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Warner Music Group Licensing Administration Manager in London, United Kingdom
Licensing Administration Manager
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, sex or sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, religion or belief, disability, and any other protected 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.
Warner Chappell Music (WCM) is the music publishing division of Warner Music Group. We are interested in those who can join and contribute along our company’s values: Curiosity, Collaboration, and Commitment. We value input, ideas, and feedback from everyone at every level and the voices and contributions of every team member at WCM matter.
At WCM we put the songwriter first, offering high touch service to move the cultural dial across the globe. We want team members who have a service-oriented mindset and care about the collective work. We are searching for those who are comfortable thinking globally while leveraging local expertise. We are Warner Chappell Music - where songwriters are heard.
Job Title: Licensing Administration Manager
A little bit about our team: Working in sync offers an exciting opportunity to work in a highly creative and entrepreneurial environment. Our team is instrumental in generating opportunities for Warner Chappell Music’s diverse catalogue of music to appear in film, TV and advertising.
Your role: This role will deal with an exciting and diverse repertoire from across the Warner Chappell global catalogue. Reporting to the UK Head of Sync, you will help manage incoming advertising requests from UK clients, issue licensing and invoicing requests across medias including TV, Film and Advertising.
Here you’ll get to:
Be an innovative deal maker for all Advertising enquiries and requests.
Support with negotiating terms and requesting approvals.
Review and refine our operational processes to make them even more efficient.
Have a deep understanding and knowledge of our repertoire to highlight new opportunities for our writers.
Process licenses and invoices across Advertising and assist the wider team with Film & TV agreements.
Assist the UK Head of Sync and the Creative Sync Director with building and sourcing potential new sources of revenue for the business.
Work closely with the WCM finance team to track incoming payments from our clients in a timely fashion.
About you:
A great teammate and a natural collaborator and will love working with your teammates to achieve a common goal.
Outstanding communication skills.
Superbly organised with great time management.
Have at least 5 years experience with a strong knowledge of sync agreements across all medias.
A natural problem solver. You will always try everything to get to ‘Yes’.
Resilient and calm in the face of adversity.
You have great working knowledge of Excel, Word and Google Mail. You will also be required to learn WCM internal system for rights management and invoicing processes.
About us:
As the home to Asylum, Atlantic, East West, Elektra, FFRR, Fueled by Ramen, Nonesuch, Parlophone, Rhino, Roadrunner, Sire, Warner Records, Warner Classics, and several other of the world’s premier recording labels, Warner Music Group champions emerging artists and global superstars alike. And our renowned publishing company, Warner Chappell Music, represents genre-spanning songwriters and producers through a catalogue of more than one million copyrights worldwide. Redefining what it means to be a music company in the 21st century, our consumer brands include trend-setters like UPROXX, Songkick, HipHopDX, and EMP. We’re the home to WMX – the next generation services division that connects artists with fans and amplifies brands in creative, immersive, and engaging ways – and Alternative Distribution Alliance (ADA) – the ground-breaking global distribution company for independent artists and labels.
Together, we are Warner Music Group: Music With Vision & Voice.
Love this job and want to apply?
Click the “Apply” link at the top of the page, or apply directly with your LinkedIn. Applying with LinkedIn will import all of the information you put in your profile, but will still allow you to upload a resume and cover letter.
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.
WMG is committed to inclusion and diversity in all aspects of our business. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and will evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, religion or belief, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or gender reassignment, marital or civil partnership status, disability, pregnancy, childbirth or any other characteristic protected by law.
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