Associate Manager, Rights Administration, Business and Legal Affairs

This is a Full Time Job

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 know that each talent makes our collective bolder and brighter. We are guided by four core principles that underpin everything we do across all our diverse businesses:
• Music is Everything: Music is our passion, and we can never get enough. Tastes, trends, and tech will change, but great artists and songwriters will always be our driving force.
• Global Growth, Local Expertise: Music is a global language. Through communication and collaboration, our success can come from anywhere and translate everywhere.
• Innovation and Insight: Pushing the boundaries requires the best information and the boldest imagination. We use both to create the future.
• Empowered by People: Like the artists we serve and the music they make, our differences make us stronger. This is a place where every talent can belong and build a career. Associate Manager, Rights Administration, Business and Legal AffairsA little bit about our team:The Global Catalog Research and Rights Administration Group is a subdivision of Rhino Entertainment Company's Business & Legal Affairs Department and is responsible for researching WMG's rights to exploit its existing catalog recordings in response to queries from Rhino, WMG Global Catalog, and WMG's Synch and Master Use Licensing Groups.Your role:You will be responsible for performing various legal and rights research assignments involving questions about WMG's rights in and to its catalog recordings and accurately communicating his or her findings to the appropriate department.Here you'll get to:
• Review, analyze and interpret various provisions in the recording agreements that govern WMG's existing catalog recordings, and accurately and succinctly communicate findings to appropriate individual or department;
• Conduct chain of title review and provide concise analysis;
• Prepare contract summaries of the recording agreements that govern WMG's existing catalog recordings;
• Prepare product memos outlining royalties information applicable to products being released;
• Perform general legal research pertaining to WMG's rights in its existing recording agreements;
• Perform such other duties and tasks related to the Business & Legal Affairs Department's role and responsibilities as reasonably may be required. About you:
• Juris Doctor degree required
• Be able to work well independently and as part of a team;
• Possess excellent verbal and written communication skills;
• Possess excellent analytical, mathematical and organizational skills;
• Be able to meet deadlines consistently and effectively while working under pressure;
• Possess unwavering attention to detail;
• Be intellectually curious and have a passion for the music business;
• Be able to manage multiple assignments at any given time and prioritize them effectively and appropriately;
• Have strong computer skills, including strong data entry skills (with an emphasis on accuracy) and strong proficiency using Microsoft Office's Excel, Word and PowerPoint applications.We'd love it if you also had:
• 1 to 3 years of experience working in a position or positions involving the review, analysis and interpretation of recording agreements and other music industry agreements.
• Admission to a state bar. Warner Music Group is all about our people. We are one global company made up of the most knowledgeable, passionate, and creative people in our business.Don't be discouraged if you don't hear from us right away. We're taking our time to review all resumes, and to find the best people for WMG.Thanks for your interest in working for WMG. We love it here, and think you will, too.
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