Copyright Coordinator

This role will provide essential support in the onboarding process of a key client whilst supporting the day-to-day function of the Copyright team.

Music is Universal

It’s the passionate and dedicated team at Universal Music who help make us the world’s leading music company. From A&R to finance, legal to digital, sales to marketing, Universal Music is the place to grow and develop your career within a truly commercial and innovative business that leads in everything it does.

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We will always seek to make appropriate adjustments to recruitment, workplaces, and work processes to be fully inclusive to people with different needs and working styles. If you need us to make any reasonable adjustments for you from application onwards, including alternatives to the online form or to disclose a neurocognitive condition, please email UniversalMusicCareers@umusic.com.

The A Side: A Day in The Life

The key responsibilities of the UK Administration Department, which encompasses our Copyright, Royalties, Royalty Review and Client Services business units, are to ensure the efficient and accurate administration and remuneration of music copyrights world-wide on behalf of UMPG and its contract partners (songwriters and original publishers).

The B Side: Skills & Experience

Be Organised

Assist with loading of repertoire in to our administration platform
Providing regular updates on the onboarding of client
General admin tasks and running ad-hoc reports for UK Copyright Manager and dept
The maintenance of song data within our Copyright & Royalty system, ensuring that the data is accurate and complies with UMPG data standards.

Be Analytical

Analysing music publishing agreements to extract the necessary information required by the Copyright Department

Be Collaborative

Assist with copyright delivery and synch, licensing and sample queries from internal business areas and clients/management
Liaise with PRS and ICE on general queries, agreements information, potential conflicts
Handling queries raised by clients, affiliated companies, 3rd parties (including management) and collection societies for UK signed repertoire. This will involve both phone work and written responses and will range from simple ownership enquiries through to more complex investigations
Support provider to all areas of the UK Administration Department: Liaise and communicate across all administration business units (Royalties, Copyright, Royalty Review) and Business Affairs as required to ensure the correct administration of our contract partners’ catalogue.

Person Specification

Necessary:

Good standard of numeracy and literacy
Good working knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook
Well-organised with good attention to detail
A team player but with the ability to use initiative when required
Effective communication skills
Able to work to deadlines and remain calm under pressure
An aptitude for logical thinking and problem solving.

Desirable:

Previous Copyright and/or Royalty administration experience with a music publishing company
Experience of inputting song data into a Copyright platform along with an understanding of song registration procedures (CWR and PRS for Music on-line notifications)
Familiarity with music publishing agreements and associated terminology
Good understanding of the workings of collection societies worldwide
Experience of registration or works and agreements with the PRS for Music
Experience with adaptation, translation and arrangement requests.

Next Step:

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