Coordinator, Legal Affairs (TEMP)

Job Description:

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 know that each talent makes our collective bolder and brighter. We are guided by four core principles that underpin everything we do across all our diverse businesses:

• Music is Everything: Music is our passion, and we can never get enough. Tastes, trends, and tech will change, but great artists and songwriters will always be our driving force.

• Global Growth, Local Expertise: Music is a global language. Through communication and collaboration, our success can come from anywhere and translate everywhere.

• Innovation and Insight: Pushing the boundaries requires the best information and the boldest imagination. We use both to create the future.

• Empowered by People: Like the artists we serve and the music they make, our differences make us stronger. This is a place where every talent can belong and build a career.

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, Legal Affairs (Temp)

A little bit about our team:

As part of the Global Catalog Business and Legal Affairs team, the Legal Department is responsible for enforcing WMG’s rights in the recorded music catalog repertoire controlled by its U.S. record labels, managing litigations involving WMG’s recorded music rights in conjunction with WMG’s corporate litigation in-house counsel, fielding inquiries and claims from third parties, researching WMG’s recorded music catalog rights, filing applications to register copyrights in and to WMG’s recorded music repertoire, and managing WMG’s relationships with the labor unions with which WMG’s U.S. record labels have collective bargaining agreements.

Members of the Legal Department work closely with employees in the Business Affairs, Finance, Production, Operations, New Media, and Marketing departments of each label client to fulfill the above-referenced responsibilities for the recordings and records those labels release.

Your role:

This position will provide administrative support to the Global Catalog Legal Affairs Team.  Here you will collaborate closely daily with the Global Catalog attorneys You will carry out standard and confidential administrative and clerical duties.  As a Global Catalog Business and Legal Affairs Coordinator, this role will deal predominantly with WMG’s catalog repertoire and the Rhino label.  Please note that this role will end after September 30, 2024.

Here you’ll get to:

• Scan and collate documents, answer and screen incoming calls, etc.

• Field, track and route incoming correspondence

• Maintain  filing system

• Draft and distribute internal and external correspondence

• Draft letters of direction for payee changes from recording artists, producers, and other third party royalty participants and their representatives

• Research royalties information and contract terms

• Prepare documents for contract execution and post-execution handling

• Provide general support to the Legal Affairs team including administrative tasks

• Perform other similar tasks as requested, and handle other special projects as needed

About you:

• Bachelor’s degree required

• Knowledgeable of general business practices and music industry trends

• Possess a strong work ethic; excellent organization skills and focused attention to detail

• Strong proficiency using Microsoft Office suite and Google Workspace

• Demonstrate a high level of customer service and phone etiquette for both internal and external clients

• Excellent written communication and social skills

• Handle confidential matters appropriately and with discretion

• Team player who is able to multi-task, prioritize, and maintain a standard of excellence

We’d love it if you also had:

• 1-3 years of relevant music industry experience

About us:

Warner Music’s Center of Excellence for Shared Services opened in 2017 and is the home to the financial, legal, and administrative functions that provide critical support and best-in-class services to our US Recorded Music