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The Catalogue Transition team oversees the global transition of music catalogues from 3rd parties to UMG (Catalogue Onboarding) and the coordination of music catalogue loss of rights to 3rd parties (Catalogue Offboarding). The team is responsible for the initiation, ingestion, review and delivery of repertoire to digital and physical retailers, ensuring smooth migrations by maintaining the integrity and accessibility of the repertoire while coordinating with all relevant UMG departments and external stakeholders. The key objective of the team is to ensure that any new catalogue and/or label is distributed out to the market accurately, and up to current industry and artistic standards. The group looks to drive industry standards by supplying high-quality materials for offboarding music catalogues to 3rd parties.
As the Catalogue Transition Manager, you will be responsible for ensuring that a high standard of metadata and assets are captured in our supply chain systems through the collation, review, clean-up and timely scheduling within UMG Digital Supply Chain in support of UMG owned and 3rd party labels globally. This is a vital function as it informs, supports and entrusts that our metadata and assets are complete and correct for all of our partners, both internal and external.
You will utilise your strong interpersonal skills to build and maintain solid relationships with both the team and key internal and external stakeholders to help facilitate the delivery of time dependent, business critical projects.
Be Analytical
Ensure successful onboarding of catalogue by providing detailed support in the collection, analysis and manipulation of assets (e.g. audio, video, artwork files)
The ideal candidate will be an expert at analyzing large data sets using Excel, and highly skilled at understanding new or complex data with a view to actioning in relevant UMG systems
Support in-house conversions and ensure all assets meet UMG technical specifications
Be proactive in the investigation of asset-related issues to ensure smooth delivery and project completion
Coordinate bulk ingestion and scheduling exercises with central teams and execute punctual upload and scheduling tasks into UMG systems when required
Consolidate release scheduling information and guide stakeholders on appropriate scheduling plans
Monitor deliveries to business partners, troubleshoot delivery issues and ensure alignment with partner requirements
Be Organised
Manage daily workloads by assessing business priorities in a timely manner (i.e. being aware of project milestones)
Ability to work effectively under pressure, multi-task and be highly flexible to meet all deadlines
Ability to synthesise queries and questions and liaise with appropriate key stakeholders to provide effective timely solutions
Ensure that complex issues are acknowledged, and progress updates are provided to line manager
Be Collaborative
Proactively raise and discuss issues/themes with team members and line manager
Act as a subject matter expert in the context of catalogue onboarding projects
Essential:
Strong understanding of digital asset management, metadata structures and delivery specifications
A working understanding of a product lifecycle within the music industry and the metadata requirements necessary to support that
Be proficient in using Excel to manipulate data
Quick learner: Experienced in being able to quickly understand new business information systems and processes
Solutions-oriented with a positive attitude and strong work ethic and have an impeccable attention to detail
An analytical mindset to challenge existing processes and seek out new solutions to existing issues
Ability to work closely with other team members while, at the same time, taking responsibility for personal workload
Excellent communication, reporting and trouble-shooting skills
Excellent time keeping
Highly motivated / self-starter, with a proactive approach
Strong organisational skills and an ability to complete deliverables on time
A passion and knowledge of music and new technologies
Desirable:
Previous experience working in digital supply chain, metadata operations and/or digital production
A working understanding of XML and in particular DDEX standards
Be proficient in a second language
Bonus 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
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.