Publishing Assistant

Job Description:

Assistant, Publishing - Fixed-term Employee

Location: Toronto, Ontario

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 turn dreams into stardom and audiences into fans. We are guided by three core values that underpin everything we do across all our diverse businesses:

• Curiosity: We do our best work when we’re immersing ourselves in culture and breaking through barriers. Curiosity is the driving force behind creativity and ingenuity. It fuels innovation, and innovation is the key to our future.
• Collaboration: Making music and bringing it to the world is all about the power of originality amplified by teamwork. A great idea, like a great song, travels globally. We ignite passions and build connections across our diverse community of artists, songwriters, partners, and fans.
• Commitment: We pursue excellence for our team and our talent. Everything in music starts with a leap into the unknown, and we’re committed to keeping the faith, acting with integrity, and delivering on our promises.
  
  

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.

Job Title: Assistant, Publishing - Fixed-term Employee

Reports To: Laurie Belanger

Department: Warner Chappell Music Canada Team

Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

A little bit about our team: Warner Chappell Music Publishing Canada is looking for a publishing assistant to join our team and help work our growing roster. This individual will assist with various duties, mainly in admin, but also across A&R and sync.

Your role:

We are currently looking for an organized, detail oriented, diligent, and results-driven individual for a temp Publishing Assistant role based in Toronto. This is a 12-month assignment, reporting directly to the Manager of Sync & Admin. This position will provide clerical support to the WCM Canada team and is responsible for the administration of the music catalogue, royalty processing support, maintaining song files, researching counterclaim requests, liaising with PROs for proper writer/affiliate registrations and song verifications for SOCAN and CMRRA.

Here you’ll get to:

• Register works in our internal administration system
• Monitor and resolve disputes and work rejections
• Answer copyright queries from SOCAN, CMRRA and WCM teams
• Submit setlists to SOCAN
• Assist with royalty processing duties
• Upload audio files to our internal database
• Assist with sync licensing duties
• Compile and supervise weekly charts
• Monitor our general inbox and respond to various inquiries
• Perform general clerical duties such as expense reporting, filing, and shipping items
• Handle other administrative, sync, and A&R related tasks as needed by the business
  
  

About you:

• Ability to efficiently and accurately communicate with multiple clients and stakeholders to resolve claims
• Ability to adhere to deadlines and execute tasks on-time
• Self-starter, self-motivated and takes responsibility/ownership of responsibilities
• Strong organization skills and high attention to detail
• A thorough understanding of Google Workspace and Microsoft Excel and the ability to quickly grasp new systems.
• Great interpersonal skills. Must be willing to collaborate and work as a team.
• Great verbal and written communication skills with internal and external stakeholders
  
  

We’d love it if you also had:

• Minimum One (1) year of administrative experience, preferably within a music publishing or music-related company; licensing experience a plus.
• Comprehensive understanding of Copyright and the Canadian Publishing Industry is preferred
  
  

About us:

At Warner Chappell Music (WCM), we shape the culture of songwriting and champion songs that resonate for generations by creating transformational opportunities for songwriters everywhere. Our people and culture are at the epicenter of our company, and we are looking for team members who share our service-oriented mindset and have a passion for looking after our songwriters.

As the global music publishing arm of Warner Music Group (WMG), we’re a collective band of music lovers, innovative connectors, and relentless supporters of our songwriters and catalog of iconic works. We lead with curiosity, collaborate across departments, borders, languages, and genres, and we’re committed to delivering on the promises we make to each other and to our songwriters.

As the home to 10K Projects, Asylum, Atlantic Music Group, East West, 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 catalog of more than one million copyrights worldwide. Warner Music Group is also home to ADA, which supports the independent community, as well as artist services division WMX. In addition, WMG counts film and television storytelling powerhouse Warner Music Entertainment among its many brands.

Together, we are Warner Music Group: Independent Minds. Major Sound.

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This position will require being in the office 4 days a week. We believe that an in-office presence is critical for talent development, collaboration and building strong relationships.