Director, Digital Rights Administration

Job Description

Universal Music Group is looking for a Director, Digital Rights Administration to join our team.

How you'll CREATE:

Collaborate with Senior Director to manage overall UMG asset health at YouTube
• Lead analysis, prioritization and resolution of sound recording and publishing ownership conflicts to drive revenue and improve rights reflection at DSPs
• Assist with queues including reference overlaps, invalid references, and claim disputes
• Manage assets and policy changes
• Work with global BA departments to ensure rights and flags are correct in UMG rights systems
• Assist with claim management and monetizing audio and visual content
• Assist Director, Digital Strategy to surface issues and beneficial enhancements to UMG's UGC Workspace and other internal systems impacting asset ingestion and health at DSP partners
• Assist with monitoring and actioning inbound requests from labels and territories for asset setup, changes and claims
Oversee manual claiming team responsible for maximizing claims and revenue from UMG and UMPG
• Coordinate monthly reporting to SVP and Senior Director on revenue, claims, views and other trends.
• Research and recommend technology and operational partnerships that may benefit claiming value and efficacy
• Strategize with management and claiming leads to optimize assignments to maximize revenue and strategic value. Utilize business intelligence to help direct efforts across UMG's vast catalogue of recordings
• Participate in DRA team meetings to articulate priorities, monitor ongoing activity
• Leverage in-depth understanding of the tools provided in YouTube's Content Management System (''CMS'') to train new team members and inform overall team approach
• Oversee, provide direction and resourcing input on special projects

Collaborate with Senior Director, Global Copyright UMPG and Manager, Digital Rights and Content Claiming UMPG to manage overall UMPG asset health at YouTube
• Lead analysis, prioritization and resolution of composition ownership conflicts to drive revenue and improve rights reflection at DSPs
• Engage with internal teams and vendors to improve composition registration and share ownership at YouTube and Facebook
• direction and resourcing input on special projects
• Work with global BA departments to ensure rights and flags are correct in UMPG rights systems
• Accompany SVP, Senior Director and Senior Partner Manager to meetings with RO's, territories and platform partners to present approach to and results from asset health and manual claiming activities as necessary, and to understand stakeholder priorities.
• Organize agenda and lead discussion for bi-weekly operational calls with YouTube and monthly calls with Facebook on UMG rights management issues, products and features. Oversee the same for UMPG.
• Assist SVP and Senior Director with optimized process flow for inbound queues now handled via email, in an effort to increase efficiency and transparency of ownership and time to resolve
• Assist SVP with annual planning, providing input for DRA team resources, revenue and cost projections

Bring your VIBE:
• YouTube content management or claiming experience required
• Prior managerial experience required
• Superior operations management and organizational skills
• Revenue and results oriented
• Advanced Excel experience, proficiency in Word, Powerpoint and Google Sheets. SQL experience, a plus
• Excellent communication and customer service skills; comfortable presenting to and interacting with all levels of management.
• Aptitude to learn and manage vast catalogues of artists and repertoire
• Passion for music and technology
• Forward-thinking and ambitious; ability to work in a fast-paced environment
• Strong attention to detail
• Ability to prioritize and delegate across multiple projects
• Personable and able to work with a wide variety of stakeholders both internally and externally
• Self-motivated, with the ability to work to strict deadlines unsupervised
• 2+ years at a music or entertainment company, digital platform, social network, rights management firm. Recorded music and music publishing experience preferred
• Experience managing a team, and leadership qualities
• YouTube content management, content claiming experience or digital rights management experience required
• Experience working in a revenue generating role, managing to an annual target

Perks Playlist:
• Competitive Compensation Package including Salary, Benefits and Generous 401k Savings Plan
• Paid Time Off – Paid Holidays, ''Gift Week'', Summer Fridays
• Student Loan Repayment Assistance
• Employee Developmental Support
• Annual Gym Reimbursement Package
• Pet Insurance, plus much more!

Universal Music Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer

Disclaimer: This job description only provides an overview of job responsibilities that are subject to change.

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