This role exists at the intersection of A&R, finance and legal. The primary focus of this role is to ensure that contracts are delivered and collected in a timely manner and the appropriate provisions are then executed for royalty payments to music contributors.
Responsibilities:
- Maintain and validate raw digital and physical sales files for royalty processing
- Legal administration for producer, writer, and feature agreements
- Translate long form agreements to our royalty processing software Curve to ensure the accurate setup and ongoing maintenance of royalty provisions
- Provide partners with invoicing instructions and coordinate billing process
- Administer music video, artwork and creative work-for-hire agreements
- Assist artists and producers with customer support on reviewing their royalty statements
- Oversee copyright submission and maintenance of copyright database
- Send out mechanical licenses to song publishers and register songs with MDX
- Coordinate and process raw files for publishing payments
- Assist Finance Manager on artist inquiries regarding royalties, providing analyses and supporting documentation
- Maintain contract database
- Update any contractual changes within the royalty software
- Prepare and maintain status reports on legal paperwork
Job Skills:
- Attention to detail
- Strong analytical skills
- Clear communication skills
- Financial and data processing capability
- Highly organized, ability to juggle large volumes of information from multiple sources
- Ability to handle highly sensitive and confidential information
- Intermediate excel skills
- Self – starter
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Experience and understanding of music royalties and recording contracts
- Experience with quickbooks a plus
Reports to: COO
Works closely with: VP of A&R, Finance Manager
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