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. If you need us to make any reasonable adjustments for you from application onwards, including alternatives to the online form or to disclose a neurocognitive condition, please email UniversalMusicCareers@umusic.com.

The A Side: A Day in The Life
Mercury Studios is a multi-faceted content studio established to develop, produce, globally distribute and invest in innovative, music-rooted storytelling across a range of media including film, television, podcasting, publishing and live-streamed performance. Taking its name from the iconic Mercury Records label, Mercury Studios is powered by Universal Music Group and creates an open space for experimentation to unleash and amplify both emerging and established artists. With offices in London and Los Angeles, Mercury Studios harnesses its established relationships with best-in-class talent from music and film, seamlessly bridging the two worlds to create a completely distinctive community of trailblazers driven by original IP, innovation and collaboration.

The B Side: Skills & Experience

Be Operational

Screening, organising and actioning incoming communications to the SVP Finance.
Managing all aspects of the SVP Finance diary and work schedule.
Arranging, preparing, and supporting meetings on behalf of the SVP Finance
Full support to SVP Finance on helping to manage all aspects of their work administration
Researching and organising various team facing tasks including group activities and social events.
Be key member of core team that ensures all aspects of the smooth running of the office
To be on hand offering day to day team support
Attending various Mercury Studios meetings and taking notes for circulation post meting
Attending various label meetings and reporting back priority topics to the wider Mercury Studios team

Be Administrative

Admin support to General Manager
Assist with new starter set up / onboarding and be responsible for collection of leavers equipment.
Manage and approve meeting room requests for Mercury Studios
Day to Day ad hoc administrative tasks
To make sure refreshments & stationary cupboards are stocked and kept neat & tidy
Screen and manage incoming and outgoing post for the department
Arranging travel
Booking bikes / cabs / couriers
Assisting in the ongoing sustainability actions for the wider team
Assisting in other daily tasks with the team, help solve queries and issues

Person Specification
Self-motivated, hard-working and enthusiastic
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Highly organised with the ability to keep calm under pressure
Flexible and able to prioritise own workload
Excellent attention to detail
Meticulous and tenacious about delivering the right results
Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to work round issues

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.