stakeholder information up to date to help with planning and admin tasks for key annual events.

Who you are:

Essential:

• A team player who can be relied upon to participate as needed during busier periods and open to working varied hours in line with our events calendars.
• Able to create meaningful connections with external partners by being approachable, professional, and proactive—helping to represent the Artist Relations team in a positive and collaborative way.
• Bring professionalism and the skills necessary to establish and maintain credibility and diplomacy.

Nice to Have:

• This role suits an enthusiastic and passionate individual who is eager to pursue a career in the music industry.
• You will be on the pulse with all music, entertainment and lifestyle trends and love to create memorable experiences for people.
• Excellent communicator with strong relationship building skills and the ability to interact with confidence at different levels and functions internally and externally.
• Highly adaptable and with the ability to learn at pace.
• Strong organisational skills with good attention to detail and time management.

What we give you:

• An annual salary of £28,480 (London Living Wage).
• You join a vibrant global community with the opportunity to channel your passion every day.
• A modern office environment designed for you, empowering you to bring your best.
• Investment in your professional growth and development such as focused workshops and a dedicated mentor, enabling you to thrive in our vibrant community.
• The space to accelerate progress, positively disrupt and create what happens next.
• We give you the platform to champion positive change, with the opportunity to contribute to our social impact, diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.
• We provide an excellent range of benefits like private medical cover, a generous pension scheme, life assurance, income protection, plus loads of music industry perks. There’s also time off over winter break.

Process Overview:

Applications open August 10th at 10:00 and close August 24th at 10:00. Candidates whose applications are selected will be invited to complete a video interview between September 28th and October 3rd. Candidates who pass this stage will then be invited to the final stage of the process, an in-person assessment centre in early November. We will send further information on this stage before the date arrives. Successful applicants will start in January 2027.

We are committed to providing an accessible recruitment process and encourage you to let us know if you require any reasonable adjustments throughout the process by contacting this email: recruitment.support@sonymusic.com.

Equal Opportunities: As an active part of a culturally and socially diverse society, Sony Music’s aim is that our workforce is diverse and inclusive. Sony Music is an equal opportunity employer and supports workforce diversity. We employ, retain, promote and otherwise treat all employees and job applicants according to their merit, qualifications, competence and talent. We apply this policy without regard to any individual’s sex, race, religion, origin, age, sexual orientation, marital status, medical condition or disability.