Publishing Licensing
Warner Music Group
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This is a Full Time Job
Publishing Licensing - Temp
A little bit about our team:
Warner Music Group's Center of Excellence for Shared Services opened in 2017 and is the home to the financial, legal, licensing, royalties and administrative functions that provide critical support and best-in-class services to our US Recorded Music and Publishing businesses. The Nashville center embodies the innovative and creative spirit that stems from the company's deep history in nurturing entrepreneurial thinking and artist-focused innovation, enabling our employees to develop a wide range of skills through cross-function collaboration and development opportunities.
The Publishing Licensing Team provides rights assessment and other licensing related administrative services to each of Warner's U.S. record labels, along with those labels and affiliates based outside the U.S. that wish to release records or recordings in the U.S. The Licensing Team is responsible for negotiating and securing mechanical licenses from music publishers and paying those copyright owners the corresponding rates, advances, fees, and other royalties in an accurate and timely manner. The Licensing Administrator will be reporting to the Sr. Licensing Manager of Frontline labels.
Members of the Publishing Licensing Team work closely with team members in Publishing Royalties, A&R Admin, Business & Legal Affairs, Data Operations, Finance, and Marketing of each label client to fulfill the above-referenced responsibilities for the recordings and records those labels release.
Your role:
The candidate hired to fill this position will be responsible for inputing publishing data into WMG's internal copyright system after performing extensive research and thorough analysis of historic and current licenses, agreements, and payee forms in order to secure mechanicals licenses and any necessary clearances.
Here you'll get to:
• Research song titles and information about songwriters and music publishers;
• Confirm publishing splits, writer credits, and vendor/payee names, addresses and other information with various music publishing companies and other publishing rights administrators;
• Compile the necessary information regarding musical compositions embodied in the recordings and records that WMG releases and then enter that information into WMG's internal databases and copyright system;
• Review, negotiate and secure mechanical licenses and other publishing licenses covering the exploitation of musical compositions embodied on recordings and records that WMG wishes to release;
• Respond to inquiries from music publishers and other music publishing rights administrators regarding the licenses they have issued to WMG; and
• Perform any other duties and tasks related to the Department's role and responsibilities that might be assigned by Senior Management from time to time.
About you:
• Candidate must be able to work well independently and as part of a team;
• Candidate must possess excellent communication, analytical, and organizational skills;
• Candidate must be able to meet deadlines consistently and effectively while working under pressure;
• Candidate must be able to manage multiple assignments at any given time and prioritize them effectively and appropriately; and
• Candidate must have strong computer skills, including strong data entry skills (with an emphasis on accuracy) and strong proficiency using Microsoft Office applications.
We'd love it if you also had:
• Bachelor's degree required.
• Candidate should possess some experience working in a position or positions involving the administration of mechanical or other publishing royalties.
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.
Salary Range
$18.00 to $22.00 hourly
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