About the Role
Mercury Studios is seeking a driven and highly organised Sales & Marketing Manager to join our Commerce team. Working across Blu-ray, vinyl, CD, merch and VOD releases, you’ll play a key role in maintaining release schedules, coordinating global sales and marketing activity, supporting PR and social campaigns with artists and external agencies, and analysing sales and forecasting data to maximise campaign performance. You’ll collaborate closely with UK and US sales teams, contribute ideas to release strategy, and help shape catalogue pricing and management.
Responsibilities
- Support global sales planning processes, including forecasting, demand tracking, and performance reporting.
- Consolidate territory forecasts and provide analysis to support commercial decision-making.
- Monitor sales performance across markets and highlight risks and opportunities.
- Assist in aligning regional teams around targets and release plans.
- Work closely with all markets with particular focus on US and UK teams.
- Support the planning and rollout of physical releases, including format mix, pricing, and configuration.
- Coordinate with production and supply chain teams to ensure accurate product setup and delivery timelines.
- Maintain and track release schedules across territories.
- Ensure product information is clearly communicated to international teams.
- Support the development of global marketing plans and campaign materials.
- Coordinate the distribution of campaign assets, toolkits, and guidelines to regional teams.
- Take ownership of social media marketing campaigns for physical and digital product.
- Act as a central point of contact for international markets, ensuring clear and consistent communication.
- Track campaign implementation and gather feedback from territories.
- Assist in identifying opportunities for catalogue activity, including reissues and themed campaigns.
- Support the execution of catalogue initiatives across international markets.
- Monitor performance and contribute insights to inform future planning.
- Compile and analyse sales data, forecasts, and campaign performance metrics.
- Prepare regular reports and presentations for internal stakeholders.
- Track market trends and competitor activity within the physical space.
- Work closely with global, regional, production, and supply chain teams to support execution.
- Coordinate timelines and ensure alignment across multiple stakeholders.
- Support budget tracking and administrative processes where required.
Requirements
- Excellent communication skills.
- Proactive and solutions-focused mindset.
- Strong attention to detail.
- Confidence to push projects forward and uncover every opportunity for success.
Skills
- Sales
- Commercial
- Marketing support
- Home entertainment
- Music
- Media
- Physical formats (DVD, Blu-ray, CD, Vinyl)
- Retail environment
- Marketing initiative
- Organisational skills
- Coordination skills across multiple territories
- Analytical skills
- Ability to interpret sales data
- Clear and confident communication
- Working with international teams
- Managing multiple projects simultaneously
Location
- Global
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Manager
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)
About the Company
- We are Universal Music Group, the world’s leading music company.
- We are the home for music’s greatest artists, innovators and entrepreneurs.
- Mercury Studios is a global content studio creating and distributing premium music-led programming, live performances, podcasts, digital content and theatrical releases.
Equal Opportunity
- Everyone is welcome to apply for our roles, and we are determined to ensure that no applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment because of gender, race, disability, sexual orientation, religion, belief, age, marital status, background, pregnancy, or caring responsibilities.
- We also recognise the importance of diversity of thought within our teams and are fully committed to embracing the talents of people with autism, dyslexia, ADHD, and other forms of neurocognitive variation.
- We will always seek to make appropriate adjustments to recruitment, workplaces, and work processes to be fully inclusive to people with different needs and working styles.
- If you need us to make any reasonable adjustments for you from application onwards, including alternatives to the online form or to disclose a neurocognitive condition, please email UniversalMusicCareers@umusic.com.
