The
Royalty & Metadata Coordinator will play a crucial role in the administration of Essential Music Publishing's catalog of songs. This position requires a detail-oriented individual who can work independently and collaboratively with Essential Music Publishing's creative staff, writers, artists, and business affairs team. The ideal candidate will have a passion for working with large data sets and excel spreadsheets, ensuring accurate royalty collections and licensing.
What You'll Do:
- Manage conflicts, appeals, asset management, and disputes regarding YouTube videos and other Content Management Systems.
- Collect and manage metadata, including ISRC, release dates, artist information, record label data, and Spotify/YouTube links for the back catalog.
- Prepare and review quarterly and semi-annual royalty statements and payments for Essential Music Publishing's catalog, focusing on statement processing and song matching for various royalty statements (Manual, Harry Fox, ASCAP, BMI, SESAC, Film/TV).
- Utilize third-party tools like Spotify Analytics to cross-reference and ensure the accuracy of metadata both externally and internally.
- Monitor the [EssentialYouTube@pmgsonymusic.com](mailto:EssentialYouTube@pmgsonymusic.com) email account and respond to customer inquiries promptly.
- Collaborate with staff across multiple departments to meet productivity, quality, and goal expectations.
- Ensure accurate and timely data entry and reporting using various systems and resources.
- Manage data entry and royalty collection across multiple accounts, including mechanical, performance, digital media, and synchronization income.
- Identify trends related to unpaid or incorrectly reported earnings to ensure financial accuracy.
- Assist with contract and financial receipt reviews.
- Participate in cross-training exercises to support other functions within the Publishing Administration Team, including resolving conflicts through the MLC Data Quality Initiative and validating metadata/registration with all societies.
- Perform other job duties as assigned.
Who You Are:
- At least one year of prior administrative experience
- Prior music industry/music publishing experience strongly preferred
- Strong analytical skills and proven experience with managing lots of data with a keen attention to detail
- Excellent written and verbal communications skills
- Demonstrated organization skills including experience coordinating multiple assignments and projects in a deadline-driven environment with effective resolution of conflicting priorities
- Knowledge of online digital music tools and familiarity with music file types
- Ability to exhibit a professional manner in dealing with others
- Experience in a role that required a strong, self-motivated work ethic
- Demonstrated critical thinking skills
What We Give You:
- You join an inclusive, collaborative and global community where you have the opportunity to fuel the creative journey
- A modern office environment designed to foster productivity, creativity, and teamwork
- Our Hybrid with Flexibility approach combines the flexibility of remote working with the benefits of in-person collaboration whenever we need to come together to do our best work. Managers will partner with their teams and employees to establish work arrangements that meet the business, team, and individual needs.
- An attractive and comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, life & disability coverage, and 401K + employer matching
- Voluntary benefits like company-paid identity theft protection and resources for pets, mental health and meditation resources, industry-leading fertility coverage, fully paid leave for childbirth or bonding, fully paid leave for caregivers, programs for loved ones with developmental disabilities and neurodiversity, subsidized back-up child and elder care, and reimbursement for adoption, surrogacy, tuition and student loans
- We invest in your professional growth & development
- Time off for a winter recess
