Marketing Manager - Mercury KX – 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.

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.

Mercury KX (MKX) is home to acclaimed composers and innovative producers such as DJ ANNA, Bat For Lashes, Erland Cooper, Isobel Waller-Bridge, Jean-Michel Blais, Lara Somogyi, LUXE, Ólafur Arnalds and many more. We strive to curate audio-visual adventures of vast and distinct sound worlds across electronic, modern classical, cinematic, experimental and ambient music.

Mercury KX is seeking an ambitious and creative Marketing Manager to lead global marketing campaigns across our roster of boundary-pushing artists. This role is central to the growth of the Mercury KX brand and its artist community, combining grassroots artist development with ambitious, internationally focused album campaigns. You will be responsible for delivering innovative marketing strategies, acting as the key point person for projects, and championing campaigns across the wider Decca Label Group. This is an opportunity for someone who lives and breathes electronic, modern classical and experimental music, and who thrives on building audiences in meaningful, long-term ways.

The B Side: Skills & Experience

• Be operational and strategic

• Lead and product manage global marketing campaigns across Mercury KX artists and projects.
• Develop long-term, audience-first campaigns that extend artist visibility beyond release cycles.
• Act as the main marketing point of contact for artists and sell campaigns into the wider Decca Label Group.
• Shape and grow the Mercury KX label brand with a cohesive vision across the roster.

• Work closely with artists and creative partners to develop strong campaign briefs and deliver compelling creative assets.
• Commission and oversee visual content (photo, video, artwork) for global digital and physical use.
• Collaborate with Commercial, Audience, Promo and International teams to deliver integrated campaigns.
• Drive grassroots audience development alongside ambitious global campaigns.
• Embrace new platforms, technologies and routes to market to grow audiences and communities.

• Manage marketing budgets effectively, maintaining accurate forecasting and spend tracking.
• Deliver multiple campaigns simultaneously with exceptional organisation and attention to detail.

Person Specification

• Necessary

• Deep knowledge and passion for electronic, modern classical and experimental music.
• Marketing management experience within the music industry.
• Proven success delivering global or domestic campaigns and growing development artists.
• Strong strategic, creative, analytical and commercial marketing capability.
• Excellent communication, presentation and relationship-management skills.
• Highly organised, proactive and digitally native.

• Strong visual sensibility and branding experience.
• Experience managing photo/video shoots or creative production.
• Event planning or showcase experience.
• Experience of creating and delivering digital campaigns.

Bonus Tracks: Your Benefits

• Group Personal Pension Scheme (between 3% and 9%)
• Private Medical Insurance
• 25 paid days of annual leave
• Interest Free Season Ticket Loan available
• Holiday Purchase scheme
• Dental and Travel Insurance options
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Salary Sacrifice Cars
• Subsidised Gym Membership
• Employee Discounts (Reward Gateway)

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.