Apple Music: Internship Program 2022
Apple Music: invites unemployed graduates to apply for internship program 2022
Closing date: February 28, 2022
Position Type: Internship (Contract)
Location: Sandton, South Africa
Description of the practices
The Apple Service Development Program is a 12-month entry-level program beginning in July 2022. It is full-time, competitively paid, and includes a program to support personal development. At the end of the 12 months, there may be opportunities to remain with Apple in a permanent position. You will have a variety of responsibilities including important day-to-day tasks along with longer project work.
We are looking for someone who knows everything from Afrobeats to Amapiano, from Gospel to House. Someone who has knowledge and passion for artists, music and genres from across the African continent with a network of contacts in the artist, manager, record label and tastemaker communities. This is an extremely exciting position in a rapidly growing region.
Responsibilities:
Your responsibilities are likely to grow and change during your time with us. Here’s a brief summary of some of the responsibilities you’ll help the Apple Music editorial team with:
Identify trends and gather information from disparate sources to find insights that will help drive business in various sub-Saharan African markets.
Act as a liaison between the Apple Music team and independent labels, artists, and artist representatives across the continent.
Track and collect weekly releases from record labels and partners.
Generate ideas for content campaigns that surprise and delight our clients.
Organize and schedule our sub-Saharan African genre pages and playlists to ensure we present fresh, impactful, meaningful, culturally relevant, highly compelling and engaging music to our subscribers.
Act as a liaison between the Apple Music team and the lyrics team to ensure multiple tracks in playlists have lyrics.
Qualification Requirements:
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent degree/tertiary education preferred
Additional requirements:
Impeccable understanding of the dynamics of the African music industry, including the continent’s major and independent record labels, as well as digital music services.
Experience in radio, television or digital music services with playlists and programming in the background is beneficial.
A network of contacts between the communities of artists, managers, record labels and trendsetters within the music industry. skills and
Competencies:
Strong organizational skills.
An eye for details.
Excellent communication skills.
Ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously.
Ability to work in Content Management Systems.
An ear for the most relevant new songs and artists for our target customers
Closing date: February 28, 2022
Position Type: Internship (Contract)
Location: Sandton, South Africa
How to apply?
Apply Online Apple Music: Internship Program 2022