17 Oct
Warner Music Group
London
Legal and Business Affairs Coordinator (8 Month FTC)
Job Description:
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 know that each talent makes our collective bolder and brighter. We are guided by four core principles that underpin everything we do across all our diverse businesses:
- Music is Everything: Music is our passion, and we can never get enough. Tastes, trends, and tech will change, but great artists and songwriters will always be our driving force.
- Global Growth, Local Expertise: Music is a global language. Through communication and collaboration,
our success can come from anywhere and translate everywhere.
- Innovation and Insight: Pushing the boundaries requires the best information and the boldest imagination. We use both to create the future.
- Empowered by People: Like the artists we serve and the music they make, our differences make us stronger. This is a place where every talent can belong and build a career.
We remain committed to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. We know it fosters a culture where you can truly belong, contribute, and grow. We encourage applications from people of any age, gender identity, sex or sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, religion or belief, disability, and any other protected characteristic or identity.
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.
Warner Chappell Music (WCM) is the music publishing division of Warner Music Group. We are interested in those who can join and contribute along our company’s values: Curiosity,
Collaboration, and Commitment. We value input, ideas, and feedback from everyone at every level and the voices and contributions of every team member at WCM matter.
At WCM we put the songwriter first, offering high touch service to move the cultural dial across the globe. We want team members who have a service-oriented mindset and care about the collective work. We are searching for those who are comfortable thinking globally while leveraging local expertise. We are Warner Chappell Music - where songwriters are heard.
Job Title: Legal and Business Affairs Coordinator
A little bit about our team:
Our Legal Team provides support to the Warner Chappell Music business across a wide range of sectors and services.
Based in Warner’s UK offices in Kensington, London the team offers a range of legal expertise and experience and works closely with other departments within the UK and with Warner Music Group affiliates around the world to help deliver on our ambitious goals.
We believe that an in-office presence is critical for talent development, collaboration and building strong relationships so operate with a 4-day in-office working approach.
Your role:
We are looking for a motivated, engaged and enthusiastic individual to join our Legal Team on an interim basis to support for 8 months maternity cover.
Here you’ll get to:
Coordinate Options Meetings
- Work with the LBA team to review the state of all deals prior to monthly option meetings and provide assistance where needed.
- Assist the LBA team in compiling agenda for monthly option meetings.
Provide an Accurate and Timely Administrative Legal Service to WCM
- Draft letters in relation to contract requirements i.e. end of contract/re-negotiation/offer letter to renew.
- Chase responses to letters, liaising with songwriters’ representatives as and when required.
- Assist LBA team in ensuring letters regarding options to extend or cancel are sent out in good time and that invoices are received from clients in respect of advances and other payments, chasing invoices when necessary.
- Ensure all legal letters and draft contracts are approved by the Head of Legal and Business Affairs before being issued.
- Use WCM’s payment system to have all payments approved and processed.
- Circulate fully executed agreements and notify the Copyright and Royalty departments.
- Liaise with Copyright and Royalties Departments regarding contractual copyright issues.
- Carry out ad hoc research on matters of interest, as and when required.
Manage General Administrative Support Duties
- Assist LBA team with overall administration support including ensuring the filing systems within the department are maintained.
- Take minutes at meetings as directed.
About you:
- You will be flexible, enthusiastic and have an effective approach to the role.
- You will have the ability to prioritise workload efficiently and follow up on open issues until they are resolved satisfactorily.
- Adept at working in Powerpoint, Excel, Word, Outlook,
Teams and Google Workspace
- Excellent organisation and time management skills, with a real focused attention to detail
- Effective verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to work within tight deadlines and conflicting priorities
- You will enjoy working autonomously and as part of a team
We’d love it if you also had:
- Previous experience as a legal assistant or paralegal would be an advantage.
About us:
As the home to Asylum, Atlantic, East West, Elektra, FFRR, Fueled by Ramen, Nonesuch, Parlophone, Rhino, Roadrunner, Sire, Warner Records, Warner Classics, and several other of the world’s premier recording labels, Warner Music Group champions emerging artists and global superstars alike. And our renowned publishing company,
Warner Chappell Music, represents genre-spanning songwriters and producers through a catalogue of more than one million copyrights worldwide. Redefining what it means to be a music company in the 21st century, our consumer brands include trend-setters like UPROXX, Songkick, HipHopDX, and EMP. We’re the home to WMX – the next generation services division that connects artists with fans and amplifies brands in creative, immersive, and engaging ways – and Alternative Distribution Alliance (ADA) – the ground-breaking global distribution company for independent artists and labels.
Together, we are Warner Music Group: Music With Vision & Voice.
Love this job and want to apply?
Click the “Apply” link at the top of the page,
or apply directly with your LinkedIn. Applying with LinkedIn will import all of the information you put in your profile, but will still allow you to upload a resume and cover letter.
Don’t be discouraged if you don’t hear from us right away. We’re taking our time to review all resumes, and to find the best people for WMG.
Thanks for your interest in working for WMG. We love it here, and think you will, too.
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.
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▶️ Legal and Business Affairs Coordinator (8 Month FTC)
🖊️ Warner Music Group
📍 London