EMEA Music Publishing Partnerships Manager

Mackin Talent; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare and pension

Laptop provided

Phone provided

25 days annual leave pro-rata

Career progression opportunities

Job summary

Mackin Talent is seeking an EMEA Music Publishing Partnerships Manager in London for a 12-month hybrid contract. You will oversee partner management with music publishers, collection societies and hubs across EMEA, ensuring contractual delivery and data integrity while collaborating with operations and marketing teams.

The role demands 10+ years in music publishing/partner management, strong stakeholder engagement, and expertise in digital music business models.

Qualifications

• 10 years of relevant experience
• Extensive experience in music publishing partner management and/or engagement
• Digital music experience including understanding of digital business models, music publishing rights and music rights data
• Experience developing effective working relationships with a broad set of stakeholders
• Experience leading data-driven analysis

Responsibilities

• Manage publishing partnerships across Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA).
• Support internal data-driven analysis and decision making on publishing-specific strategy/issues.
• Partner with operations teams to ensure timely data exchange with partners.
• Triage and resolve partner issues across internal teams and systems.
• Be a source of insights about the music publishing ecosystem and partners.
• Support execution of marketing programmes that ladder up to company goals.
• Execute in an intense, fast-paced, and highly iterative environment.

Skills

Music publishing

Partner management

Digital music

Stakeholder engagement

Data-driven analysis

Job description

EMEA Music Publishing Partnerships Manager

London, United Kingdom | Posted on 09/18/2026

Our client in London is seeking a \" EMEA Music Publishing Partnerships Manager\" for a 12 months hybrid role (3 days in office, 2 days remote).

The EMEA Music Publishing Partnerships Manager is a unique fixed-term opportunity to work at the intersection of music publishing and technology, overseeing partner management and engagement with music publishers, collection societies and hubs based in Europe, Middle East & Africa (EMEA).

Responsibilities

• Manage publishing partnerships across Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) ensuring effective communication, product understanding and delivery of contractual requirements.
• Support internal data-driven analysis and decision making on publishing-specific strategy / issues.
• Partner closely with operations teams to ensure timely and accurate data exchange between music publishing partners and Meta
• Triage and resolve partner issues, coordinating internal teams and systems to drive solutions.
• Be a source of insights about the music publishing ecosystem and partners.
• Support execution of marketing programmes that ladder up to company goals and support music publisher and songwriter priorities
• Execute in an intense, fast-paced, and highly iterative environment.
  

Requirements

• 10 years of relevant experience
• Extensive experience in music publishing / collective management organisation partner management and/or engagement.
• Digital music experience including understanding of digital business models, music publishing rights and music rights data.
• Experience developing effective working relationships with a broad set of stakeholders.
• Experience leading data-driven analysis.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working closely with music publishing operational/royalties teams
• Familiarity with digital music licensing agreements
• Healthcare contribution and inclusion in company pension scheme
  
• Work laptop and phone
  
• 25 days annual leave (pro-rata) plus paid bank holidays
  
• Expanding workforce with potential for career progression for top performers