Manager, Artist Agreements & Clearances

The Recording Academy; United States; Sur place; USD 85 000 - 125 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

The Recording Academy is seeking an Artist Agreements & Clearances Manager to coordinate and secure artist agreements, releases and clearances across productions, events and platforms. You will liaise with artists, managers, labels and legal teams, ensuring timely execution and precise rights terms.

You will track rights, manage licenses, and streamline processes while supporting multiple projects in a fast-paced environment, with Spanish/Portuguese language proficiency a plus.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree required.
• 5+ years’ experience in music business affairs, content clearance and music publishing.
• Paralegal experience and/or the ability to draft and review content licensing agreements and negotiate terms with knowledge of how smaller negotiations affect big-picture relationships.
• Established relationships with record labels, music publishers, and artist management.
• Proficiency in Spanish and/or Portuguese preferred.
• Exceptional organizational skills, attention to detail, and comprehensive follow-through.
• Flexibility to succeed in a fast-paced production environment with tight deadlines.
• Ability to manage multiple projects proactively and independently while providing cross-company support.

Responsabilités

• Draft, negotiate, execute, and manage artist agreements and releases across all Recording Academy and affiliate productions, ensuring timely execution for live and pre-recorded content.
• Maintain organized records of all agreements, including rights granted, restrictions, and obligations.
• Partner with internal stakeholders to ensure content usage plans and artist negotiations are accurately reflected in contractual terms.
• Secure synchronization rights and related clearances for music and content use across all Recording Academy and affiliate platforms.
• Coordinate with record labels, publishers, PROs, and other rights holders to obtain necessary licenses.
• Track and manage rights by territory, media, term, and usage to ensure compliance.
• Oversee the license lifecycle, including payments, amendments, extensions, expirations, and archiving.
• Troubleshoot and resolve clearance issues under tight production timelines.
• Support additional clearance needs, including artwork, likeness, podcast, and other media usage.

Connaissances

Paralegal experience

Spanish/Portuguese

Excellent organizational skills

Formation

Bachelor’s Degree

Description du poste

The Artist Agreements & Clearances Manager is a cross-company role responsible for securing and managing artist agreements, releases, and content clearances in support of production and distribution across the Recording Academy and its affiliates. In this position, you will be a key liaison between internal stakeholders, artists, managers, labels, publishers, and legal teams, supporting events, series, exhibits, GRAMMY Studios programming, and expanding organizational objectives. You are a detail-oriented professional with a genuine passion for music and the music industry. You excel at building and maintaining strong relationships, can balance creative needs with legal and company requirements, and are calm under pressure. You have a collaborative spirit and service mentality.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

Artist Releases & Agreements

• Draft, negotiate, execute, and manage artist agreements and releases across all Recording Academy and affiliate productions, ensuring timely execution for live and pre-recorded content.
• Maintain organized records of all agreements, including rights granted, restrictions, and obligations.
• Partner with internal stakeholders to ensure content usage plans and artist negotiations are accurately reflected in contractual terms.

Sync and Misc. Clearances

• Secure synchronization rights and related clearances for music and content use across all Recording Academy and affiliate platforms.
• Coordinate with record labels, publishers, PROs, and other rights holders to obtain necessary licenses.
• Track and manage rights by territory, media, term, and usage to ensure compliance.
• Oversee the license lifecycle, including payments, amendments, extensions, expirations, and archiving
• Troubleshoot and resolve clearance issues under tight production timelines.
• Support additional clearance needs, including artwork, likeness, podcast, and other media usage.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Work with internal stakeholders early in the process to assess and address clearance, release, and agreement needs.
• Serve as a primary point of contact for all artist-related contractual and clearance matters.
• Clearly communicate requirements, risks, and timelines to internal and external stakeholders.

Process & Systems Management

• Refine workflows for outreach, negotiations, contract execution, and rights tracking.
• Maintain and improve systems for documenting, tracking, and reporting rights and permissions.
• Keep standardized clearance process resources current and accessible.
• Identify opportunities to streamline processes, improve efficiency, and mitigate risk.
• Ensure content is cleared prior to distribution across all platforms.
• Flag risks and escalates issues appropriately.
• Stay current on music rights, licensing practices, and industry standards.

SKILLS & EXPERIENCE

• Bachelor’s Degree required.
• 5+ years’ experience in music business affairs, content clearance, and music publishing.
• Paralegal experience and/or the ability to draft and review content licensing agreements and negotiate terms with knowledge of how smaller negotiations affect big-picture relationships.
• Established relationships with record labels, music publishers, and artist management.
• Proficiency in Spanish and/or Portuguese preferred.
• Exceptional organizational skills, attention to detail, and comprehensive follow-through.
• Flexibility to succeed in a fast-paced production environment with tight deadlines.
• Ability to manage multiple projects proactively and independently while providing cross-company support.