Commercial Marketing Manager, UK - London, N1C 4AG
Commercial Marketing Manager, UK - London, N1C 4AG, United Kingdom
The A Side: A Day in The Life
We are looking for a Commercial Marketing Manager with some experience of working with Clients and managing relationships, but this role will give plenty of room to learn and the right candidate will be excited to take on a variety of new tasks.
You will be joining a team responsible for pitching releases from our label & artist partners to all key streaming services within the UK. Our team works across a large range of releases from high-charting album campaigns through to developing artists. The role will cover a broad range of musical genres, for example, dance, electronic, indie, alternative, pop, country, hip-hop and rap, across both UK domestic and international artists.
You will be responsible for looking after a range of allocated DSP partners, primarily focussing on pitching Virgin Music Group’s global repertoire to UK DSP teams.
The role is extremely dynamic and fast-paced. You will need to be very detail-oriented and be able to pull together key information from various sources and present it in a clear, concise manner back to partners.
You will be comfortable interpreting data and trends from a range of sources, including but not limited to streaming data, charts, social media, live and others.
You will be comfortable adapting to change whilst ensuring communication stays consistent and clear.
You will work closely with the Senior Commercial Marketing Manager and the wider Commercial team, having complete responsibility for your own allocated DSP partners. You will be expected to be proficient in all forms of presenting, comfortable hosting partner meetings & have a strong knack for relationship building.
The person in this role needs to be hard working and conscientious, have a data-led approach to narrative storytelling and pitching and have a built-in passion for music.
The B Side: Skills & Experience
Account lead for a number of Streaming services (DSPs)
Building & maintaining relationships
Presenting upcoming & ongoing priorities
Presenting upcoming & ongoing DSP initials to marketing & label management teams
Securing commercial marketing opportunities for Virgin Music Group’s artist and label partners
Managing/submitting release pitches in DSP partner tools, quality control/editing pitch information
Meet regularly with DSPs to present ongoing and upcoming priorities – maintaining relationships and securing the best opportunities for our releases
Representing Virgin Music Group in meetings with artist and label clients, supporting them in planning release strategy and audience development
Building newsletters for weekly DSP communications
Contributing Commercial perspective to Virgin Music Group internal planning meetings
Representing Virgin Music Group in meetings with artist/label clients, supporting them in planning release strategy and audience development
Tracking/analysing performance of releases via various data platforms
Recording new release & ongoing DSP editorial placements for communication to our label & artist partners
Attending & representing VMG at events including but not limited to gigs, conferences, in person meetings and more
NOTE: some of these will take place outside of standard working hours
Assisting with the running of the team, organising meetings, taking and distributing of notes, general admin
Building decks for DSP presentations and internal meetings
Person specification
Understanding of and passion for current music and social trends with a wide understanding of broader contemporary culture
Actively involved in the music scene, preferably with a passion for attending live shows
Pre-existing DSP relationships desirable
Experience of managing client relationships
Excellent administrative and time management skills
Highly detailed orientated and outstanding attention to detail
Ability to remain calm when working under pressure and to deadlines
Self-motivated and able to deal with the routine tasks as well as the more challenging aspects of the role
Able to prioritise and identify key tasks within a rapidly changing work schedule
Great IT skills - particularly in Excel, PowerPoint, Google Suites, MailChimp amongst others, as well an ability to learn and have a good comprehension of various IT infrastructures
Excellent written and verbal skills e.g. Confident to re-write or adapt marketing texts as and when necessary
Enthusiasm and a willingness to learn and take on new tasks that may arise
Benefits
Group Personal Pension Scheme (between 3% and 9%)
Private Medical Insurance
25 paid days of annual leave
Interest Free Season Ticket Loan
Holiday Purchase scheme
Dental and Travel Insurance options
Cycle to Work Scheme
Salary Sacrifice Cars
Subsidised Gym Membership
Employee Discounts (Reward Gateway)
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