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Universal Music Group Employer Reviews

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Productive, calm place to work
Sales and Marketing Intern (Former Employee), New York, NY – May 24, 2013
I enjoyed interning at UMG and I learned a lot about the music business. Management was encouraging but some of the employees could be a little cold. Overall I had a great time interning and would do it all over again if given the chance.
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World leader in Music entertaiment
Senior Financial Analyst (Current Employee), Miami Beach, FL – April 25, 2013
Very fast paced enviroment, with changes all the time in order to keep up to day with the tecnology and people preferences
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Great fun people to work with, great atmosphere
Sales (Current Employee), Universal City, CA – April 2, 2013
Pros: friday morning music presentations 30mins-1 hour paid and includes breakfast
It's a great energetic place to work but the company could use some restructuring in certain departments. Every friday morning there is a presentation/meeting where we screen new videos and listen to live music from up and coming artists. Overall it's a great place to work but there is room for improvement.
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Fun atmosphere to work seems like everyone loves what they do
Receptionist (Former Employee), New York, NY – March 31, 2013
Pros: snobby stars
Cons: meeting new stars and learning new things
great atmosphere Always busy always something to do
learned alot met different stars nice and not so nice
management very helpful and knowledgeable
staff overall happy and helpful
the only problem is star employees coming to work without keycard(pass) to let themselves in and expected others to let them in and that was a security issue
very enjoyabe – more... meeting new people(R&B artists, Rappers etc.) – less
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Beautiful Experience
National Director of Marketing and Promotions (Current Employee), New York, NY – January 29, 2013
Pros: traveling
I had the chance to work hand and hand with artist marketing their music, as well as trraveling on various tours. was a great experience to see some develop from nothing into mega stars.
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Comfortable, Safe, Friendly Environment
A&R/Marketing Coordinator (Former Employee), New York, NY – January 23, 2013
Pros: perks: free concert tickets, special events, private parties
Cons: limited lunch breaks, extremly late hours, vision insurance, job security
- Responding to email correspondence, Conference Calls, Scheduling Meetings, Booking Travel, Processing Expenses.
- How to compromise & muti-task
- Great Management Team
- Dealing with non team players can become frustrating
- Family Oriented and friendly joyful vibes
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No growth or common respect
Label Marketing Representative (Former Employee), New York, NY – January 19, 2013
Pros: abiity to work in the arts
Cons: compensation, advancement, encouragement, respect
VEry fun atmosphere to work in if your just starting out in the buisness however there was a great miss with the company where there was no room for advancement from the senior staff. In addition there was no respect given to the reps on the ground level. work load would increase 10 fold but compensation and reward were not pressent.
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Cool and good place to work with
Senior developer and Team Lead (Current Employee), Chennai – November 6, 2012
Challenging as we involved into migrating our Mainframe application into Unix system. so its a new learning and challenge in handling the new language.
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Great place to work and achieve success with our artists.
Account Manager (Former Employee), London, OH – October 31, 2012
Pros: just being left to get on with your work.
Cons: trying to gain an even playing field with high st / on line prices.
Fast moving industry with major changes everyday.
Co workers were all hardworking and we all pulled together to ensure results.
Hardest part of the job was sudden changes to record release dates, artist schedules, as this would disrupt a campaign.
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Entertainment meets Business
Assistant to Director of Administrative Services (Former Employee), New York, NY – October 10, 2012
Management:: (10-15 employees) Vendor accounts, Maintenance Team, Mail-room and Security. Planned and coordinated events, building renovations, served as building Liaison and site location cashier.
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good company to work
Financial Analyst Intern (Former Employee), Santa Monica, CA – October 1, 2012
good culture, good people, busy finance department, a lot to learn
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Executive Assistant
EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT (Current Employee), Santa Monica, CA – September 12, 2012
Skilled and dedicated Executive Assistant with more than 3 years experience coordinating, planning, and supporting daily operational and administrative functions.
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Great opportunity to learn about the music business.
Business and Legal Affairs Intern (Former Employee), Los Angeles, CA – July 22, 2012
Pros: free cds.
Cons: unstable industry.
Great opportunity to learn about the nuts and bolts of the music business. Since UMG is one of the biggest music companies in the world, you get to work on a lot of high-end projects.
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Hands down a great place to work
Internship (Former Employee), Burbank, CA – June 14, 2012
Pros: hands on work environment, great leadership, outstanding work environment
Cons: distance
Interning at Universal was a great experience. Typically, a day at work consist of an open schedule between 9am to 5pm. There i learned how to set up a fully functional recording studio and learned the marketing side of the music business. Management there was great! They stayed on top of us and were very motivating and so were the co workers. The most – more... enjoyable part of this particular job was being able to do something that i love, which is music, and get paid for it. – less
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Malecia – July 23, 2012

What is the best way to go about getting an internship/entry level position at Universal Music Group if you are a recent college graduate?

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Executive Assistant President of Film (Former Employee), Santa Monica, CA – June 13, 2012
Pros: na
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Universal was a great place to work . There was not alot of room to grow there so I decided to step away from the company and seek further employment.
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Malecia – July 23, 2012

How do you even go about getting your foot in the door to obtain a job at Universal Music Group?

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EA and PA to COO/GC of Sanctuary Group Inc. (Former Employee), New York, NY – June 3, 2012
Fun working environment.
Friendly people
great learning experience
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Malecia – July 23, 2012

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Fun Work Environment
Administrative Assistant (Current Employee), Universal City, CA – May 15, 2012
Fast-paced, busy and energizing. Hard work and a job well done are expected, but we have fun, too.
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Malecia – July 23, 2012

What is the best way to obtain a position/internship with Universal Music Group as a recent college graduate?

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Administrative Assistant (Former Employee), New York, NY – April 18, 2012
Pros: culture, coworkers, excitement, bragging rights, decent benefits
Cons: low pay, difficult to get promoted
Same as all the music companies. Cool people and culture, low pay, tough job security and difficult to move up.
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Malecia – July 23, 2012

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Unique job
Legal Coordinator / Administration Support (Former Employee), Santa Monica, CA – April 5, 2012
No stress management / supervision.

Very relaxed environment, but serious business.

Meeting artists as they visited the building was the most enjoyable part of the job.
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Productive and fun place!
Digital Production Coordinator (Current Employee), 1755 Broadway, New York , NY – December 2, 2011
Pros: great people that love to get the work done!
Cons: not that many cons
Universal Music Group is a great work enviroment! There is nothing better than working with people that love to get the job done! No matter how big or small!
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Malecia – July 23, 2012

How were you able to obtain the position that you have? What advice would you give a recent college graduate looking to do the same?

About Universal Music Group

For Universal Music Group (UMG), music is a universal language. A subsidiary of Vivendi, UMG is the world's largest recording – Read more