Commercial Projects Assistant - Amplify U, Trainee

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. Everyone is welcome to apply for our roles, and we are determined to ensure that no applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment because of gender, race, disability, sexual orientation, religion, belief, age, marital status, background, pregnancy, or caring responsibilities. We also recognise the importance of diversity of thought within our teams and are fully committed to embracing the talents of people with autism, dyslexia, ADHD, and other forms of neurocognitive variation. We will always seek to make appropriate adjustments to recruitment, workplaces, and work processes to be fully inclusive to people with different needs and working styles.

The A Side: A Day in the Life

Universal Music Group is looking for a detail-oriented and proactive Commercial Projects Trainee to support the Commercial Projects team within the Commercial Affairs division. This team operates at the intersection of digital curation, physical product strategy, marketing, and brand management, driving commercial success across both physical and digital platforms. In this role, you’ll coordinate a wide range of projects—from managing vinyl and CD campaigns to curating playlists, supporting brand communications, and liaising with international teams on thematic campaigns and analytical reporting. You’ll need to be an adaptable multitasker who can balance operational efficiency with creative problem-solving, and a natural collaborator who thrives in a fast-paced, music-led environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Physical Campaigns
  • Create and maintain vinyl and CD price campaign sheets.
  • Create campaign themes and explore commercially viable products to sell across retail & e-commerce.
  • Manage approval workflows and determine pricing for new campaign titles.
  • Run and analyse sales data for physical campaigns.
  • Track canvass responses across markets, ensuring timely and complete feedback.
  • Draft and send internal marketing notes for campaigns including product info and assets.
• Digital & Curation
  • Quality check compilation products in coordination with the delivery team.
  • Curate and maintain a portfolio of hero playlist products and pitch new playlist and brand concepts.
  • Collaborate with designers to maintain playlist artwork and deliver monthly Spotify ad asset suites.
  • Coordinate with social media freelancers to ensure regular, relevant content posting, and manage the creation of social ad assets.
  • Manage the track priority process across labels, ensuring clear communication and feedback on placements.
• Brands
  • Manage social media channels across TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, Reddit, Discord.
  • Manage marketing budgets across labels & markets, coordinating invoices, and measure final performance.
  • Liaise with markets and support operational processes such as scheduling releases.
  • Build CRM mailers and support digital communication strategies.
  • Onboard digital creators to our internal database, and utilize across campaigns.

The B Side: What You’ll Do & Learn

• Be Organised
  • Support the coordination of commercial projects across multiple teams, helping to keep campaigns on track and delivered on time.
  • Learn how physical music campaigns are planned and executed, including vinyl and CD promotions across retail and e-commerce channels.
  • Assist with campaign planning, product set‑up and approval processes, developing an understanding of how commercial opportunities are brought to market.
  • Help maintain campaign schedules, project trackers and key documentation to ensure visibility across the team.
  • Gain exposure to budget tracking, reporting and operational processes that support commercial activity.
  • Learn how to balance multiple priorities and projects in a fast‑paced environment while maintaining excellent attention to detail.
• Be Analytical
  • Support the analysis of sales, campaign and market performance data.
  • Learn how insights are used to inform commercial decision‑making and future campaign strategies.
  • Assist in preparing reports, presentations and performance updates for internal stakeholders.
  • Gain experience using data to identify opportunities, trends and areas for improvement.
  • Develop confidence working with spreadsheets and reporting tools to organise and interpret information.
• Be Collaborative
  • Build relationships with colleagues across Commercial Affairs, Marketing, Digital, Sales, Labels and International teams.
  • Support the coordination of cross‑functional projects and communications.
  • Learn how commercial campaigns are delivered across both physical and digital platforms.
  • Work alongside global teams and international markets, gaining exposure to the wider music industry landscape.
  • Develop strong stakeholder management and communication skills through regular collaboration with a variety of teams.
• Be Creative
  • Support playlist, catalogue and brand initiatives across a variety of genres and audiences.
  • Learn how playlists, social media and digital content are used to engage fans and drive commercial performance.
  • Assist with the development and delivery of creative assets, campaign materials and marketing communications.
  • Gain insight into emerging trends across music, culture, social platforms and consumer behaviour.
  • Contribute ideas for campaigns, playlists and brand activity, helping to bring Universal Music’s catalogue to new audiences.

What You’ll Bring

• We’re looking for someone who is organised, curious and excited to learn about the commercial side of the music industry.
• Excellent organisational skills and the ability to manage multiple tasks and priorities.
• Strong attention to detail and a proactive approach to your work.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Confidence working with data and information to identify trends and insights.
• Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office, particularly Excel, Word and Outlook.
• Familiarity with social and digital platforms such as Instagram, TikTok, YouTube and Spotify.
• A collaborative mindset and the ability to build positive working relationships with different teams.
• A genuine interest in music, audience engagement, marketing and commercial strategy.
• A willingness to learn, take ownership and contribute ideas.

Desirable

• Experience gained through internships, work experience, university projects, part‑time work or extracurricular activities involving marketing, social media, events, data analysis or project coordination.
• Experience using spreadsheets to organise, analyse or present information.
• Knowledge of current music trends, digital culture and the streaming landscape.

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.