Description:
The Film Music Publishing department stewards and monetizes the studio’s 100-year old music catalog as well as serving the studio’s music needs for branding/franchise support and for feature & TV production. We are the in-house music publishing team for our diverse film and TV portfolio which encompasses Universal, DreamWorks Animation, Illumination Entertainment, Focus Features, Amblin, Blumhouse, and various other partners. We are passionate about the music business and are looking for an enthusiastic, dedicated, collaborative, solution-oriented self-starter to join our prolific team.
The Coordinator, Publishing provides support to the Music Publishing Manager, Music Publishing Director, and Music Publishing VP. We are looking for a collaborative, team-player to work at a top publisher of one of the biggest film/tv music catalogs in the industry.
Duties
- Act as day-to-day point person for the studio’s cues sheet process for all distributed feature & related productions
- Set up cue sheet screenings & discussions
- Prepare official cue sheets in the Soundmouse system
- Obtain cue details (e.g., timings, cue titles, use types, writer/publisher names & percentage, PRO affiliations) firsthand, from other NBCU departments, and 3rd parties, as needed.
- Ascertain that contents of cue sheets adhere to industry standards and handle revisions, as needed
- Distribute cue sheets to stakeholders
- Prepare/assist with various reports as needed such as
- quarterly cue sheet screening schedule
- quarterly cue sheet status report
- Work with music BA & Legal department to add/revise production titles, release dates, delivery dates and production entities for the quarterly chart of music rights & cue sheet screenings for upcoming releases
- Basic level licensing and support
- Update/maintain data in department’s online licensing tracking systems
- Gather info for and handle licensing out for certain niche licenses (e.g., MFN TV series, print, simple live stage requests, compilations, arrangements/adaptations/translations) as well as for certain niche portions of our catalog
- Update license progress (i.e. payment info, dates licenses are sent, dates that deals are fully-executed) in the database
- Licensing – 90-day follow-ups for all unsigned licenses
- Provide intern and Page administrative support
- Use and/or maintain various systems such as Frame.io, SourceAudio & AudioSalad to deliver master recording assets to licensees
- Coordinate with Archives for the removal, storage, tracking and return of the studio’s film scores and parts
- Invoices—Process and track invoices using the SNAP system
- Light administrative duties as needed (e.g., filing, setting meetings, answering phones)
- Special projects as needed
Qualifications
Requirements:
- 1+ years experience (including internships) in music industry related field
- Strong computer skills and proficient in Microsoft Office programs or equivalent
- Bachelor’s degree, preferably in music industry studies, or equivalent work experience