Music Rights Specialist

Company Description

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Job Description

Role Purpose

The Music Rights Specialist, Music Business & Legal Affairs will provide comprehensive music clearance, operational support and vital administrative services. This position will own vendor setup, payment processing, as well as thorough tracking and review of music cue sheet submission. This position is not a music supervision role.

Job Duties

Provide complete music services for client(s), including but not limited to the following areas:

• Provide comprehensive, detailed and expert support regarding all music use
• Collaborate with various personnel, internal and external, on music evaluation; ensuring consistent practices and providing expert info
• Support and/or process music license requests, pick-ups, licenses, and more
• Prepare and send out related music clearance correspondence, such as intake, checks, licenses
• Process payments, set up vendors in system, and interact with AP team
• Own all facets of cue sheet training, supervision, and administration, including: creation, review, research, revision, submission, archiving and analysis
• Use internal systems and provide support/input necessary for expansion and upgrades
• Process work for hires including registering cues, uploading fully executed agreements to ELF, maintaining detailed, organized files and securing the physical elements
• Be internally and externally focused, maintain industry contacts and have a solid understanding of music, the music industry and our business (e.g., internal partners, publishers, labels, music libraries and other related vendors)
• Ensure that owned music elements are properly fingerprinted, tagged, registered, archived, etc.
• Perform inquiry/claim intake and resolution
• Assist clients with production music library needs
• Liaise, supervise and/or train other areas, both internally and externally, that overlap on music matters
• Collaborate with Music Library and other areas as they relate, as well as support production and promo
• Organize and maintain tracking grids, cost charts and database for production music usage and licensing
• Assist with other department projects as they arise, which may include: research, cue sheets, music licensing negotiation, music clearance estimates, and liaison with other departments/vendors

Qualifications

Basic Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university
• 2+ years experience in music clearance for TV production or related area
• Demonstrated proficiency in Microsoft Office (Outlook, Excel, Word)

Desired Characteristics

• Experience working in a high-paced and pressure filled environment, with ability to work well on projects independently
• Excellent attention to detail