Manager, Music Rights

Company Description

NBCUniversal is one of the world's leading media and entertainment companies. We create world-class content, which we distribute across our portfolio of film, television, and streaming, and bring to life through our global theme park destinations, consumer products, and experiences. We own and operate leading entertainment and news brands, including NBC, NBC News, NBC Sports, Telemundo, NBC Local Stations, Bravo, and Peacock, our premium ad-supported streaming service.

We produce and distribute premier filmed entertainment and programming through our powerhouse film and television studios, including Universal Pictures, Dream Works Animation, and Focus Features, and the four global television studios under the Universal Studio Group banner, and operate industry-leading theme parks and experiences around the world through Universal Destinations & Experiences, including Universal Orlando Resort, home to Universal Epic Universe, and Universal Studios Hollywood.

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Our impact is rooted in improving the communities where our employees, customers, and audiences live and work. We have a rich tradition of giving back and ensuring our employees have the opportunity to serve their communities. We champion an inclusive culture and strive to attract and develop a talented workforce to create and deliver a wide range of content reflecting our world.

Role

Purpose:

The NBCUniversal Music Business & Legal Affairs team oversees music matters across all NBCUniversal businesses, including Filmed Entertainment, Media, Sports, News and Destinations & Experiences. The Manager, Music Rights will be responsible for managing the operations and administrative services related to comprehensive music clearance and licensing functions for NBCUniversal. This includes television programming across Universal Television Entertainment, encompassing Universal Studios Group (USG), NBC Entertainment, Bravo and Peacock.

This position does not include any music creative or music supervision responsibilities, such as consulting on music placement in productions.

• Draft, negotiate, review and track music licenses and other music agreements as needed
• Partner with Business & Legal Affairs to help advise clients on intellectual property issues, copyright infringement, clearance, rights-related and regulatory issues, public domain analyses, union issues, performing rights, strategy, risk analysis and other matters arising from programming
• Interact with various departments on budgeting, invoices, payroll, union obligations and deliverables
• Review and process quote requests, pick-up letters, master use and synchronization licenses, payments, vendor set-ups and other music licensing-related matters across different productions
• Research music for all details relating to clearance and tracking; including publishers, record labels, performing rights societies and types of usage
• Review and clear music use in programming to ensure compliance with legal and regulatory standards
• Collaborate across all NBCU platforms in the development and implementation of technological solutions to best serve internal clients
• Maintain tracking grids, cost charts, databases and other systems for all music usage, licensing and related needs across NBCUniversal
• Review, analyze, revise and submit cue sheets
• Administer union inquiries associated with licensed music (e.g., AFM, SAG-AFTRA) and generate reports
• Communicate and maintain relationships with internal partners, publishers, labels, music libraries and other vendors
• Partner with clients and colleagues to implement best practices and formulate new processes
• Perform other related duties and special projects as assigned

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited university or comparable work experience
• 4+ years of music licensing and/or clearance experience or related field

• Knowledge and understanding of copyright rules related to the music industry
• Diversified knowledge of contemporary music as well as classical music catalogs and their applicable…