Global Copyright Administrator

Warner Music Group; Greater London; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A global music company is seeking a motivated Global Copyright Administrator to join the team. This role involves managing and registering songwriter copyright data, troubleshooting issues, and collaborating with local offices worldwide. The ideal candidate will have a keen eye for detail, solid organisational skills, and a passion for music publishing. A degree or equivalent experience is desirable, along with advanced skills in Excel and the ability to handle large datasets. This position promotes a diverse and inclusive work environment.

Benefits

Inclusive work environment

Professional development opportunities

Qualifications

• Previous experience in a similar role or transferable skills.
• Intuitive investigative skills and ability to think laterally.
• Capacity to handle large datasets with precision.
• Exceptional organisational and multi-tasking abilities.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Register and maintain copyright data for songwriters.
• Resolve copyright registration issues and disputes.
• Perform routine checks on registered works.
• Gather statistics to assist global affiliates with KPIs.
• Collaborate with colleagues to improve efficiencies in administration.

Skills

Organisational skills

Problem-solving

Attention to detail

Effective time management

Communication skills

Education

Degree or equivalent qualification/experience

Tools

Excel (Power Pivot, Power Query)

Alteryx

Python

SQL

Tableau

Presentation platforms (e.g., Canva)

Job description

Global Copyright Administrator

At Warner Music Group, we’re a global collective of music makers and music lovers, tech innovators and inspired entrepreneurs, game‑changing creatives and passionate team members. Here, we turn dreams into stardom and audiences into fans. We are guided by three core values that underpin everything we do across all our diverse businesses:

• Curiosity: We do our best work when we’re immersing ourselves in culture and breaking through barriers. Curiosity is the driving force behind creativity and ingenuity. It fuels innovation, and innovation is the key to our future.
• Collaboration: Making music and bringing it to the world is all about the power of originality amplified by teamwork. A great idea, like a great song, travels globally. We ignite passions and build connections across our diverse community of artists, songwriters, partners, and fans.
• Commitment: We pursue excellence for our team and our talent. Everything in music starts with a leap into the unknown, and we’re committed to keeping the faith, acting with integrity, and delivering on our promises.

WMG is home to a wide range of artists, musicians, and songwriters that fuel our success. That is why we are committed to creating a work environment that actively values, appreciates, and respects everyone. We encourage applications from people with a wide variety of backgrounds and experiences.

Consider a career at WMG and get the best of both worlds – an innovative global music company that retains the creative spirit of a nimble independent.

Your role:

We are looking for an organised, motivated and enthusiastic administrator to join the Global Copyright team. You will play an important role in the worldwide registration of our songwriter copyright data and provide essential support to our rightsholders in delivering the very best in global administration services. Working closely with local offices around the world, this global role focuses on ensuring our rightsholders’ copyright data is correctly registered at CMO’s and DSP’s internationally and that any issues that arise are resolved. We believe that people are at the core of what we do and we are committed to professional development – at WCM you will have the opportunity to participate in a host of training activities, develop your skills and further your learning about music publishing. This is a fantastic opportunity for a detail‑oriented individual with an interest in music publishing administration and project work who shares our passion for songwriters.

Here you’ll get to:

• Maintain accurate registrations of WCM’s catalogue worldwide. Assist in the delivery of timely and accurate copyright data to CMOs, sub‑publishers, online processing partners and third‑party licensees, ensuring weekly files are provided to 50+ recipients.
• Identify and troubleshoot problems that may arise throughout the copyright registration process, including the resolution of conflicts and disputes, as well as validation and rejection errors at work and agreement level.
• Deliver agreement registrations internationally.
• Perform routine checks on high‑profile works and catalogues registered with CMOs, identify problems and work with local affiliates to resolve.
• Gather statistics and analyse results in order to assist global affiliates with achieving KPI targets.
• Work internationally by responding to queries from affiliate offices, sub‑publishers and societies to ensure timely distribution of royalties to our writers/clients.
• Assist with internal testing and implementation of industry standard formats and processes, including CWR, CAF, IAS and IRS.
• Collaborate with colleagues to improve efficiencies across all areas of administration.
• Carry out testing of new system enhancements and contribute to the ongoing development of copyright and royalty system, client portal and royalty app.
• Produce and maintain internal process documentation.
• Attend and represent the Global Copyright team in regular meetings with our global affiliate offices.
• Work interdepartmentally, collaborating with colleagues in different departments to streamline and improve overall administration processes.
• Be responsible for ad‑hoc projects that arise.

About you:

• You have previous experience working within a similar role or a role with transferable skills.
• You have intuitive investigative skills. Ability to think beyond the immediate problem, join dots and think laterally.
• You are a natural problem solver able to identify, diagnose and resolve issues related to copyright.
• You handle, process and verify large datasets with precision.
• You are exceptionally organised with meticulous attention to detail.
• You enjoy multi‑tasking and know how to employ effective time‑management, prioritisation and planning techniques to complete projects to deadlines.
• You enjoy working on projects and sharing your knowledge.
• You have knowledge of registration file formats (CWR, CAF, ACK) and their application.
• You are a flexible and constructive team player.
• You are comfortable setting your own priorities. You plan your workload effectively, seeking guidance where appropriate, to achieve deliverables, solve problems and complete tasks to deadlines.
• You have great communication skills. Confident speaking in team meetings and with people across the business at all levels. Keen to lead meetings where required.
• You have a flexible and enthusiastic approach to work. Prepared to work within a changing environment, open‑minded and motivated to recommend changes that may benefit the business.
• You are a music lover who values creation and is passionate about servicing our songwriters and rightsholders.

We’d love it if you also had:

• A degree or equivalent qualification/experience.
• Previous experience working within a music company.
• Prince 2 or project/business analysis experience.
• Advanced Excel skills (Power Pivot, Power Query).
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret complex datasets using tools such as Alteryx, Python, SQL or Tableau.
• Ability to extract, process and verify large datasets with precision.
• An understanding of the end‑to‑end cycle of music publishing administration.
• Knowledge of society rules e.g. BIEM rules and reduced collection shares.
• Ability to design high‑quality decks and visual materials using presentation platforms, such as Canva or Google Slides.
• A proactive approach to integrating Generative AI (e.g., Gemini) into everyday work to support and streamline daily tasks and overall productivity.

WMG is committed to inclusion and diversity in all aspects of our business. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and will evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, religion or belief, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or gender reassignment, marital or civil partnership status, disability, pregnancy, childbirth or any other characteristic protected by law.