4th Floor Creative is Sony Music Entertainment UK’s in-house creative & strategy hub, which unites Brand Partnerships, Sync, Visual Creative, Digital and Audience Development (D&AD). The division works with Sony Music’s iconic labels – including Columbia, RCA, Commercial Group, Ministry of Sound, Relentless, Insanity – to orchestrate best-in-class activations and amplify artist and brand stories to connect with a global audience.

The Director of Data Projects sits within the Audience team who are responsible for Insight, Analytics and CRM. As the Director of Data Projects, you will be responsible for collaborating with the other team leads, and project managing the implementation of key data strategies and solutions, driving workstreams forward and leveraging data across Streaming, Short Form, Social, Insight, CRM, Paid Media & Owned Platforms.

The role requires a strong background in data, analytics, project management as well as managerial experience. Ideally you will have had experience with working in the entertainment and media industries and have a good understanding of the digital landscape including related first- and third-party datasets.

This is a 12 month fixed term contract starting in November 2024. 

What you'll do:

  • Development of local analytics tools such as reporting, dashboarding and strategic reports.
  • Consulting with the business to identify areas of strategic analysis to deliver recommendations & best practices.
  • Collaborating with internal teams from both D&AD – Label & Sales teams, Commercial Analytics, Partner Development, Global Analytics to build out and share findings.  
  • Management of one direct report and overseeing their development while ensuring reporting consistency, collaboration and sharing of analytics capabilities or methodologies across the wider analyst community.
  • Explore new methodologies, technologies and data source in the Analytics space to enhance our business offering

Who you are:

  • Demonstrable experience in an analytics and data focused role.
  • Strong Project management skills, with the ability to manage a team to deliver projects on time.
  • Music, Entertainment and Media experience preferred. Candidate expected to be knowledgeable about how the music business operates and about the evolving digital landscape.
  • Experience of paid and owned digital media, and CRM datasets and functions.
  • Team leadership experience
  • A detail-orientated, excellent communicator, and enthusiastic collaborator that works well with team members.
  • Strong data analysis abilities (e.g., familiarity with Excel v-lookups, index match, pivot tables, and basic functions)
  • Experience in PowerPoint and experience with data analytics/visualization software (Tableau, Alteryx, Power BI etc.)
  • Confident in SQL, other data programming languages and have experience with relational databases.
  • Experience with Python for Analytics, and pulling data via API connections.
  • Passion for music
  • Ability to thrive in fast-paced environment, manage multiple tasks at once and work to deadlines.
 

What we give you:

  • You join a vibrant global community with the opportunity to channel your passion every day 
  • A modern office environment designed for you, empowering you to bring your best 
  • Investment in your professional growth and development enabling you to thrive in our vibrant community 
  • The space to accelerate progress, positively disrupt and create what happens next 
  • We give you the platform to champion positive change, with the opportunity to contribute to our social impact, diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives 
  • We provide an excellent range of benefits like private medical cover, a generous pension scheme, life assurance, income protection, plus loads of music industry perks. There’s also time off over winter break 

Equal Opportunities

As an active part of a culturally and socially diverse society, Sony Music’s aim is that our workforce is diverse and inclusive. Sony Music is an equal opportunity employer and supports workforce diversity.

We employ, retain, promote and otherwise treat all employees and job applicants according to their merit, qualifications, competence and talent. We apply this policy without regard to any individual’s sex, race, religion, origin, age, sexual orientation, marital status, medical condition or disability.

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Please note that applicants must be at least 18 years of age.

 

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