Licensing Coordinator

This is a Full Time Job

At Warner Music Group, we're a global collective of music makers and music lovers, tech innovators and inspired entrepreneurs, game-changing creatives and passionate team members. Here, we turn dreams into stardom and audiences into fans. We are guided by three core values that underpin everything we do across all our diverse businesses:
• Curiosity: We do our best work when we're immersing ourselves in culture and breaking through barriers. Curiosity is the driving force behind creativity and ingenuity. It fuels innovation, and innovation is the key to our future.
• Collaboration: Making music and bringing it to the world is all about the power of originality amplified by teamwork. A great idea, like a great song, travels globally. We ignite passions and build connections across our diverse community of artists, songwriters, partners, and fans.
• Commitment: We pursue excellence for our team and our talent. Everything in music starts with a leap into the unknown, and we're committed to keeping the faith, acting with integrity, and delivering on our promises.

We remain committed to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. We know it fosters a culture where you can truly belong, contribute, and grow. We encourage applications from people of any age, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, religion, ethnicity, disability, veteran status, and any other characteristic or identity.

Consider a career at WMG and get the best of both worlds – an innovative global music company that retains the creative spirit of a nimble independent.

Job Title: Coordinator, Clearance – WMG Global Sync U.S.

A little bit about our team:

Visual Media Licensing (VML) handles sync licensing for the entire Warner Music Group roster. From legacy artists such as Aretha Franklin and Led Zeppelin to young up-and-comers such as Symba and Prateek Kuhad, our unit works hard to research, clear and negotiate opportunities in film, TV, advertising, video games, mobile apps, promos, and trailers.

Your role:

This position allows you the opportunity to independently negotiate your own deals and maintain your own relationships with clearance clients, music supervisors, artist managers and label partners. While the position is largely autonomous, you will collaborate closely with your teammates and rely on each other for assistance and support.

Here you'll get to:
• Provide high-level administrative support whenever necessary, including to joint units in the department
• Contribute to shared organizational functions such as operational duties, work coverage, calendar management, record keeping
• Learn to handle clearances and negotiations to arrive at the best terms and fees for our artists while maintaining a respectful and friendly relationship with clearance clients and music supervisors.
• Perform and analyze research on sync rights and distribute accurate information to the department.
• Coordinate and confer with outside parties such as repertoire co-owners and side artist labels.
• Collaborate with the licensing team to maintain consistency, adhere to established precedents and pre-negotiated language.
• Liaise with various external business units in the company to coordinate and execute needs of the department.
• Handle client access to audio/video assets (alternate mixes, stems, multi-tracks, etc.) and other deliverables.
• Work in tandem with studio services teams to facilitate the creation of new audio assets tailored to client specifications and project needs.
• Participate in meetings and contribute to conversations regarding department procedures & protocols.
• Maintain accurate records, manage data entry, and update internal systems in accordance with department procedure and company policy.
• Appropriately and discreetly handle and safeguard confidential and proprietary information.

About you:
• You love music!
• You possess a strong work ethic and a desire to work as part of a team.
• You are highly organized, efficient, and have great attention to detail.
• You can balance a high-volume workload while maintaining good relationships with demanding clients, partners, artist representatives.
• You believe in accountability and are self-motivated.
• You demonstrate the ability to be innovative and suggest change/improvements within scope of work.
• You are proactive, strategic, and analytical.
• You demonstrate flexibility and adaptability to changing situations
• You can respectively and effectively communicate internally and/or externally in a manner consistent with the company's Code of Conduct and core values.
• You can recognize, extract and digest critical data and information.

We'd love it if you also had:
• A minimum of 1 - 2 years of relevant sync clearance, quoting, negotiating experience.
• A baccalaureate degree with a major or minor in music (business or music business preferred)
• Highly proficient computer skills and strong email correspondence etiquette.

About us:

As the home to 10K Projects, Asylum, Atlantic Music Group, East West, FFRR, Fueled by Ramen, Nonesuch, Parlophone, Rhino, Roadrunner, Sire, Warner Records, Warner Classics, and several other of the world's premier recording labels, Warner Music Group champions emerging artists and global superstars alike. And our renowned publishing company, Warner Chappell Music, represents genre-spanning songwriters and producers through a catalogue of more than one million copyrights worldwide. Warner Music Group is also home to ADA, which supports the independent community, as well as artist services division WMX. In addition, WMG counts film and television storytelling powerhouse Warner Music Entertainment among its many brands.

Together, we are Warner Music Group: Independent Minds. Major Sound.

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Don't be discouraged if you don't hear from us right away. We're taking our time to review all resumes, and to find the best people for WMG.

Thanks for your interest in working for WMG. We love it here, and think you will, too.

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Effective October 1st, 2023, this position will require being in the office 4 days a week. We believe that an in-office presence is critical for talent development, collaboration and building strong relationships.

Salary Range

$17.95 to $25.00 Hourly

Salary ranges are included for job postings where required by law. The actual base pay is dependent upon many factors, such as work experience and business needs. The pay range is subject to change at any time dependent on a variety of internal and external factors.

WMG is committed to inclusion and diversity in all aspects of our business. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and will evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, religious creed, color, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, ancestry, marital status, medical condition as defined by state law (genetic characteristics or cancer), physical or mental disability, military service or veteran status, pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions, genetic information or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local law.