Coordinator / Manager, Creative Content
Description
- Ideate, Shoot & Edit high-level engaging content.
- Brief and manage external creatives (e.g. directors, videographers, editors).
- Commission and oversee the production of a variety of content formats, short-form video, BTS, live sessions, interviews etc.
- Oversee production workflows, ensuring timelines, budgets & deliverables are met.
- Shoot and edit mobile-native short-form content (TikTok, Reels, Shorts) optimized for speed and virality.
- Ability to tap into wider creative worlds with Creative & Digital leads, to build out compelling story-telling through content.
- Ideate, test, and execute short-form viral concepts aligned with artist voice and cultural trends.
- Translate cultural moments, and trending formats into content that authentically represents the artist.
- Build and maintain strong relationships with artists & their management.
- Work cross-functionally with internal teams (Creative, Marketing, Digital, A&R) to align content with campaign goals.
- Ensure all content is artist-appropriate, culturally relevant, creatively excellent, and optimised for each platform.
- Stay connected to the wider creative landscape, bringing in new talent, ideas, and formats.
- Assist in gathering information for production agreements.
- Ensure that content assets are organized and archived in the internal systems.
- Pro-active approach to gathering production invoices from vendors (with support from the Creative Operations team)
- Work with Finance & Creative Operations to ensure a smooth and timely processing of payments.
Requirements
- Proven track record of creating viral short-form content across TikTok, Reels, and Shorts.
- Hands-on editing ability in mobile apps (CapCut, TikTok editor, Splice) in addition to Adobe Suite.
- Strong instincts for cultural timing, humor, and trends that spark conversation online.
- Passion for music, pop culture, and visual storytelling.
- Experience in content production, commissioning within music, media, or culture.
- Experience managing creatives and multiple projects simultaneously.
- Strong organizational skills and meticulous attention to detail.
- Confidence in managing production budgets and timelines.
- Deep knowledge of all social platforms and an understanding of how content performs across them.
- A collaborative, team-first mindset with a solutions-driven approach.
- Ability to creatively interpret briefs and oversee execution to a high standard.
- Working knowledge of Adobe Suite.
- Awareness of lighting, framing, and composition in video and photography.
- Willingness to travel and work evenings/weekends as needed for shoots.
Benefits & Perks
- Be part of an entrepreneurial, global organization that values authenticity, drive, creativity, relationships, and a competitive spirit
- Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, and FSA options, as well as:
- 100% coverage for out-patient mental health services
- Wellbeing reimbursements for fitness classes, spa treatments, meal services, travel, and so much more (up to $720/year)
- A lifetime fertility support allowance of $30,000 to plan participants
- Student Loan Repayment Assistance and Tuition Reimbursement
- 100% immediately vested 401(k) match on the first 5% of your contribution on eligible compensation
- Flexible Paid Time Off (PTO) for exempt employees
- 3-weeks PTO for non-exempt employees
- 2-weeks paid Winter Break
- 10 Company Holidays (including Juneteenth and Wellbeing Day)
- Summer Fridays (between Memorial Day and Labor Day)
- Generous paid parental leave for every type of parent
- Check out our full overview of benefits on the Perks Playlist page of the career site.
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Universal Music Group
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Universal Music Group (UMG) is the world leader in music-based entertainment, with a broad array of businesses engaged in recorded music, music publishing, merchandising and audiovisual content in more than 60 countries. Featuring the most comprehensive catalog of recordings and songs across every musical genre, UMG identifies and develops artists and produces and distributes the most critically acclaimed and commercially successful music in the world. Committed to artistry, innovation and entrepreneurship, UMG fosters the development of services, platforms and business models in order to broaden artistic and commercial opportunities for our artists and create new experiences for fans. Universal Music Group's labels include A&M Records, Astralwerks, Blue Note Records, Capitol Christian Music Group, Capitol Records, Capitol Records Nashville, Caroline, Decca, Def Jam Recordings, Deutsche Grammophon, Disa, Emarcy, EMI Records Nashville, Fonovisa, Geffen Records, Harvest, Interscope Records, Island Records, Machete Music, MCA Nashville, Mercury Nashville, Mercury Records, Motown Records, Polydor Records, Republic Records, Universal Music Latino, Verve Label Group, Virgin Records, Virgin EMI Records, as well as a multitude of record labels owned or distributed by its record company subsidiaries around the world. UMG's catalog is marketed through two distinct divisions, Universal Music Enterprises (in the U.S.) and Universal Strategic Marketing (outside the U.S.). UMG also includes Universal Music Publishing Group, one of the industry's premier music publishing operations worldwide and Bravado, the leading provider of consumer, lifestyle and branding services to recording artists and entertainment brands around the world. Universal Music Group is a Vivendi company.