UK Copyright Manager

Universal Music Group team

Description

We are searching for a natural communicator who is comfortable liaising with internal stakeholders and clients and their representatives.
Responsibilities will include the senior aspects of copyright administration such as advising on and planning for new deal implementation strategies, the interpretation and dissemination of contractual terms into our system, including implementing royalty rates and monitoring contractual terms to ensure collections are maximised and correctly remunerated to clients. The role will quality assure that repertoire within an agreement is accurately ingested so that it can be disseminated and registered by our Global Copyright team.
The position is rich in opportunity for involvement with the company’s biggest admin deals, front line signings, and international projects.
How You’ll Create
  • Implementation of agreements and their relevant terms to the UMPG database plus tracking their lifecycles as terms evolve.
  • Ensure the accurate ingestion of works data.
  • Liaise with Business Affairs and A&R departments to ensure the accuracy of relevant contractual and client information.
  • Communicate with clients to ensure that song deliveries and their corresponding metadata is complete and implemented and registered in a timely fashion.
  • Collaborate on reviews of internal copyright processes to provide best in class service to UMPG clients.
  • Provide regular updates to internal stakeholders on key clients.
  • Participate in the delivery of our compliance control environment.
  • Build strong relationships with our US-based Global Copyright team and our local offices internationally.
  • Maintain UMPG copyright policies and procedural documentation.
  • Attending to copyright queries raised by clients, affiliates, 3rd Parties and collection societies, which will involve analysing music publishing agreements and historical source documents.

Requirements

Bring Your Vibe
  • You will have a minimum of 4 years of related work experience in a music publishing copyright role.
  • An understanding of publishing contracts and copyright administration.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills are required.
  • Experience using Microsoft Excel, Mail and Word.
  • Understanding of music publishing income streams including collective management organisations, Performing Rights Organisations and Digital Service Providers.
  • Strong organization skills, critical thinking, analytical abilities, and attention to detail are required.
  • Ability to meet deadlines quickly and accurately while managing competing priorities is required.
  • Excellent communication and relationship-building skills.
  • Experience in people management.
Just So You Know…
The company presents this job description as a guide to the major areas and duties for which the jobholder is accountable. However, the business operates in an environment that demands change and the jobholder's specific responsibilities and activities will vary and develop. Therefore, the job description should be seen as indicative and not as a permanent, definitive, and exhaustive statement.

How to apply

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Universal Music Group

Universal Music Group (UMG) is the world leader in music-based entertainment, with a broad array of businesses engaged in recorded music, music publishing, merchandising and audiovisual content in more than 60 countries. Featuring the most comprehensive catalog of recordings and songs across every musical genre, UMG identifies and develops artists and produces and distributes the most critically acclaimed and commercially successful music in the world. Committed to artistry, innovation and entrepreneurship, UMG fosters the development of services, platforms and business models in order to broaden artistic and commercial opportunities for our artists and create new experiences for fans. Universal Music Group's labels include A&M Records, Astralwerks, Blue Note Records, Capitol Christian Music Group, Capitol Records, Capitol Records Nashville, Caroline, Decca, Def Jam Recordings, Deutsche Grammophon, Disa, Emarcy, EMI Records Nashville, Fonovisa, Geffen Records, Harvest, Interscope Records, Island Records, Machete Music, MCA Nashville, Mercury Nashville, Mercury Records, Motown Records, Polydor Records, Republic Records, Universal Music Latino, Verve Label Group, Virgin Records, Virgin EMI Records, as well as a multitude of record labels owned or distributed by its record company subsidiaries around the world. UMG's catalog is marketed through two distinct divisions, Universal Music Enterprises (in the U.S.) and Universal Strategic Marketing (outside the U.S.). UMG also includes Universal Music Publishing Group, one of the industry's premier music publishing operations worldwide and Bravado, the leading provider of consumer, lifestyle and branding services to recording artists and entertainment brands around the world. Universal Music Group is a Vivendi company.

Job Details

Posted on Oct 7

London, England, UK

Full time

Mid