Sr. Licensing Administrator, Publishing

Sr. Licensing Administrator, Publishing

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 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.

WMG is home to a wide range of artists, musicians, and songwriters that fuel our success. That is why we are committed to creating a work environment that actively values, appreciates, and respects everyone.  We encourage applications from people with a wide variety of backgrounds and experiences.

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:   Sr. Licensing Administrator, Publishing

A little bit about our team:

The U.S. Shared Services 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 Sr. Licensing Administrator will be reporting to the Sr. Licensing Manager of Frontline labels and work closely with the Licensing Administrators to meet all deadlines and reach team goals. 

Members of the Publishing Licensing Team work closely with Publishing Royalties, A&R Admin, Business & Legal Affairs, Data Operations, Finance, Production, and Marketing & Promotions at each label to fulfill the above-referenced responsibilities. 

Your role:

The Sr. Licensing Administrator will have the unique opportunity to work at the most progressive record companies in the music industry. In this role, you will have the opportunity to help develop and maintain business solutions for the Frontline Licensing Team, establish relationships with music publishers, and collaborate with various business units at Atlantic Music Group, Warner Records, and U.S. Shared Services.

Here you’ll get to:

• Manage the Frontline Licensing Team’s internal schedules by reviewing production schedules published by each Frontline label;

• Delegate new releases to team members in order to manage priorities and workload;

• Work with label counterparts to obtain artist recording agreements, producer agreements, sample confirmations, label copy and more;

• Analyze royalty provisions in recording, producer, songwriter, and publishing agreements;

• Respond to inquiries from music publishers and other music publishing rights administrators regarding licensing and clearances;

• Review and approve system entries by team members to ensure the relevant clearances, rate calculations and publisher ownerships are set up accurately in WMG’s  internal copyright system;

• Assist team members in problem solving and provide support to the Licensing team;

• Build and maintain relationships with songwriters and publishers;

• Effectively partner with key label stakeholders across the frontline labels;

• Train all new hires who join the team;

• Assist team members in managing the licensing of all frontline releases and assist in obtaining supporting agreements and resolving split disputes; and

• Perform any other duties and tasks related to the Department’s role and responsibilities that might be assigned by the Senior Manager.

About you:

• You work well independently and as part of a te