Job Title: Royalties Assistant
Leading independent music company Reservoir has an immediate part-time job opening in the Royalties Administration department. We are looking for candidates who are self-starters, tenacious, accurate and consistent in their work always, and understand the importance of clean data as it relates to music royalties
Compensation:
Competitive market salary
How to Apply:
Please send your resume and a cover letter to: jobs@reservoir-media.com
Responsibilities:
- Identify source of incoming payments and retrieve sales files from corresponding sources
- Review, enter and prepare sales files for royalty system
- Review Artist/Producer contracts and enter royalty provisions into royalty system
- Maintain and update bank account tracking weekly
- Support reconciliation process weekly and monthly for timely statement delivery
- Research agreements and request mechanical licenses on behalf of Reservoir’s labels
- Input mechanical license data into the royalty system
- Assist with client’s administrative needs
Requirements:
- 1+ years of administrative experience within the music industry in a royalty capacity (including internships)
- Bachelor’s degree (music business or related field preferred)
- Self-starter and self-motivated with the ability to handle high volume of data-input with accurate execution
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- Experience with Vistex’s Record Maestro (not required but preferred)
- Computer Skills: Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, Outlook,) with strong Excel skills highly preferred
- Handles and safeguards highly confidential and sensitive or proprietary information
- Ability to adhere to deadlines and execute on tasks that involve multiple, diverse assignments while producing quality work
- Genuine interest in music and the music industry trends, and developments
Reservoir is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees
About Reservoir:
Reservoir is an independent music company based in New York City and with offices in Los Angeles, Nashville, Toronto, London, and Abu Dhabi. It is the first U.S.-based publicly traded independent music company and the first female founded and led publicly traded music company in the U.S. Founded as a family-owned music publisher in 2007, Reservoir has grown to represent over 130,000 copyrights and 36,000 master recordings with titles dating as far back as 1900, and hundreds of #1 releases worldwide. Reservoir holds a regular Top 10 U.S. Market Share according to Billboard’s Publishers Quarterly, was twice named Publisher of the Year by Music Business Worldwide’s The A&R Awards and won Independent Publisher of the Year at the 2020 Music Week Awards.
Reservoir also represents a multitude of recorded music through Chrysalis Records, Tommy Boy Music, and Philly Groove Records and manages artists through its ventures with Blue Raincoat Music and Big Life Management.
