Work at PPL

Established in 1934, PPL exists to help ensure that those who invest their time, talent and money to make recorded music are fairly paid for their work. By licensing businesses and broadcasters all across the UK, and collecting royalties arising from the use of recorded music overseas, we do the heavy lifting for our members.

Doing that heavy lifting are over 200 employees with a shared passion for music, who work hard behind the lights and sounds of the music industry on behalf of the many thousands of performers and record companies PPL represents.

Equal opportunities employer

At PPL, we are committed to ensuring that:

our employees are engaged;
we hire, develop and promote the best people; and
our talent pool is as wide as possible.

We take equality and diversity seriously, intertwined with our people strategy, so that we can continue to develop and maintain a working culture that is fair and considerate to all.

Working with recruitment agencies

PPL does not accept unsolicited applications from recruitment consultants or agencies. Any CV received from an unapproved supplier will be considered unsolicited and the company will not be obliged to pay a referral fee. If you are interested in becoming a preferred supplier to PPL, please send your T&Cs to recruitment@ppluk.com.

Benefits of working at PPL

PPL employees have access to a wide range of benefits and discounts including a non-contractual bonus scheme and a comprehensive training and development scheme.

Salary sacrifice pension scheme
Health cash plan
Give as you earn scheme
Life assurance
Reward and recognition scheme
Private medical insurance
Health and wellbeing days

Free fruit
Social events
Music benefit up to £120 annually
Enhanced maternity/paternity/adoption leave
Long service awards (5, 10, 15, 20, 25 years)

Discount on optician treatment and glasses
Season ticket loan
Cycle to work scheme
25 days annual leave (pro-rated for part-time employees) and increases with service

Corporate discounts (including Fitness First, TasteCard, Regent Street Card, This Is Soho Neighbourhood Card, Marshall Street Leisure Centre, etc)
Volunteering opportunities (see our CSR policy)

A vibrant base in the centre of London

Located in Soho in Central London, our offices have over 19,000sq ft of open plan working space. A recent project to refurbish our working spaces with Peldon Rose Group turned our entire fifth floor into a flexible working space through which we encourage staff to collaborate and work in an agile, dynamic way.

Work experience in music

From time to time, where we can, we welcome work experience students into the PPL offices for short placements.

To inquire about the possibility of work experience, please get in touch at recruitment@ppluk.com.

Learn more about work experience in music

Meet the executive management team

PPL’s executive management team has a wealth of experience in the music industry and beyond.

Meet the team

PPL is proud to be an award-winning place to work in the UK.

Gender Pay Gap Report

PPL is committed to ensuring that it hires, develops and promotes the best people (regardless of gender) and that our talent pool is as wide as possible.

Read PPL's 2018 Gender Pay Gap Report