Sr. Coordinator, Mechanical Licensing

Job Description:

At Warner Music Group, we’re a global collective of music makers and music lovers, tech innovators and inspired entrepreneurs, game-changing creatives and passionate team members. Here, we turn dreams into stardom and audiences into fans. 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’re immersing ourselves in culture and breaking through barriers. Curiosity is the driving force behind creativity and ingenuity. It fuels innovation, and innovation is the key to our future.

Collaboration:

Making music and bringing it to the world is all about the power of originality amplified by teamwork. A great idea, like a great song, travels globally. We ignite passions and build connections across our diverse community of artists, songwriters, partners, and fans.

Commitment:
We pursue excellence for our team and our talent. Everything in music starts with a leap into the unknown, and we’re committed to keeping the faith, acting with integrity, and delivering on our promises.

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

Consider a career at WMG and get the best of both worlds – an innovative global music company that retains the creative spirit of a nimble independent.

At Warner Chappell Music (WCM) – the global music publishing arm of Warner Music Group (WMG) – we shape the culture of songwriting and champion songs that resonate for generations by creating transformational opportunities for songwriters everywhere. Our people and culture are at the epicenter of our company, and we are looking for team members who share our service-oriented mindset and have a passion for looking after our songwriters.

Job Title:

Sr. Coordinator, Mechanical Licensing

A little bit about our team:

The Mechanical Licensing team is responsible for clearing and licensing all WCM songs released in physical and digital audio format. By working closely with internal departments, record labels, various major publishers, the Harry Fox Agency, and the MLC, the Mechanical Licensing team makes sure our writers’ songs are cleared, licensed at the proper mechanical rates, and set up for payment. Mechanical royalties are a vital source of revenue for our songwriters so we are looking for detail-oriented applicants who are ready to get involved in this exciting facet of the industry.

Your role:

As part of the Mechanical Licensing team, you will have the opportunity to dive head-first into the world of writer splits! By working with other internal departments you will become a bit of a “split detective” in order to provide the record labels, HFA, and our co-publishers with the writer shares Warner Chappell represents. All of this “fact-finding” enables the record labels to calculate our writers’ mechanical rates, request licenses and pay our writers!

All thanks to the work you do!

Here you’ll get to:

You will…

• Be the primary contact for incoming split inquiries from labels, Harry Fox, the MLC, and other sources.
• Work closely with the Copyright team to help track pending and unresolved song splits.
• Under supervision of the Manager and Director of Mechanical Licensing, negotiate special rates for licenses and serve as liaison for the Company in all facets of the mechanical licensing activities.
• Effectively elevate issues of high complexity to management to obtain proper course of action, judgment and/or decision.
• Provide status updates for projects to Director of Mechanical Licensing, Administration department, and other departments as needed.
• Approve U.S. mechanical license requests for major labels, independents, and individuals either online via the Harry Fox Agency website, via direct licenses, or by e-mail approval.
• Answer incoming calls and inquiries, answering questions, and directing to correct contacts when needed.

About you:

You have…

• 1-2 years of prior experience in publishing, preferably…