Royalty & Metadata Specialist: Data-Driven Payments

The Film Market; Franklin (TN); On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

The Film Market is seeking a Royalty and Metadata Specialist to administer catalog metadata and oversee royalty reporting. The role partners with creative staff, writers, artists, and the business affairs team to resolve data issues, improve data quality, and support timely payments.

Detail-oriented, independent, and cross-functional work style are essential, with strong proficiency in Excel and handling large data sets.

Qualifications

• 3–5 years of relevant administrative and/or royalty/metadata experience
• Prior music industry/music publishing experience strongly preferred
• Strong analytical skills with experience managing large data sets
• Advanced Excel skills and data reconciliation across sources with minimal oversight
• Excellent written and verbal communications
• Organizational skills coordinating multiple assignments in deadline-driven environments
• Familiarity with online digital music tools and music file types
• Professional demeanor and self-motivated work ethic
• Demonstrated critical thinking skills

Responsibilities

• Own metadata and royalty processes and support timely payments
• Collaborate with creative staff, writers, and business affairs to resolve data issues
• Maintain data quality across multiple data sources

Skills

Advanced Excel

Data analysis

Attention to detail

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication

Tools

Excel

Pivot tables

VLOOKUP

Job description

The Film Market is seeking a Royalty and Metadata Specialist to administer catalog metadata and oversee royalty reporting. The role partners with creative staff, writers, artists, and the business affairs team to resolve data issues, improve data quality, and support timely payments.

Detail-oriented, independent, and cross-functional work style are essential, with strong proficiency in Excel and handling large data sets.