Junior A&R Administration Manager - London, N1C 4AG

Junior A&R Administration Manager - London, N1C 4AG, United Kingdom

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The A Side: A Day in The Life

The A&R Administration team is a central function at the heart of Universal Music UK; the quiet engine behind the creative process , supporting our artists and label teams by handling the essential details that bring music to life. Each person in the team brings a sharp eye for detail, a deep understanding of music industry operations, and a calm solution focused mindset.

Coordinating the seamless d elivery of music from studio to release, t he Junior A&R Administration Manager will assume administrative responsibility for releases across their allocated in-house label , ensuring process is followed with full alignment to UMG's administration strategy and standards.

The B Side: Skills & Experience

Be administrative

• Central point of contact for all A&R Admin in relation to domestically signed artists.

• Maintain musician consent forms and Recording Information forms as part of Producer delivery requirements, for all recordings.

• Close daily liaison with artist managers on all aspects.

• Attend weekly scheduling meeting and occasionally, label or planning meetings.

Be Operational

• Co-ordinate allocated recording projects from start to finish overseeing every aspect.

• Organise logistics for a recording session, from writing sessions to booking mastering.

• Negotiate competitive rates and deal terms around album production including producers, mixers, musicians, engineers, studios, equipment, remixes and mastering.

• Issue deal memos / agreements for producers/mixers or remixers, highlighting points of precedent for discussion with Head of A&R Administration .

• Oversee the artist travel to recording sessions booked by A&R Assistants.

• Co-ordinate audio archiving process, ensuring all audio is delivered, logging all masters with the audio storage facility .

• Run recording budgets per Artist agreement, requesting increases via the Finance Director.

• Work closely with A&R Managers updating them on budgets, deal negotiations and audio deadlines.

• Obtain artist management approval on all spends/recording and release activities.

• Prepare for bi- monthly in-depth A&R Finance meeting, presenting figures.

• Create projects and logging budgets in UniPort once approved, paying supplier invoices on time, while monitoring overall recording budget spend.

• Monitor release schedules, supervise label copy collation and R2 metadata input, and ensure Artist approval on label copy.

• Co-ordinate A&R input for the initiation process on each release on the schedule, working closely with the Marketing assistants.

• Pre-empt unscheduled production deadlines to ensure timely delivery of repertoire, communicating timelines to A&R team and troubleshooting issues or potential delays

• Co-ordinate delivery of audio for physical , digital, atmos releases to production within Universal standards of format delivery

• Supervise the issue of all remix agreements and parts distribution by A&R Assistants, advising them in this process. Ensure all remix budgets updated accordingly.

Person Specification

Necessary

• A proven track record within a similar role

• A strong ability to negotiate and problem solve

• Excellent IT skills; must be proficient in Word, Excel and Outlook

• Proven experience of working to strict deadlines and excellent organisational skills

• Experience of working on own as well as part of a team

• Experience of working with colleagues at all levels

• Excellent communication skills

• Ability to, and experience of, remaining calm in a sometimes-pressured environment

• Committed and flexible

Desirable

• A knowledge of Uniport and R2 is beneficial