Job Description

Copyright Executive

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Your Role:

As the Copyright Executive, you will be forward-thinking, self-motivated and provide key support to the Asia Administration team on all Copyright matters, including contractual rights management within TANGO, WCM\xe2\x80\x99s Global Administration system.

This position will provide administrative support to the publishing functions and will involve a variety

of administrative tasks including dealings with the societies, overseas affiliates, duplicate claims,

disputes, contract & works registration, suspense research and statement despatch. Key responsibilities will include administration of all areas of Warner/Chappell Music\xe2\x80\x99s Catalogues across WCM Malaysia and APAC, last but not least to have the opportunity to develop supervision and people leadership skills of more junior team members as appropriate.

Key Responsibilities:

• Contract administration processes for APAC
• Support the Assistant Copyright Manager in the day to day running of the Copyright department
• Work with the Assistant Copyright Manager to actively develop the team and shape the future of the department
• Troubleshoot copyright enquiries for the Asia Copyright team assisting our legal, finance and creative teams as required
• Provide a high-level of service to our APAC clients by responding to and coordinating client queries in a courteous and timely manner, investigating, and resolving queries as required
• Provide the business with regular status updates of APAC Deals and associated Work registrations
• Monitor accurate and timely territory-wide catalogue registrations for all new APAC Deal signings and provide regular updates to the Assistant Copyright Manager and Regional C&R Manager APAC
• Liaise with counterparts across all affiliate offices and sub-publishers to ensure registrations and income flows are in line with expectations & resolve any interruptions or discrepancies.
• Ensure affiliate agreement & work registration queries are resolved.
• Regularly communicate with APAC PRO, as well as any other processing partners
• Provide Training on system, publishing knowledge, etc for colleague when necessary.
• Handling WCM copyright claims check and return the claim file to source.
• Work closely with the UK Royalty and Tracking teams to resolve and proactively prevent against problems arising with the collection of income
• Attend internal and external meetings as and when required.
• Delegating tasks as required
• Undertaking various admin duties as per request
• Generally assisting with other administration matters as required such as assisting in other general department issues, as the pressure of work dictates

• Degree in Music / or administration field
• An experienced Copyright Administrator with a minimum 4+ years\xe2\x80\x99 experience working for an international Music Publisher.
• Confidence in clearly communicating with clients, colleagues and management
• Excellent organisational and time management skills
• The ability to manage multiple projects at once and hit time-sensitive deadlines
• Advanced Excel capabilities including Power Pivot and use of advanced formulae
• Able to read and write in Chinese is a MUST

• The ability to demonstrate your personal drive and ambition
• The ability to join dots, think laterally and understand both downstream and upstream impact of events
• Skills to analyse, extract & manipulate data from high volume datafiles

• Additional able to read and write in other languages for example: Korean, Japanese, Thai, Vietnamese
• A thorough understanding of the collection society structures and their licensing/distribution processes
• A passion for music!
• A background in collection society or music rights management administration

Warner Music Group