Global Copyright Administrator in London

At Warner Music Group, we are a global collective of music makers and music lovers, tech innovators and inspired entrepreneurs, game‐changing creatives and passionate team members. 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 immerse ourselves in culture and break through barriers. Curiosity is the driving force behind creativity and ingenuity.
• Collaboration: Making music and bringing it to the world is all about the power of originality amplified by teamwork.
• Commitment: We pursue excellence for our team and our talent.

WMG is home to a wide range of artists, musicians, and songwriters that fuel our success. 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.

Your role:

We are looking for an organised, motivated and enthusiastic administrator to join the Global Copyright team. You will play an important role in the worldwide registration of our songwriter copyright data and provide essential support to our rightsholders in delivering the very best in global administration services.

Here you will get to:

• Maintain accurate registrations of WCM's catalogue worldwide.
• Assist in the delivery of timely and accurate copyright data to CMOs, sub‐publishers, online processing partners and third‐party licensees.
• Identify and troubleshoot problems that may arise throughout the copyright registration process.
• Deliver agreement registrations internationally.
• Perform routine checks on high‐profile works and catalogues registered with CMOs.
• Gather statistics and analyse results to assist global affiliates with achieving KPI targets.
• Work internationally by responding to queries from affiliate offices, sub‐publishers and societies.
• Assist with internal testing and implementation of industry standard formats and processes.
• Collaborate with colleagues to improve efficiencies across all areas of administration.
• Carry out testing of new system enhancements and contribute to the ongoing development of copyright and royalty systems.
• Produce and maintain internal process documentation.
• Attend and represent the Global Copyright team in regular meetings with our global affiliate offices.
• Work interdepartmentally, collaborating with colleagues in different departments.
• Be responsible for ad‐hoc projects that arise.

About you:

• You have previous experience working within a similar role or a role with transferable skills.
• You have intuitive investigative skills.
• You are a natural problem solver able to identify, diagnose and resolve issues related to copyright.
• You handle, process and verify large datasets with precision.
• You are exceptionally organised with meticulous attention to detail.
• You enjoy multi‐tasking and know how to employ effective time‐management techniques.
• You have knowledge of registration file formats (CWR, CAF, ACK) and their application.
• You are a flexible and constructive team player.
• You have great communication skills.
• You have a flexible and enthusiastic approach to work.
• You are a music lover who values creation and is passionate about servicing our songwriters and rightsholders.

We'd love it if you also had:

• A degree or equivalent qualification/experience.
• Previous experience working within a music company.
• Prince 2 or project/business analysis experience.
• Advanced Excel skills (Power Pivot, Power Query).
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret complex datasets.
• An understanding of the end‐to‐end cycle of music publishing administration.
• Knowledge of society rules e.g. BIEM rules and reduced collection shares.
• A proactive approach to integrating Generative AI into everyday work.

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 any characteristic protected by law.