ASSISTANT IN LEADING CREATIVE PRODUCTION COMPANY – MUSIC INDUSTRY

The Assistant will work within the Music division of a leading global media production / branding agency and reporting into Head of Production (Music) will provide administrative support for production, account management & new business.  Although the agency is large with offices in London and across the States, the Music division is still relatively small (approx. 10 people) so you will be joining a tight but quickly growing team.  Having placed a number of staff within the company previously, we can confirm that there is proven career progression within the company.  

Hours:                  Full time

Location:              Central London

Salary:                 Up to £23k, dependent upon experience

Start Date:            ASAP

Interviewing:        ASAP

Responsibilities include, but not limited to:

• Assist the Music Manager in producing client quotations. 

• Assist in the sourcing of bespoke pricing by liaising with supply partners to brief & discuss bespoke projects.
• Developing a comprehensive understanding of all global supplier price lists.
• Developing an understanding of target margins per product and client.  
• Carry out industry research when required – for example, this could involve collating details of potential clients within a territory. 
• Maintain up to date client and supplier information on management system – for example, updating price lists following supplier price increases or when a new product is produced. 
• Receipting of all projects once complete, so Finance can raise invoices.
• Develop a thorough understanding of all music product specifications and production processes.
• Build a Bill of Materials for products.
• Order Test Pressings for Vinyl, CD, DVD and Blu-Ray
• Responsible for managing any general admin for the Music division, including creation of commercial invoices, booking couriers for both national and international transport.

Candidates must be / have:

• Good communication skills.
• Excellent attention to detail.
• Initiative to prioritise tasks to ensure key deadlines are met.
• Good computer skills - Excel, Outlook, Word, PowerPoint.
• Self-motivated and keep abreast of market / industry trends to improve the knowledge & skills to perform your role effectively.
• Show and maintain positivity towards work tasks.
• Show enterprise.
• Show honesty.
• Enjoy working in a fast-paced hands-on dynamic environment.
• Highly analytical. 
• Prepared to take on responsibility.
• Demonstrate a methodical approach with excellent attention to detail and a high level of accuracy.
• Ability to demonstrate proactive and lateral thinking to problem solving.
• Team player, able to build relationships with other internal and external teams. 
• Team working and decision-making skills are essential.
• Possess the passion and motivation to develop career and self.

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IMPORTANT

We receive a considerable amount of applications for every position and there is tough competition in the employment market.  In order to process your application as efficiently as possible, please note the following instructions when responding:

• Detail your relevant experience in a cover letter and include this on an up to date CV
• Quote your required salary
• Let us know your availability for interview and when you could start
• If you can forward references to us, these can only strengthen your application

The more information you can give us, the more we can demonstrate to the client that you are exactly what they are looking for and send your CV on quickly. 

 Please note that these instructions apply to ALL candidates and applications that do not meet these criteria may not be considered.

 Send your information to: ben@sorted-pa.com  

It is SORTED’s policy, as a matter of courtesy, to respond to all applications within five working days. However, because of the volume of applications, we are sometimes unable to respond to individual candidates. If we have not contacted you within five working days your application has been unsuccessful and your details have not been retained. Please apply for any other position that you may see in the future.