Job title / Sales Strategy Apprentice
Employer Name / INgrooves Music Group
Vacancy Location / 11 Chapel Pl,
London
EC2A 3DQ
About the Apprenticeship / The Sales Strategy team deal directly with the key digital and physical retailers [Apple, Spotify, Amazon, Google, Deezer, Tidal, HMV, Napster, and more]. They promote our exclusively signed label’s releases and attempt to secure playlist placement and profile on home and genre pages of each as well as looking for other promotional opportunities such as sessions, interviews, live appearances, etc.
This position will support the activities of thecompany under the supervision of the Vice President, Sales Strategy and the rest of the Sales Strategy team.
The role will cover activities that support both retail accounts (Spotify, iTunes, Apple Music, Amazon and Tidal amongst others) and rights owners (record labels, artists, managers).
- Compiling retailer submission forms for Apple, Beatport and others
- Liaising with label partners and retailer representatives in the European, Asian and US offices
- Liaising with worldwide operations team to action campaigns and to correct errors on all retail stores
- Compiling weekly playlist addition reports from the UK and European accounts and communicating with international managers to complete the report
- Compiling weekly live product reports detailing the presence of and links to new priority releases, two weeks upfront of release and on release date
- Compiling weekly retailer profile reports containing screen grabs of all retailer profiles for weekly priority releases
- Compiling weekly competitor reports
- Pitching priority dance titles to Beatport using their online form
- Circulating achieved Beatport dance features to the individual labels each week
- Collating Monthly reports of iTunes sales
- Download and compile reports from the Official Charts Company for Sales Strategy team when needed
- Liaising with German, Norwegian, Australian and Indonesian colleagues
- Attending weekly meetings to understand all releases across the business
- Occasionally working outside of business hours
- Researching, reporting and executing new ways of monetizing existing content
- Attend offsite meetings with the Sales Strategy team
Weekly Wage / £346 per week
18,000 per annum
Working Week / Mon-Fri
10:30am – 7pm
Future prospects description /
Upon completion of the Apprenticeship and evaluation by the company’s supervisors, the successful candidate may be offered a job at the end of the Apprenticeship.
Employer Details
Employer Description / INgrooves Music Group, a leader in the independent music distribution industry, provides independent labels, established artists and other content owners with the most transparent and scalable distribution tools including analytics, rights management services, and thoughtful marketing solutions to maximise sales in today’s dynamic global marketplace.
Our dedicated Global Sales Strategy team focuses on making sure your content receives maximum via excellent direct relationships with hundreds of digital and physical outlets worldwide. We collect and understand a huge range of data, which provides our customers with the tools and education to understand how people are consuming music.
Employer website / check us out on Instagram @INgrooves_Europe
About the Candidate
Skills required /
- Strong English skills – both written and verbal
- Good skills in Word/PowerPoint/Excel/Outlook
- Good attention to detail
- Excellent organisational skills
- Ability to multi-task and keep up with many projects at once
- Able to keep on top of a variety of weekly/monthly projects
Personal Qualities /
- Confident
- Good communicator – you’ll talk regularly with colleagues and accounts
- Self-motivated
- Passionate about music and the industry
- Motivated to learn
- Confidentiality is key
Qualifications Required / Minimum qualifications are English, Maths and ICT GSCE’s level A-C or equivalent.
Graduates can apply but a degree is not necessary nor will it give you an advantage. Common sense, a good attitude, and a demonstrable passion for building a career in the music industry arewhat we are looking for.
Additional Detail
Important Other Information / Candidates must be available on the 30th November 2017 for 1st stage of interview screening in London.
Reality Check / Applicants must be fully committed and ready to complete this apprenticeship
Do not contact the employer directly; failing to adhere to this will see your application automatically withdrawn.
How to Apply
To apply for this vacancy, you must complete an application form and return this to . CVs will not be accepted.
You can find an application form on our website at
Do not contact the employer directly; failing to adhere to this will see your application automatically withdrawn.
Supplementary Application Form Questions
Two Vacancy Specific Questions. / 1.What are your ambitions?
2.Where do you see yourself in 5 years’ time?
Key Dates
Closing date / 17th Nov 2017
Interview start date / 08/11/2017
Possible start date / 8th January 2018
About the training
You will be working towards a Level 4 Diploma in Business and Professional Administration. In addition to crucial ‘on the job training’ depending on the qualification selected you may also study the following units:
- Principles of Quality Management
- Analyse and Present Business Data
- Project Management
- Managing Information and Knowledge
- Manage Information systems
- Principles of Marketing
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