Publishing Insight Analyst

Audio Network team

Description

AUDIO NETWORK IS A GLOBAL MUSIC COMPANY CREATING ORIGINAL, HIGH-QUALITY MUSIC FOR USE IN TV, FILM AND ADVERTISING AND FOR USER-GENERATED CONTENT ACROSS DIGITAL AND SOCIAL PLATFORMS.
WITH A ROSTER OF OVER 1,000 ARTISTS AND A CATALOGUE OF +200,000 TRACKS ACROSS EVERY CONCEIVABLE GENRE – WE’RE HELPING OUR CUSTOMERS FIND THE PERFECT TRACK TO TELL THEIR STORY.
WHO ARE WE LOOKING FOR?
A data analyst with 1-2 years’ experience to join Audio Network’s Publishing and Data teams in London.
The Publishing team manages royalty income globally. The team’s responsibilities include creating synchronisation licences, registering works, maintaining relationships with PROs (Performing Rights Organisations), analysing and forecasting royalty income and ensuring accurate collections.
Working with the Publishing Insight Manager, you will be responsible for providing analysis on music usage trends for our catalogue globally. This will vary from helping the sales teams drive music usage and focus their work on the highest value clients and TV shows; to working with the music team to identify trends and analyse album performance; and working with our finance team to forecast and analyse royalty receipts against target.
This role is a fantastic opportunity providing collaboration across many teams in the business and plays a vital part in ensuring the business meets its goals and achieves its budgeted growth.
This is a full time, permanent role, based in our office in Hatton Garden, London, on a hybrid working pattern.
THE ROLE
Music Usage Analysis:
  • Using Tunesat and BMAT audio recognition software to identify and attribute broadcasts of Audio
  • Network’s music catalogue around the world, determining show usage vs advertising usage.
  • Providing in-depth analysis of music usage data to our music and sales teams using Microsoft Excel and Business Intelligence tools (Sisense), and reporting to the wider business each month in a timely manner.
  • Regularly updating Sisense with new royalty rates and performance targets.
  • Working with Publishing Insight Manager to gain a deeper understanding of the complex distribution policies of PROs around the world and implanting those into our forecasting models.
Sales Prioritisation:
  • Producing and reporting on monthly ‘heatmaps’ – a tool to help our global sales teams prioritise their activity based on the potential royalty value of our music in TV shows .
  • Participating in monthly heatmap meetings with various global sales teams to add valuable insight.
  • Embedding global heatmap in quarterly meetings with General Managers.
Financial Reporting:
  • Updating royalty forecasting model monthly with music performance data.
  • Loading statements into Music Maestro monthly.
  • Attending monthly accrued royalty income meetings to provide context based on TuneSat and BMAT analysis.
  • Preparation of PRO cash receipt variance reports and analysis.
  • Assisting in preparation of bi-annual performance royalty forecasts.
MUSIC REPORTING:
  • Responsible for maintaining operational Sisense music dashboards and ensuring they meet the needs of the music team to help inform music commissioning strategy.
  • Attending music team meetings to ensure dashboards are fulfilling purpose, and creating improved reporting.
  • Ad hoc data requests from music team – drive and own data requirements, coming up with ideas for how best to answer hypotheses.

Requirements

SPECIAL SKILLS
  • 1-2 years experience in a data analyst role (essential)
  • Strong Excel skills, confident in using complex formulas and pivot tables (essential)
  • Strong interpersonal and communication skills required to interact effectively with colleagues at all levels across the business (essential)
  • A broad understanding of, or experience in, the music industry (desirable)
  • Basic SQL skills (query statements) – (desirable)
  • Financial experience (desirable)

Benefits & Perks

COMPENSATION PACKAGE
  • Competitive salary
  • Discretionary bonus
  • Private Healthcare
  • Holiday 25 days per annum plus 8 public holidays
  • Pension
  • Life insurance
  • Volunteering opportunities
  • Employee Assistance Programme
  • Summer hours on Friday’s (June to early Sept)

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Audio Network

Audio Network is the music company for broadcasters, brands, creators and music fans everywhere, breaking down boundaries to deliver music seamlessly across the world. The company first disrupted the market landscape in 2001 with a unique proposition: simple and transparent licensing allowing creators to use music on multiple platforms, everywhere, forever. Audio Network now has an expansive catalogue of 150,000+ wholly-owned tracks created by 1,000+ renowned composers, singer-songwriters and known and emerging artists. These are curated into albums and playlists across every imaginable mood and genre. At the same time, regular recording sessions take place at some of the world’s best studios (including 150+ yearly sessions at Abbey Road Studios), enabling us to stay true to our brand promise of music of unrivalled quality. Since its inception 17 years ago, the business has grown exponentially. In fact, The Sunday Times lists Audio Network as one of the UK’s fastest growing companies (Tech Track 2011-2013; Profit Track 100 2013- 2015; SME Export track 2015; Les Champions de la Croissance 2017), and most acclaimed, having won the Queen’s Prize for Enterprise in 2018 (following previous wins of the 2008 Queen’s Award for Innovation and the 2012 Queen’s Award for International Trade). The company constantly invests in its people, its music and its clients, with offices in London (HQ), Los Angeles, New York, Paris, Toronto, Amsterdam, Sydney, Munich and Tokyo, and a staff of more than 150, including dedicated music consultants and experts. Under the leadership of CEO Robb Smith, and the guidance of our original founders Robert Hurst and Andrew Sunnucks, that model remains at the heart of the business as the company enters a new phase of expansion. Now we deliver music to the rest of the world with the same simple commitment: high-quality music, clear and simple licensing and seamless, innovative service.

Job Details

Posted on Jun 12

London, UK

Full time

Mid