Senior Coordinator, Creative Direction

Santa Monica, CA (On-site)

$48K/yr – $68K/yrSenior Level1+ years expFull time

Posted 4 days ago

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Job Summary

Own the end-to-end creative support workflow from concept to delivery, coordinating briefs, research, asset management, and cross-functional reviews while tracking milestones and approvals.

  • Coordinate across Design, Content, Development, and PM teams to align creative vision with execution.
  • Gather insights, trends, and references to inform direction and prepare presentations.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Support Creative Directors throughout concept development and creative planning activities
  • Assist in the creation of creative briefs, one-pagers, treatments, and presentation materials
  • Conduct visual, cultural, competitive, and industry research to support creative development
  • Gather inspiration, references, trends, and audience insights that inform creative direction
  • Help organize and maintain creative assets, references, and project materials
  • Support creative reviews and presentation preparation
  • Coordinate creative workflows across Design, Content, Development, and Project Management teams
  • Maintain visibility of creative milestones, approvals, and deliverables
  • Support project kickoff and creative briefing activities
  • Schedule and coordinate creative reviews, workshops, and stakeholder meetings

Requirements

  • 1-3 years experience in creative, design, marketing, project coordination, content, or related environments
  • Strong organizational and communication skills
  • Excellent attention to detail and ability to manage multiple priorities
  • Interest in creative development, branding, storytelling, and digital experiences
  • Strong presentation and documentation skills
  • Experience with presentation software, creative tools, and collaboration platforms
  • Ability to work effectively across multiple teams and stakeholders
  • Passion for music, culture, design, fashion, and emerging trends
  • Curious mindset with a desire to learn from creative leaders and multidisciplinary teams
  • Ability to balance structure, organization, and creative thinking

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage
  • Including 100% coverage for out-patient in-network mental health services
  • Fertility coverage for eligible medical plan participants
  • Wellbeing reimbursements for fitness classes, spa treatments, meal services, travel, and so much more (up to $720/year)
  • Student Loan Repayment Assistance and Tuition Reimbursement
  • 401(k) with 100% immediate vesting on the first 5% of your contributions, plus an additional UMG contribution
  • A variety of ways to prioritize much-needed time away from work including:
  • - Flexible Paid Time Off (PTO) for exempt employees
  • - 3-weeks PTO for non-exempt employees
  • - 2-weeks paid Winter Break

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. Find out more at: http://www.universalmusic.com.View our current career opportunities at: http://www.umusiccareers.com

Founded in 1934
Santa Monica, California, USA
19K employees (8,504 in marketing)
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Referral
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Total Funding
$8.6B
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