Paralegal and Administrative Assistant
Warner Music Group
Los Angeles, CAThis was removed by the employer on 9/29/2022 8:30:00 AM PST
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At Warner Chappell Music (WCM), 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-orienteted mindset and have a passion for looking after our songwriters.
As the global music publishing arm of Warner Music Group (WMG), we're a collective band of music lovers, innovative connectors, and relentless supporters of our songwriters and catalog of iconic works. We lead with curiosity, collaborate across departments, borders, languages, and genres, and we're committed to delivering on the promises we make to each other and to our songwriters.
Paralegal and Administrative Assistant, Legal & Business Affairs
A little bit about our team:
Under general supervision with latitude for independent judgment and decision, participates in the legal and certain related financial and business operations and aspects of the Company, involving negotiations, deals or contracts affecting copyrights, licenses, royalties, fees, claims, settlements, litigation and other related legal and/or business matters.
Your role:
Here at Warner Chappell, you'll be at the center of our deal-making process, playing an integral role within the company in the execution and maintainence of our songwriter rosters. We're looking for someone with a deep administrative background who is self-sufficient and knows when and where they need to be to support the team, helping to drive our department workflow smoothly and efficiently.
Here you'll get to:
• Provide administrative support to the Global EVP of Legal & Business Affairs and contracts administrator, including calendar management, booking travel, and submitting expenses.
• Prepare and request a large volume of advance payment regularly, working directly with our royalties team to set up new accounts and vendors as needed.
• Maintain records, files, contacts, documentation, etc.
• Prepare agreements and files for briefing.
• Review our internal systems to ensure accuracy of new contract briefs and amendments.
• Assist, gather and review supporting materials for agreements including song information.
• Pull and compile reports from our internal systems, including catalog and financial information.
• Schedule, coordinate, and maintain calendar of appointments, meetings, prepare and process expense reports, and travel itineraries.
• Prepare, transcribe, and process correspondence, reports, status reports, forms of contracts, agreements, licenses, memoranda, presentation material, and other related matters of confidential and/or complex nature.
• Attend meetings, taking and distributing minutes to the applicable participants.
• Process incoming mail and correspondence; preparing outgoing mail.
• Perform special projects as needed.
About you:
• A high school level education is required
• Two (2) years of progressively responsible office experience, preferably within a legal department in a music publishing or related business preferably within a legal department, performing administrative functions.
• Handle and safeguard confidential and proprietary information.
• Effectively communicate internally and/or externally in a manner consistent with the company's Code of Conduct and core values.
• Come to work on time without restriction as to time commitment.
• Read and understand materials and documents and have the ability to recognize and extract critical data and information.
• General computer skills and a working knowledge of Microsoft Office with advanced emphases in Word and Excel
• Highly organized, resourceful, have an attention to detail and are rigorous about proofreading your own work (and occasionally the work of others!).
• An energetic, can-do mindset who takes ownership of work assigned.
• Strong communication skills (written and verbal).
• Ability to adhere to deadlines and execute on tasks and handle multiple, diverse assignments.
We'd love it if you also had:
• A baccalaureate degree, augmented by course work in music publishing law and business.
At Warner Chappell Music (WCM), we shape the culture of songwriting and champion songs that resonate for generations by creating transformational opportunities for songwriters everywhere.
Before the fans and fame, the soundtracks and syncs, there is the song. And before the song comes the songwriter - the heart of an art form that defines generations, and the soul of our business. Songwriters are our inspiration; we are their partners, collaborators, and crusaders.
Songwriters shape culture; and here at WCM we help hone their craft, build their careers, and protect their legacies. We value curiosity, collaboration, and commitment – which helps set us apart and helps us in our commitment and global service to our songwriters.
We are Warner Chappell Music - where songwriters are heard.
About Warner Music Group: With its broad and diverse roster of new stars and legendary artists, Warner Music Group is home to a collection of the best-known record labels in the music industry including Asylum, Atlantic, East West, Elektra, FFRR, Fueled by Ramen, Nonesuch, Parlophone, Rhino, Roadrunner, Sire, Warner Records, Warner Classics and Warner Chappell Music, one of the world's leading music publishers with a catalogue of more than one million copyrights worldwide.
For more than four decades, WMG has been an industry-leading force in providing a world-class array of services designed to help artists and labels grow their careers and their businesses. Artist & Label Services is the umbrella for WEA (Warner-Elektra-Atlantic) – the pioneering WEA distribution and marketing network – and Alternative Distribution Alliance (ADA) – the ground-breaking global distribution company for independent artists and labels.
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Thanks for your interest in working for WMG. We love it here, and think you will, too.
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