Copyright Associate

Overview

Concord is the world’s leading independent music company. The Company supports more than 125,000 artists and songwriters whose works are licensed, marketed, and performed globally. Concord's growing catalog of 1.3 million songs, compositions, sound recordings, films, plays, and musicals is one of the most impactful and culturally relevant collections of creative rights in history.

Concord is headquartered in Nashville with additional offices in Los Angeles, New York, London, Berlin, Melbourne, and Miami.

Concord’s US Copyright Team is at the core of the company’s publishing operations, ensuring that every song in our catalogue is accurately represented and protected worldwide. The Copyright Department plays a critical role in delivering comprehensive and efficient rights management administration of our music catalogues, safeguarding copyrights and maximizing revenue for all of our stakeholders.

Position Purpose: Responsible for supporting the day-to-day operations of the Deal Processing Team within Concord’s US Copyright Department. You will be responsible for processing updates related to amendments and terminations within Concord’s rights management system as well as handling both internal and external notifications of Concord’s rights for new agreements. This role will support the Deal Processing Team with data entry for deal summaries, agreements and schedules, and will collaborate closely with internal and external partners to ensure accurate and timely entry of deal information across Concord’s rights management systems. Additionally, as business needs dictate, this role will also provide support to the Song Processing team. This role works under the direct supervision of Manager, Copyright (Deal Processing).

You are committed to delivering best-in-class client service to Concord’s songwriters and publishing partners.  You are passionate about implementing new technologies, processes and procedures that deliver productivity improvements and efficiencies.  A growth mindset, creative problem-solving skills, attention to detail, effectively working under general supervision – and most importantly – a willingness to drive change and go above and beyond in the pursuit of continuous improvement are critical to success in this role.

Responsibilities

What you’ll do:

• Assist with agreement data maintenance, including updates related to new deals, amendments, and terminations within Concord’s database.
• Deliver notification of Concord’s rights to the North American CMOs, digital partners, and affiliate offices.
• Review and interpret standard publishing agreements, extract relevant deal information, and support timely and accurate data entry in Concord’s systems.
• Track and maintain up-to-date deal processing records within Concord’s internal tracking systems.
• Collaborate with Client Services to review and process external Letters of Direction to ensure accurate and timely updates to Concord’s records.
• Coordinate with Information Services and Quality Management teams to ensure thorough review of MLC catalog transfer schedules for acquired and terminated catalogues.
• Support the team with general agreement review and analysis to respond to internal and external agreement inquiries.
• Assist with scheduled royalty review projects, such as Calc Error and Suspense resolution.
• As workload dictates, provide additional support to Song Processing by assisting with all aspects of song entry, including but not limited to, Schedule A submissions, newly delivered works, data updates to existing works, bulk amendments and catalog imports.
• Performs other duties as assigned/contributes to ad-hoc projects as business needs dictate or as assigned by supervisor.

Qualifications

What you’ll need to succeed:

• Bachelor’s Degree or the equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Minimum of 2-3 years of music publishing/copyright administration experience.
• Demonstrated experience researching, reviewing, extrapolating and interpreting information from music publishing agreements.
• Exceptional attention to detail with the ability to manage high volumes of work while maintaining high quality standards.
• Solution-oriented with strong problem-solving and critical thinking skills; a drive for continuous improvement.
• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills. Able to articulate and explain complex information, adapting presentation and focus to varying audiences.
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel (lookup functions, pivot tables, cleaning data, conditional formatting, etc.).

At Concord, we offer comprehensive medical and wellness benefits, generous time off, parental leave, charity match, paid time off for volunteering, and other fun company perks. We have beautiful new offices and a culture committed to supporting everyone’s growth and development.

Concord is an equal opportunity employer. We employ, train, compensate and promote regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, disability, age, veteran status, and other protected status as required by applicable law. We believe that diversity, inclusion and equity is paramount for the creation of music, theater and film that celebrates and empowers all cultures.