Rights & Clearances Admin Assistant (12 Months Fixed Term Contract) - #1800036

Universal Music Group


Date: 5 hours ago
City: London
Contract type: Contractor
Work schedule: Full day
Universal Music Group
Music is Universal

It’s the passionate and dedicated team at Universal Music who help make us the world’s leading music company. From A&R to finance, legal to digital, sales to marketing, Universal Music is the place to grow and develop your career within a truly commercial and innovative business that leads in everything it does.

Everyone is welcome to apply for our roles, and we are determined to ensure that no applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment because of gender, race, disability, sexual orientation, religion, belief, age, marital status, background, pregnancy, or caring responsibilities. We also recognise the importance of diversity of thought within our teams and are fully committed to embracing the talents of people with autism, dyslexia, ADHD, and other forms of neurocognitive variation.

We will always seek to make appropriate adjustments to recruitment, workplaces, and work processes to be fully inclusive to people with different needs and working styles. If you need us to make any reasonable adjustments for you from application onwards, including alternatives to the online form or to disclose a neurocognitive condition, please email [email protected].

The A Side: A Day in The Life

Mercury Studios’ are looking for a new Rights & Clearances Admin Assistant, this role will support the Business Affairs, Clearance, Operations, Finance and Technology functions in ensuring rights data is entered accurately and in a timely manner. The workload will cover all inbound / outbound contracts, payment instructions and rights availability in Mercury Studios’ rights management system (Rights Tracker), and ensuring repertoire is cleared for distribution in the global clearing system (CLA)

Be Organised

  • Review & upload all contracts into Rights Tracker (Rights In, Rights Out, Underlying Rights)
  • Review of existing Rights Tracker entries ensuring accuracy of info and attachment of all relevant documents
  • Contributing to development of the accuracy of availability report - especially with reference to current holdbacks, underlying rights and availability of assets
  • Supporting the process of copyright registration and protection of all our content
  • US Copyright & Mechanical Licensing process & systems management
  • Supporting Cue Sheet Creation & Review

Person Specification

  • Attention to detail
  • Working independently & as part of a team
  • Report & summary making
  • Managing priorities
  • Prior knowledge of contracts a benefit, not essential

Bonus Tracks: Your Benefits

  • Group Personal Pension Scheme (between 3% and 9%)
  • Private Medical Insurance
  • 25 paid days of annual leave
  • Interest Free Season Ticket Loan available
  • Holiday Purchase scheme
  • Dental and Travel Insurance options
  • Cycle to Work Scheme
  • Salary Sacrifice Cars
  • Subsidised Gym Membership
  • Employee Discounts (Reward Gateway)

Just So You Know…

The company presents this job description as a guide to the major areas and duties for which the jobholder is accountable. However, the business operates in an environment that demands change and the jobholder's specific responsibilities and activities will vary and develop. Therefore, the job description should be seen as indicative and not as a permanent, definitive, and exhaustive statement.

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Administrative

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