Intern - Content Marketing

This is a Part Time Unpaid Internship

DescriptionJob title: Content Marketing Intern
Responsible to: Head of Brand & Communications
Department: Brand & Communications
Location of work: Abbey Road Studios, LondonIt'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.The A Side: A Day in The LifeA global music icon and the world's first purpose-built recording studio, Abbey Road Studios has been home to countless landmark recordings and pioneering advances in music technology for 90 years. From the Beatles, Pink Floyd, Shirley Bassey, Ella Fitzgerald, Fela Kuti, Kate Bush, Oasis and Radiohead to Sam Smith, Florence The Machine, Ed Sheeran, Kanye West, Lady Gaga, Sheku Kanneh-Mason, Frank Ocean, Amy Winehouse, Brockhampton and Adele, we've been fortunate to welcome many of the world's most celebrated artists. We've also recorded the scores to the biggest films of the last 40 years, from Raiders of the Lost Ark and most of the Star Wars and Harry Potter films to Black Panther, Gravity, The Lord of the Rings trilogy and Avengers: Endgame. Part of Universal Music UK, Abbey Road Studios is a diverse and vibrant business comprising legendary and contemporary studio spaces, world class mixing & mastering, an online studio and production tools, together with music tech innovation, education and retail arms.From writing long-form blogs and copy for Abbey Road's social media, preparing visual assets and filming interviews with artists & engineers, to editing videos, developing motion graphics and photographing studio gear, every day is different in the life of the Content Marketing Intern at Abbey Road Studios. The B Side: Skills & ExperienceAssist in the management and delivery of Abbey Road Studios' social media and content marketing, researching & writing compelling copy, artworking brilliant digital and print assets, editing videos, building emails, helping to manage projects from photos shoots and filming, to online workshops and media interviews. Be Creative
• You know how to create visual assets: from digital and print artwork to video editing and photography.
• You're able to research and write compelling copy – both long-form articles and shorter social posts that inspire our audience and drive them into action.
• You think like a journalist, always taking an editorial perspective to every opportunity.Be Digital
• You have a strong understanding of the fundamentals of marketing and brand management, using digital media to achieve business & communications objectives
• You're familiar with HTML coding and know how to edit videos.
• You're immersed in social media trends and know how to use the major social media platforms to maximise engagement and track resultsBe Proactive
• Working within a small, fast-paced team, you want to own projects and deliver to the highest standard, ensuring complete accuracy and meeting deadlines at all times, with minimum support from your manager
• Self-motivated and driven, you take ownership and care about what you do, seeing things through to completion.
• You can contribute ideas within an existing brand framework to strengthen our work and outputBe Social
• You have the confidence to network, build rapport and communicate with all kinds of people – from artist management to our engineers and photographers.It's a studio
• You need to have a genuine passion for music and understand the music creation and production process
• Although you will interface with Universal Music from time to time, the role is based at Abbey Road Studios, and is very specific to the studio & production world. Please make sure you understand that you are applying for a role at a recording studioPerson SpecificationNecessary
• Exceptional written communication skills and grammatical accuracy, with experience of writing long-form articles
• Highly organised and driven worker, able to manage a number of tasks & projects at any one time
• Proficient design skills, using Photoshop and InDesign
• Confident user of Microsoft Office: Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook
• Proactive, problem solving, self-learner, wants responsibility
• Strong understanding of marketing communications fundamentals and techniques
• Good knowledge of Dreamweaver and basic HTML coding
• A team player with the self-confidence to work with people at all levels and from different backgrounds
• Deep passion for music with broad knowledge of genres and music creationDesirable
• Experience in a content marketing agency
• Degree or professional qualification in marketing communications, media or similar
• Experience of Premiere Pro and After Effects
• Knowledge of music production process
• Musician or music industry experienceBonus 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.