Digital Rights Administrator
Digital Rights Administrator
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Job Description
Music is Universal
Its the passionate and dedicated team at Universal Music who help make us the worlds leading music company. From A&R to finance legal to digital sales to marketing Universal Music is the place to grow and develop your career within a truly commercial and innovative business that leads in everything it does.
Everyone is welcome to apply for our roles and we are determined to ensure that no applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment because of gender race disability sexual orientation religion belief age marital status background pregnancy or caring responsibilities. We also recognise the importance of diversity of thought within our teams and are fully committed to embracing the talents of people with autism dyslexia ADHD and other forms of neurocognitive variation.
We will always seek to make appropriate adjustments to recruitment workplaces and work processes to be fully inclusive to people with different needs and working styles. If you need us to make any reasonable adjustments for you from application onwards including alternatives to the online form or to disclose a neurocognitive condition please email
The Role:
UMGs Digital Rights Administration team is dedicated to monitoring and monetizing content on digital are currently seeking an eager and exceptionalnew hire to work in our Digital Right Administration team. The ideal candidate will work on daily requests/issues in relation to YouTube Facebook Tik Tok. Assist with rights management tasks for all UGC partners and assist with special projects. This consists of troubleshooting issues resolving conflicts manually claiming where the platforms have failed to identify our copyrights and analyzing catalogs delivered to these platforms for accurate and complete information. The teams goal is to maximize value from the rights of UMGs recording artists in the digital space through content claiming.
This role is perfect for someone who enjoys learning how systems work following directions troubleshooting issues processing claims maintaining organized records and utilizing critical thinking skills to identify potential problems.
Key duties and responsibilities include:
Establish an indepth understanding of UGC partners content management systems and their relation to the protection and exploitation of UMG music on their platforms
Establish an indepth understanding of UMGs internal systems
Surface any issues encountered while using the CMS tool and UMG internal systems to team lead and coordinate to develop solutions
Assist with issues queues for UGC partners
Work with UMG repertoire owners distributed labels to guarantee the satisfactory use of their recordings as well as with thirdparties to resolve claim disputes and ownership conflicts
Communicate with other rights holders to resolve disputes and conflicts relating to the ownership of UMG recordings
Increase advertising revenue by exploring YouTube for popular User Generated Content (UGC) and claiming videos that incorporate UMGs recordings
Engage with other UMG departments as needed helping to ensure that all stakeholders are aware of our claiming activities
Required Skills & abilities:
Experience using new media and social networks specifically YouTube Facebook & Instagram
Proficiency in Excel Word and Google Sheets
Excellent communication and customer service skills
Superior organizational skills and task management
Forward thinking and ambitious; ability to work in a fastpaced environment
Detail oriented ability to multitask and handle large volume of email requests
Familiarity with Universals artists and catalogue ability to creatively search for UGC using UMGs content
YouTube CMS experience and/or certification preferred
Facebook Rights Manager experience preferred
Tik Tok Media Match experience preferred
Desired Experience:
Experience in new media and social networks specifically YouTube Facebook & Instagram
12 years at a music or entertainment company digital platform social network rights management firm preferred
Rights management or copyright experience a plus
Just So You Know
The company presents this job description as a guide to the major areas and duties for which the jobholder is accountable. However the business operates in an environment that demands change and the jobholders specific responsibilities and activities will vary and develop. Therefore the job description should be seen as indicative and not as a permanent definitive and exhaustive statement.
Job Category:
Universal Music GroupRequired Experience:
Unclear Seniority
Employment Type
Full Time
