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A&R Assistant at Sentric Music Group (UK)
Job Description
The A & R Assistant will provide operational support for the UK A & R team, supporting the teams productivity and effectiveness, alongside administration and analysis for the wider Business Development function.
The A & R Assistant will produce and monitor the Client Pipeline, ensuring all leads are tracked through to sign up, provide research and analysis for the A & R team to identify potential clients, keep all sales assets and one pagers up to date, prepare Client Deal Summaries and general administration as requested.
DEPARTMENT OBJECTIVES
The UK A & R team sits within the Sentric European Business Development division. Its objectives are:
- To obtain new clients (songwriters, artists and businesses) via new business generation and cross sales.
- To develop new products, and enhance existing services, to better serve the market and grow market share.
- To review current and existing markets to maximise opportunities for growth.
- To partner with internal teams to ensure client expectations are exceeded, ensuring significant retention and renewal levels are maintained.
- To ensure clients are at the centre of all activity, ensuring Sentric´s ethos of fairness, transparency and customer focus is evident at all times.
Responsibilities
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Generate Artist, Writer, Label and Publisher leads through external and internal research
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Co-ordinate and support external campaigns with A & R and Marketing
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Receive and direct initial enquiries
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Carry out Repertoire Research on target Clients.
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Maintain and update Sales Assets and One Pagers
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Prepare advance appraisals, liaising with the A & R and Finance teams to calculate and complete.
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Co-ordinate diaries, meetings and action plans
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Be a Sentric ambassador online, in press and at events.
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Communicate effectively within own team and internal stakeholders.
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Communicate effectively with artists, writers, managers and business clients at all levels.
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Collaborate and coordinate with internal teams to identify and deliver new client opportunities (e.g. events, festivals, funds, etc)
Requirements
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Customer and Relationship Management
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Prioritisation, Organisation and Deadline Management
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Verbal and Written Communication to a good standard
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Passionate understanding of the music industry
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Demonstrable understanding of the music ecosystem and the functions within it
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Basic understanding of how global copyrights and rights organisations operate and are governed
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CRM and Office Software
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Positive ´can do´ approach to problem solving
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Enthusiasm for working with artists and business partners at all levels
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Collaborative approach
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Enjoy travelling and working in new environments
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Prior experience within the music industry and / or music industry academic course
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Prior experience in a customer facing role
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