Contract Manager (Legal & Licensing)

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Contract Manager (Legal & Licensing)

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About ASCAP
The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) is a membership association of more than one million songwriters, composers and music publishers, and represents some of the world’s most talented music creators. Founded and governed by songwriters, composers and publishers, it is the only performing rights organization in the U.S. that operates on a not-for-profit basis. ASCAP licenses a repertory of over 20 million musical works to hundreds of thousands of businesses that use music, including streaming services, cable television, radio and satellite radio, and brick and mortar businesses such as retail stores, hotels, clubs, restaurants and bars. ASCAP collects the licensing fees; identifies, matches and processes trillions of performances every year; and returns nearly 90 cents of every dollar back to its members as royalties. The ASCAP blanket license offers an efficient solution for businesses to legally perform ASCAP music while respecting the right of songwriters and composers to be paid fairly. ASCAP puts music creators first, advocating for their rights and the value of music on Capitol Hill, driving innovation that moves the industry forward, building community and providing the resources and support that creators need to succeed in their careers. Learn more and stay in touch at www.ascap.com, on X and Instagram @ASCAP and on Facebook.

Job Overview:
ASCAP is looking to hire a Contract Manager (Legal & Licensing) to support transactional attorneys in the Business and Legal Affairs Department (BALA). Ideal candidates will have licensing contract administrative experience with the ability to handle high volume contracts, interpretation, and extraction of information. This role requires exceptional organizational skills with a keen attention to detail. The Contract Manager will track the status of ongoing contract negotiations, create and maintain reports, extract and summarize license details for executive and senior management, draft and review correspondence, agreements, and other legal documents, research, and handle general administrative duties.

Areas of Responsibility & Accountability:
• Providing support to the team of licensing attorneys, including tracking the status of ongoing contract negotiations and license lifecycles, creating and maintaining multiple reports, preparing and revising correspondence, agreements, and other documentation, as well as performing research.
• Coordinating and drafting the licensing agreement contract administrative process from intake to execution to renewal/expiration.
• Drafting summaries for executive and senior management.
• Extracting license details for license administrative, operations and accounting teams.
• Organizing and maintaining license repositories, both digital and physical.
• Analyzing and comparing license drafts and versions.
• Creating and maintaining legal template contracts in the legal department’s management database.
• Researching, comparing, and contrasting internal/external Licensing contracts, terms and conditions, and substantive additions to ensure legal consistency, accuracy, and completeness.
• Managing incoming requests for legal review or work from internal clients.
• Working collectively with administrative support staff to provide coverage of cross-functional support of answering phones, maintaining calendars, and booking travel.
• Preparing and submitting expense reports for attorneys.
• Processing legal and other invoices.
• Assisting the department with other projects as assigned.

Qualifications and Requirements:
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent.
• 3 years experience with contract/license administration tracking and reporting.
• Prior contract management experience in a corporate legal department or license administrative department preferred.
• Experience interacting with senior level management.
• Proven proficiency with Excel.