Account Manager, Events and Sports Licensing

APRA AMCOS; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

18 weeks paid parental leave

Hybrid work options

Learning and development programs

Discounted private health benefits

Novated lease vehicles

Job summary

APRA AMCOS is seeking an Account Manager, Events and Sports Licensing for a fixed-term 12‑month backfill based in our Ultimo office. You’ll license events, manage key client relationships and support the licensing team to identify new business opportunities.

Hybrid work options are available with generous benefits including 18 weeks paid parental leave and a collaborative, values-driven culture. You’ll partner with internal stakeholders to ensure accurate licensing and client satisfaction.

Qualifications

• Experience in administration and/or account management.

Responsibilities

• License events, dramatic context, Performing Arts Centres and sporting clients and manage relationships, as directed by the Manager or Event Licensing Lead.
• Manage designated event accounts, including dramatic context and non‑distributable event licensing.
• Manage distributable events for non‑managed accounts.
• Ensure compliance with event licence agreement terms and organisational policies and procedures.
• Research client information to ensure accurate music usage reporting and up‑to‑date contact and location details.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with key event clients.
• Support the wider events licensing team with event research, new business leads, licence creation and database maintenance.
• Identify, research and license new events, including spotting opportunities for new business.

Skills

Administration

Account management

Internet research

CRM systems

Excel

Microsoft Lists

Teams

Outlook

Communication

Attention to detail

Tools

Microsoft Office

Excel

Microsoft Lists

Teams

Outlook

CRM software

Job description

APRA AMCOS is a member-owned music rights management organisation, positioned at the intersection of music, data and technology. We have more than 124,000 members who are songwriters, composers and music publishers. We license organisations to play, perform, copy or record our members’ music, and we distribute the royalties to our members.

Reporting to the Manager, Events and Sports Licensing, the Account Manager, Events and Sports Licensing works to ensure the licensing of all Sports and Event clients as well as other key Event clients across Events, Dramatic Context, Performing Arts Centres and Orchestras. In this fixed term 12-month role (parental leave backfill), you’ll work closely with clients and internal stakeholders to make sure events are licensed correctly, relationships are strong, and opportunities for improvement are identified.

The role is based in our Ultimo office, which is on Gadigal land.

As Account Manager, Events and Sports Licensing, your responsibilities will include:

• License events, dramatic context, Performing Arts Centres and sporting clients and manage relationships, as directed by the Manager or Event Licensing Lead.
• Manage designated event accounts, including dramatic context and non‑distributable event licensing.
• Manage distributable events for non‑managed accounts.
• Ensure compliance with event licence agreement terms and organisational policies and procedures.
• Research client information to ensure accurate music usage reporting and up‑to‑date contact and location details.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with key event clients.
• Support the wider events licensing team with event research, new business leads, licence creation and database maintenance.
• Identify, research and license new events, including spotting opportunities for new business.

To thrive in this role, you'll need:

• Experience in administration and/or account management.
• Strong internet research skills.
• Experience using customer relationship management systems.
• Solid knowledge of the Microsoft Office suite, particularly Excel, Microsoft Lists, Teams and Outlook.
• Clear and confident communication skills.
• A high level of attention to detail.

What You'll Love:

• Our friendly and collaborative work environment. Our team thrives on our values of collaboration, respect, skill, imagination, and accountability.

• Hybrid work options, combining the convenience of remote work with in-office collaboration.

• Generous employee benefits such as: learning and development programs; 18 weeks paid parental leave (including for adoption, foster or kinship care); discounted private health benefits; novated lease vehicles arrangements; access to financial services; employee assistance programs and more.

Application Process:

Apply by 11:55PM Thursday 19 November.

We are committed to being a culturally intelligent and responsive workplace where staff from all backgrounds feel welcome, respected, and supported. While this role requires specific skills and experience, we encourage people of all ages and genders, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, culturally and linguistically diverse groups, the LGBTIQ+ community, and people with disability who are interested in this position to put an application in, even if they’re not sure if they meet every single bit of the selection criteria.

We are keen to make our candidates comfortable so they can show us their best. Please feel free to reach out to our People & Culture team ([e-mail]) to discuss support or adjustments in our recruitment process that may be required.

Contact Information:

For any questions, feel free to reach out to Rachel Ferguson, Manager, Events and Sports Licensing [[e-mail]]. We look forward to hearing from you!