Joining the Publishing Copyright department in our London office, the primary role of the Copyright Assistant will be to assist the team in managing our catalogue in the Nordics by ensuring works and agreements are registered correctly at the local collection society – STIM/NCB. The successful candidate will need to have excellent communication skills when dealing with general enquiries from internal and external sources and can deal with pressure but remain optimistic and persistent to complete tasks accurately and efficiently.
BACKGROUND
Founded in 2000 by Willard Ahdritz, Kobalt is creating the music company of the future. Kobalt is a global music and technology company built for artists, songwriters, publishers and labels as an alternative to the traditional music business model. Kobalt have built the technology infrastructure to enable better reporting and for artists to maintain ownership and control over how their work is distributed, tracked, collected, and monetized. This global technology platform is able to track and collect royalties for the billions of micro-payments per song in digital music today.
This is an established yet fast growing creator-centric company of artists and songwriters including The Chainsmokers, Kelly Clarkson, Miles Davis, Dave Grohl, Lauv, Zayn Malik, Max Martin, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Paul McCartney, Stevie Nicks, Pitbull, Elvis Presley, Skrillex, Sam Smith, and many more. Kobalt represents on average over 40% of the top 100 songs and albums in both the US and UK.
We’re currently over 600 people based across 13 offices and we’re still growing.
WHAT DOES A COPYRIGHT ASSISTANT, NORDICS AT KOBALT DO?
Ensuring works and agreements are registered correctly at the collection society in the Nordics
Dealing with general enquiries regarding our claims to works and the terms of our publishing agreements
Handling song disputes and duplicate claims
Processing new works and agreements as the company acquires rights to new catalogues
Processing royalty statements received from collection societies
Analysing the royalties received to identify possible underpayment or delayed payment, and working with the societies to resolve these issues
You may be asked to take on extra responsibilities – please be aware that the above list is not exhaustive
WHAT SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE ARE WE LOOKING FOR?
High level of written and spoken English is essential
High level of written and spoken Swedish is preferred
Excellent communication skills: the duties require a very high level of communication internally and externally; we are looking for someone who can adapt communication to audience
Track record of excellent organization and prioritisation skills
Strong attention to detail, accuracy and a detail-driven mind-set
High level of numeracy
Basic Excel skills are preferred but not essential
Previous admin and copyright experience in a similar role as well as a good understanding of music publishing is advantageous
SPECIFICS
Based at River Building, Cannon Street, London EC4R 3TE
Hours are 37.5 hours per week. Generally, these are taken between 9.30-6 with 1 hour for lunch but amendments to these hours can be agreed on a case by case basis with line manager approval
IMPORTANT NOTICE
Applicants must be eligible to work in the United Kingdom. Verification checks will be conducted during the interview process and a full DBS check on acceptance of offer. Kobalt is an equal opportunity employer encouraging diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation, or any other status or characteristic protected by law.
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Jan 23, 2020
Full time
Joining the Publishing Copyright department in our London office, the primary role of the Copyright Assistant will be to assist the team in managing our catalogue in the Nordics by ensuring works and agreements are registered correctly at the local collection society – STIM/NCB. The successful candidate will need to have excellent communication skills when dealing with general enquiries from internal and external sources and can deal with pressure but remain optimistic and persistent to complete tasks accurately and efficiently.
BACKGROUND
Founded in 2000 by Willard Ahdritz, Kobalt is creating the music company of the future. Kobalt is a global music and technology company built for artists, songwriters, publishers and labels as an alternative to the traditional music business model. Kobalt have built the technology infrastructure to enable better reporting and for artists to maintain ownership and control over how their work is distributed, tracked, collected, and monetized. This global technology platform is able to track and collect royalties for the billions of micro-payments per song in digital music today.
This is an established yet fast growing creator-centric company of artists and songwriters including The Chainsmokers, Kelly Clarkson, Miles Davis, Dave Grohl, Lauv, Zayn Malik, Max Martin, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Paul McCartney, Stevie Nicks, Pitbull, Elvis Presley, Skrillex, Sam Smith, and many more. Kobalt represents on average over 40% of the top 100 songs and albums in both the US and UK.
We’re currently over 600 people based across 13 offices and we’re still growing.
WHAT DOES A COPYRIGHT ASSISTANT, NORDICS AT KOBALT DO?
Ensuring works and agreements are registered correctly at the collection society in the Nordics
Dealing with general enquiries regarding our claims to works and the terms of our publishing agreements
Handling song disputes and duplicate claims
Processing new works and agreements as the company acquires rights to new catalogues
Processing royalty statements received from collection societies
Analysing the royalties received to identify possible underpayment or delayed payment, and working with the societies to resolve these issues
You may be asked to take on extra responsibilities – please be aware that the above list is not exhaustive
WHAT SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE ARE WE LOOKING FOR?
High level of written and spoken English is essential
High level of written and spoken Swedish is preferred
Excellent communication skills: the duties require a very high level of communication internally and externally; we are looking for someone who can adapt communication to audience
Track record of excellent organization and prioritisation skills
Strong attention to detail, accuracy and a detail-driven mind-set
High level of numeracy
Basic Excel skills are preferred but not essential
Previous admin and copyright experience in a similar role as well as a good understanding of music publishing is advantageous
SPECIFICS
Based at River Building, Cannon Street, London EC4R 3TE
Hours are 37.5 hours per week. Generally, these are taken between 9.30-6 with 1 hour for lunch but amendments to these hours can be agreed on a case by case basis with line manager approval
IMPORTANT NOTICE
Applicants must be eligible to work in the United Kingdom. Verification checks will be conducted during the interview process and a full DBS check on acceptance of offer. Kobalt is an equal opportunity employer encouraging diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation, or any other status or characteristic protected by law.
>>> Click on Apply Now to be taken to the application page.
The Label Operations Team is the owner of all label reporting, provides royalty-related support to Spotify’s label licensors and coordinates cross-functionally between the various teams involved in the royalty process at Spotify.
The Analyst will provide operational support to the Senior Analyst and reporting team, be responsible for royalty-related questions from label finance teams and oversee the monthly reporting process with the ultimate goal of meeting Spotify’s reporting obligations.
What you will do
Responsible for royalty-related questions from label finance teams and work to provide timely feedback
Manage the monthly reporting process to Spotify’s record label licensors
Sync with royalties team on daily operations and monitor their progress on ad hoc projects
Onboard new direct licensors in preparation for monthly report delivery
Work with engineers on implementing reporting updates with the goal of improving processes
Prepare performance metrics/KPIs related to team’s performance
Take on special ad-hoc projects as needed
Who you are
BA/BS degree
2-3 years experience in a financial or accounting role; equivalent experience in a royalty or licensing related role at a record label, digital service provider or music publisher a plus
Excellent writing/communication skills; experience communicating complex concepts to external parties
Organized and flexible individual with proven ability to manage multiple projects at once
Coachable self-starter eager to learn new concepts in a fast-paced environment
Any of the following is a plus:
Demonstrated cross-functional abilities; able to coordinate across multiple teams to meet a deadline
Working knowledge of label or publisher internal operations
Understanding of music royalties and the music industry ecosystem
Proven comprehension of record label or music publisher contracts
Experience working with digital service provider data files at a record label or music publisher
Passion for music or entertainment industry
You are welcome at Spotify for who you are, no matter where you come from, what you look like, or what’s playing in your headphones. Our platform is for everyone, and so is our workplace. The more voices we have represented and amplified in our business, the more we will all thrive, contribute, and be brilliant. So bring us your personal experience, your perspectives, and your background. It’s in our differences that we will find the power to keep revolutionizing the way the world listens.
Spotify transformed music listening forever when we launched in 2008. Our mission is to unlock the potential of human creativity by giving a million creative artists the opportunity to live off their art and billions of fans the opportunity to enjoy and be inspired by these creators. Everything we do is driven by our love for music and podcasting. Today, we are the world’s most popular audio streaming subscription service with a community of more than 258 million users.
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Jan 23, 2020
Full time
The Label Operations Team is the owner of all label reporting, provides royalty-related support to Spotify’s label licensors and coordinates cross-functionally between the various teams involved in the royalty process at Spotify.
The Analyst will provide operational support to the Senior Analyst and reporting team, be responsible for royalty-related questions from label finance teams and oversee the monthly reporting process with the ultimate goal of meeting Spotify’s reporting obligations.
What you will do
Responsible for royalty-related questions from label finance teams and work to provide timely feedback
Manage the monthly reporting process to Spotify’s record label licensors
Sync with royalties team on daily operations and monitor their progress on ad hoc projects
Onboard new direct licensors in preparation for monthly report delivery
Work with engineers on implementing reporting updates with the goal of improving processes
Prepare performance metrics/KPIs related to team’s performance
Take on special ad-hoc projects as needed
Who you are
BA/BS degree
2-3 years experience in a financial or accounting role; equivalent experience in a royalty or licensing related role at a record label, digital service provider or music publisher a plus
Excellent writing/communication skills; experience communicating complex concepts to external parties
Organized and flexible individual with proven ability to manage multiple projects at once
Coachable self-starter eager to learn new concepts in a fast-paced environment
Any of the following is a plus:
Demonstrated cross-functional abilities; able to coordinate across multiple teams to meet a deadline
Working knowledge of label or publisher internal operations
Understanding of music royalties and the music industry ecosystem
Proven comprehension of record label or music publisher contracts
Experience working with digital service provider data files at a record label or music publisher
Passion for music or entertainment industry
You are welcome at Spotify for who you are, no matter where you come from, what you look like, or what’s playing in your headphones. Our platform is for everyone, and so is our workplace. The more voices we have represented and amplified in our business, the more we will all thrive, contribute, and be brilliant. So bring us your personal experience, your perspectives, and your background. It’s in our differences that we will find the power to keep revolutionizing the way the world listens.
Spotify transformed music listening forever when we launched in 2008. Our mission is to unlock the potential of human creativity by giving a million creative artists the opportunity to live off their art and billions of fans the opportunity to enjoy and be inspired by these creators. Everything we do is driven by our love for music and podcasting. Today, we are the world’s most popular audio streaming subscription service with a community of more than 258 million users.
>>> Click on Apply Now to be taken to the application page.
Job title: Copyright Administrator Ref Number: P04 Report to: Group Publishing Manager Date: January 2020
Audio Network is a disruptive, tech-enabled global music company that is one of the largest independent creators of original, high-quality music for use in video. The Company’s music is uniquely featured in both high-end TV and advertising productions through to user-generated content on digital and social platforms
Collaborating with over 1,000 composers, artists and producers, Audio Network has built a world-class catalogue of more than 150,000 tracks of original music spanning a broad range of genres and styles and benefits from owning 100% of the rights to license this music globally
Founded in 2001, by entrepreneurs Andrew Sunnucks and Robert Hurst and acquired by Entertainment One (eOne) in 2019, Audio Network has that disruptive, independent spirit throughout. By joining forces with a global entertainment group like eOne, we continue our commitment to being both artist-first and platform-agnostic, while unlocking the power of creativity
Who are we looking for?
We are looking for an experienced and highly organised Copyright Administrator to join Audio Network’s publishing team
You will be responsible for the end-to-end copyright and royalty payment processes through registering and managing PRO works data (via CWR), to running royalty distributions to our composers/artists
The role also offers the opportunity to assist with client synchronisation licence requests, as the point-person for drafting bespoke licences for our EMEA sales team
This is a fantastic opportunity to take on a critical, varied role, working closely with team members across the business
This is a full time, permanent role, based in our office in Farringdon, London
Your Role
Working within our UK publishing team, you will be responsible for our copyright processes across the Audio Network group:
Database Administration – loading new works from our music release system into Counterpoint Music Maestro software; ensuring all works are correctly populated and CWR-compliant
Registering Works – responsible for managing Common Works Registrations (CWR) globally and sending new works exports to sub-publishers; importing ACK files and handling any registration errors
Auditing the Audio Network catalogue as registered with PROs around the world, amending works as required; querying unnotified works and registering/merging as appropriate
Importing Royalty Statements into Music Maestro, ensuring works are correctly matched
Composer/Artist Royalty Payments – managing our half-yearly writer royalty payments: implementing our first royalty run using Music Maestro; working with accounts to ensure accurate payments
Managing Administration Catalogues – importing royalty statements and processing reports for catalogues administered by Audio Network
Sync Licensing – responsible for managing bespoke licence requests from the EMEA sales team, ensuring compliance with company licensing policies and guidelines
Your Experience
Minimum 3 years’ experience in a Copyright role (essential)
Experienced, proficient user of Music Maestro software (essential)
Strong Excel skills, confident in using formulas and pivot tables (essential)
Experience of negotiating, drafting and issuing synchronisation licences (desirable)
Data analysis, financial and/or legal experience (desirable)
Your Personal Skills
High level of accuracy, attention to detail
Excellent communication skills, and particularly good written English
Excellent organisational skills with ability to prioritise and respond to changing demands
Proactive, solution-oriented approach, takes initiative to improve way of working
Personable, team player with a genuine passion for music
Compensation package
Competitive salary
Bonus scheme
Holiday - 25 days per annum
Healthcare
Pension scheme
Childcare vouchers
>>> Click on Apply Now to be taken to the application page.
Jan 23, 2020
Full time
Job title: Copyright Administrator Ref Number: P04 Report to: Group Publishing Manager Date: January 2020
Audio Network is a disruptive, tech-enabled global music company that is one of the largest independent creators of original, high-quality music for use in video. The Company’s music is uniquely featured in both high-end TV and advertising productions through to user-generated content on digital and social platforms
Collaborating with over 1,000 composers, artists and producers, Audio Network has built a world-class catalogue of more than 150,000 tracks of original music spanning a broad range of genres and styles and benefits from owning 100% of the rights to license this music globally
Founded in 2001, by entrepreneurs Andrew Sunnucks and Robert Hurst and acquired by Entertainment One (eOne) in 2019, Audio Network has that disruptive, independent spirit throughout. By joining forces with a global entertainment group like eOne, we continue our commitment to being both artist-first and platform-agnostic, while unlocking the power of creativity
Who are we looking for?
We are looking for an experienced and highly organised Copyright Administrator to join Audio Network’s publishing team
You will be responsible for the end-to-end copyright and royalty payment processes through registering and managing PRO works data (via CWR), to running royalty distributions to our composers/artists
The role also offers the opportunity to assist with client synchronisation licence requests, as the point-person for drafting bespoke licences for our EMEA sales team
This is a fantastic opportunity to take on a critical, varied role, working closely with team members across the business
This is a full time, permanent role, based in our office in Farringdon, London
Your Role
Working within our UK publishing team, you will be responsible for our copyright processes across the Audio Network group:
Database Administration – loading new works from our music release system into Counterpoint Music Maestro software; ensuring all works are correctly populated and CWR-compliant
Registering Works – responsible for managing Common Works Registrations (CWR) globally and sending new works exports to sub-publishers; importing ACK files and handling any registration errors
Auditing the Audio Network catalogue as registered with PROs around the world, amending works as required; querying unnotified works and registering/merging as appropriate
Importing Royalty Statements into Music Maestro, ensuring works are correctly matched
Composer/Artist Royalty Payments – managing our half-yearly writer royalty payments: implementing our first royalty run using Music Maestro; working with accounts to ensure accurate payments
Managing Administration Catalogues – importing royalty statements and processing reports for catalogues administered by Audio Network
Sync Licensing – responsible for managing bespoke licence requests from the EMEA sales team, ensuring compliance with company licensing policies and guidelines
Your Experience
Minimum 3 years’ experience in a Copyright role (essential)
Experienced, proficient user of Music Maestro software (essential)
Strong Excel skills, confident in using formulas and pivot tables (essential)
Experience of negotiating, drafting and issuing synchronisation licences (desirable)
Data analysis, financial and/or legal experience (desirable)
Your Personal Skills
High level of accuracy, attention to detail
Excellent communication skills, and particularly good written English
Excellent organisational skills with ability to prioritise and respond to changing demands
Proactive, solution-oriented approach, takes initiative to improve way of working
Personable, team player with a genuine passion for music
Compensation package
Competitive salary
Bonus scheme
Holiday - 25 days per annum
Healthcare
Pension scheme
Childcare vouchers
>>> Click on Apply Now to be taken to the application page.
About BMAT
BMAT started in 2005 when a group of engineers with a passion for music decided to spin-off from an audio research lab in Barcelona. The company started with an idea – to index all the music in the world – and a mission – to better the music eco-system – and a team of nerds eager to learn how to build a successful business. Today the company has grown to more than a hundred people - spread across Barcelona, Buenos Aires, Lima, São Paulo, London, Paris, Oslo, Tel-Aviv, Johannesburg, Singapore, Tokyo and Seoul - that team up to deliver daily 1 million identifications and 3 billion matches to our partners from all over the music industry.
Our Culture
We love music. It makes our lives a zillion times better. And we want to give something back to her (yes, to us music is a lady). Make her life easier and her future brighter. We apply our scientific, data-infused brains to tell everyone what music has been played – so that creators get the recognition they deserve. We hear everything everywhere and tell everyone who wants to know. ‘What plays around will come back around’ we say. We believe by helping this happen we can make a positive change in the music ecosystem and enjoy talent for another million years.
We are a team of pretty decent people who enjoy working with each other. We’re open minded and well-travelled, coming from all parts of the world. We like coffee, tea, chai, and mate all the same. We’ve got rappers, producers, cello players, DJs, and songwriters. The passion for music, the excitement for technology and Barcelona as a backdrop has proven to make a good combination. We say there is a BMAT touch. We believe it has to do with being passionate, obsessive, nice, generous, honest, self-motivated, entrepreneurial, intrepid, crazy, extraordinary, creative, agile, human, friendly, smart, witty, talented, naive, optimistic, surprising, sensual, and nerdy, but not very hipster (unfortunately).
Job Summary
As part of the Repertoire team, you will help build and improve one of the most sophisticated royalties distribution systems in the world.
What You Will Be Doing
Responsible for developing and managing technology projects and their cost, time and scope. Responsibilities include: project plan, communication plan, allocating task and setting milestones.
Lead quality assurance, implement and manage changes when necessary to meet project outputs.
Present to customers reports on progress as well as problem solutions.
All About You
Knowledge/experience in strategic planning, risk management and change management in IT related projects.
Knowledge of techniques and tools, including but not limited to JIRA, MS Excel…
Proven leadership skills and team worker.
Able to clearly communicate technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.
Excellent decision-making, critical thinking and problem solving.
Education
Bachelor’s degree, desirable in Telecommunications, Computer Science or similar.
Language
Fluent in English and French
You Can Enjoy
Full-time job
Home office.
Flexibility on working hours
Flat hierarchy
Wide range of online courses
Becoming part of a diverse and multicultural team based in Barcelona obsessed with bettering the music industry
Diverse perspectives bring about challenges and drive innovation, and innovation is kind of our thing. Our open-minded and flexible culture organically fosters this diversity. We've learnt that we thrive on learning from each other, so we don't just welcome but actively hire a range of open-minded people from all walks of life. Our team is made up of people with different backgrounds, perspectives, orientations, abilities, musical tastes, dress sense and time-zones - but we all have one common goal: Making the music world a better place. With equal opportunities for everyone, BMAT is a pretty nice place to work.
>>> Click on Apply Now to be taken to the application page.
Jan 23, 2020
Full time
About BMAT
BMAT started in 2005 when a group of engineers with a passion for music decided to spin-off from an audio research lab in Barcelona. The company started with an idea – to index all the music in the world – and a mission – to better the music eco-system – and a team of nerds eager to learn how to build a successful business. Today the company has grown to more than a hundred people - spread across Barcelona, Buenos Aires, Lima, São Paulo, London, Paris, Oslo, Tel-Aviv, Johannesburg, Singapore, Tokyo and Seoul - that team up to deliver daily 1 million identifications and 3 billion matches to our partners from all over the music industry.
Our Culture
We love music. It makes our lives a zillion times better. And we want to give something back to her (yes, to us music is a lady). Make her life easier and her future brighter. We apply our scientific, data-infused brains to tell everyone what music has been played – so that creators get the recognition they deserve. We hear everything everywhere and tell everyone who wants to know. ‘What plays around will come back around’ we say. We believe by helping this happen we can make a positive change in the music ecosystem and enjoy talent for another million years.
We are a team of pretty decent people who enjoy working with each other. We’re open minded and well-travelled, coming from all parts of the world. We like coffee, tea, chai, and mate all the same. We’ve got rappers, producers, cello players, DJs, and songwriters. The passion for music, the excitement for technology and Barcelona as a backdrop has proven to make a good combination. We say there is a BMAT touch. We believe it has to do with being passionate, obsessive, nice, generous, honest, self-motivated, entrepreneurial, intrepid, crazy, extraordinary, creative, agile, human, friendly, smart, witty, talented, naive, optimistic, surprising, sensual, and nerdy, but not very hipster (unfortunately).
Job Summary
As part of the Repertoire team, you will help build and improve one of the most sophisticated royalties distribution systems in the world.
What You Will Be Doing
Responsible for developing and managing technology projects and their cost, time and scope. Responsibilities include: project plan, communication plan, allocating task and setting milestones.
Lead quality assurance, implement and manage changes when necessary to meet project outputs.
Present to customers reports on progress as well as problem solutions.
All About You
Knowledge/experience in strategic planning, risk management and change management in IT related projects.
Knowledge of techniques and tools, including but not limited to JIRA, MS Excel…
Proven leadership skills and team worker.
Able to clearly communicate technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.
Excellent decision-making, critical thinking and problem solving.
Education
Bachelor’s degree, desirable in Telecommunications, Computer Science or similar.
Language
Fluent in English and French
You Can Enjoy
Full-time job
Home office.
Flexibility on working hours
Flat hierarchy
Wide range of online courses
Becoming part of a diverse and multicultural team based in Barcelona obsessed with bettering the music industry
Diverse perspectives bring about challenges and drive innovation, and innovation is kind of our thing. Our open-minded and flexible culture organically fosters this diversity. We've learnt that we thrive on learning from each other, so we don't just welcome but actively hire a range of open-minded people from all walks of life. Our team is made up of people with different backgrounds, perspectives, orientations, abilities, musical tastes, dress sense and time-zones - but we all have one common goal: Making the music world a better place. With equal opportunities for everyone, BMAT is a pretty nice place to work.
>>> Click on Apply Now to be taken to the application page.
