Copyright Admin Coordinator
Description
As the Copyright Admin Coordinator for FM, you will work on the Musicbed brand with the Music team. Rights and clearance administration is a necessary and crucial aspect of licensing representation. One of the requirements in licensing music is the accurate accounting of ownership and approvals of artists and songs, as well as the organization and communication of that information. The success of this role is predicated on the detail-oriented organization of song data, contract management, and Content ID administration.
In addition to being great with data organization, your secondary responsibility is effective communication with artists, managers, and other admins regarding rights and clearance subject matter. Whether it’s clarifying and answering questions about contracts, clearing Content ID claims, or reaching out to gather missing information, your understanding of song ownership and administration is key to company and artist success. The work accomplished in this position provides clarity across all departments of the company. Great inter-departmental communication is necessary to maintain clear expectations and information sharing, with plenty of collaboration between the Music team and Client Services.
As the ideal candidate, you will not only showcase the skills required in data collecting and organization, as well as clear, effective communication, but most importantly embody an attitude and desire to support both our internal teammates and external artists. Quick to learn, willingness to accept feedback, and confidence to share thoughts and opinions that can help the team are the character traits important in a great team member.
Core Duties and Responsibilities
- Utilizing information submitted by artists and admins, organize ownership and administration song data to internal systems
- Obtain clearance for licensing from all necessary parties for every song that we represent
- With near impeccable accuracy, create and assign owner profile information to appropriate song data for artist payout
- Engage with artists to gather and organize any missing information during the onboarding and release process
- Working with the Artist Rep team, manage Representation contracts for all owners, including:
- Editing and sending contracts per Artist Rep request
- Filing/organization of signed contracts
- Creation of artist accounts based on contract details
- Have a full understanding of ownership contracts in order to answer artist questions as they may arise
- Learn and maintain the various Content ID (CID) platforms artists utilize including:
- Claims clearance
- AssetID import and export
- Third party CID contact communication
- CID asset transfer process
- Youtube CID certifications
- Facilitate, coordinate, and answer artist support questions / issues directly or through connecting appropriate parties
- Various administrative duties that might include department event scheduling, purchasing and booking
Requirements
Job Requirements
- Experience with basic project management processes and organizational tools, as well as a basic understanding of CRM tools such as Hubspot
- Ideal candidates will have experience in Youtube Content ID management and music administration
- Detail-oriented, able to manage personal workload, meet deadlines and above all, share in a passion for helping musicians find footing in their careers
A Great Candidate Will Have
- Demonstrated creative and critical thinking skills
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Strong work ethic, with the ability to deliver solid work on tight schedules
- Ease in giving and receiving feedback
- Desire to work in a team-centered, collaborative environment
- High professional standards - strong motivation for individual and organizational success
- Passion to be results-oriented and process-driven
- Ability to adapt as FM is growing and one or more of the job duties and/or responsibilities in this job description may change as well as the job title
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FM is a family of brands that currently includes Filmsupply and Musicbed. We believe that creatives have the unique ability to see the world differently, evoke emotion, and create change. That change is created by movements, movements start with ideas, and those ideas are brought to life by the creative. We exist to inspire these ideas and empower the creatives that bring them to the world.