Marketing Coordinator - Island EMI Label group – Kings Cross, London

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.

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The A Side: A Day in the Life

As a Marketing Coordinator, you'll play a key role in supporting the planning, coordination and delivery of innovative marketing campaigns across Island EMI's diverse artist roster. Working closely with Marketing Managers and cross-functional teams, you'll help ensure campaigns are executed seamlessly from planning through to release and beyond.

You will be responsible for:

• Coordinating and supporting the planning and execution of artist marketing campaigns across multiple projects and release schedules.
• Managing campaign timelines, key milestones and deliverables, ensuring projects remain on track and deadlines are consistently met.
• Supporting the end-to-end production process for singles, EPs and albums, working across internal teams to deliver successful releases.
• Working closely with Marketing, A&R, Digital, Commercial, Audience Development, Creative, Publicity and International teams to deliver integrated campaigns.
• Building strong working relationships with artist management and external creative partners throughout campaigns.
• Coordinating creative assets including artwork, video, photography, social content and advertising materials, ensuring all assets are delivered to brief and on time.
• Briefing designers and creative teams, managing feedback rounds and ensuring campaign assets are approved and delivered efficiently.
• Supporting photoshoots, content creation, promotional activity, live events and campaign launches, liaising with photographers, stylists, glam teams, content creators and other creative partners where required.
• Assisting with campaign budgets, purchase orders and financial tracking, ensuring accurate administration throughout each project.
• Preparing marketing presentations, campaign updates, release schedules and internal communications.
• Maintaining organised campaign documentation, asset libraries, databases and project trackers.
• Monitoring campaign performance, compiling reports and sharing insights to support future campaign planning.
• Providing proactive day-to-day support to the wider marketing team, anticipating campaign needs and stepping in wherever required to ensure successful delivery.
• Proofing and spell-checking assets and copy across campaign deliverables.

The B Side: Skills & Experience

We're looking for someone who is passionate about music, thrives in a fast-paced environment and enjoys taking ownership of their work.

You'll ideally have:

• Previous experience in a Marketing Assistant, Label Assistant or similar coordination/administrative role within the music or entertainment industry.
• Experience working across Pop, Electronic, R&B and Rap campaigns would be highly advantageous.
• Experience supporting artist campaigns involving creative partners such as stylists, photographers, glam teams, content creators and wider creative collaborators.
• Excellent organisational and project management skills, with the ability to manage multiple campaigns simultaneously.
• Strong time management skills and the ability to prioritise competing deadlines effectively.
• A proactive, self-starting approach with a willingness to take ownership and consistently go above and beyond to support the team.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the confidence to build relationships across internal teams and external partners.
• A collaborative mindset with the confidence to step up, solve problems and support colleagues whenever required.
• Outstanding attention to detail and the ability to remain calm under pressure.
• Strong administrative skills and confidence using marketing systems, reporting tools and Microsoft Office.
• A passion for music, artist development and contemporary culture, with an enthusiasm for delivering best-in-class campaigns.
• Attention to detail with strong proof reading skills.

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.