Director, Video Rights Management & Optimization

6 Months ago • 5-7 Years • Sound Design • $115,000 PA - $135,000 PA

Job Summary

Job Description

This role requires experience in music operations or commercial distribution, particularly in the video space. Expertise in YouTube CMS, data feeds, and claiming solutions is essential. You'll lead cross-functional initiatives to maximize revenue from video content across all platforms and manage a team responsible for distribution and monetization of sound recording assets.
Must have:
  • YouTube CMS
  • Data Feeds
  • Video Monetization
  • Music Operations
Good to have:
  • Programmatic Advertising
  • Video Ad Serving
  • SQL & Databases
  • People Management
Perks:
  • Global Company
  • Creative Environment

Job Details

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, sexual orientation, race, religion, ethnicity, disability, veteran status, and any other 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.
A little bit about our team:
ADA is the world’s leading distributor of independent music. We strive to be a valuable partner to our label clients, guiding them to success across the commercial and marketing space, as well as providing a suite of label services from publicity to radio promotion. We work globally to deliver high-impact opportunities, and work to ensure reliable and visible content pipelines around the world. This role will work to establish ADA’s agency in managing and optimizing their content on video services.
Your role:
As Director, Video Rights Management and Optimization, you will be responsible for creating a center of video rights management and optimization expertise within ADA. You will work with key stakeholders across the business to create an optimal process for rights management of our distributed content around the world, with the goal of speed and accuracy in mind. You will also be responsible for finding ways to optimize our global video content at scale.
Here you’ll get to:
  • Create and manage process for optimal video rights management and fingerprinting globally
  • Develop and implement strategies to maximize revenue from video content across all platforms
  • Lead cross-functional initiatives to improve video monetization processes and systems
  • Work with the central WMG commercial teams to establish a process that allows ADA to provide best in class service to their clients.
  • Oversee a team who manage the distribution and monetization of sound recording assets across multiple social platforms, including YouTube, Meta, and TikTok and their respective content management and audio fingerprinting systems
  • Work to create a scalable system to track, clear, and maintain a low suspense ratio
  • Create scalable channel development and optimization best practices for in-network channels
  • Create optimization and claiming solutions for out-of-network channels
About you:
  • College Degree preferred
  • 5-7 years of experience in music operations or commercial distribution, preferably in the video space
  • Expertise in YouTube CMS, data feeds, and claiming solutions
  • Proficiency in data analytics and visualization tools (e.g., Tableau, Power BI)
  • Knowledge of digital rights management (DRM) technologies and practices
  • Familiarity with content ID systems on various social media platforms
  • Experience with API integrations and automation tools
  • Understanding of music licensing and copyright laws
  • Knowledge of programmatic advertising and video ad serving technologies
  • Ability to work independently, problem solve, and manage up to get unblocked when you need it
  • Excellent communicator, especially to executive and global audiences.
We’d love it if you also had:
  • Previous experience maintaining a YouTube CMS instance
  • People management experience
  • Basic knowledge of SQL and relational databases
About us:
As the home to 10K Projects, 300 Elektra, Asylum, Atlantic, 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 catalogue 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: Music With Vision & Voice.

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Thanks for your interest in working for WMG. We love it here, and think you will, too.

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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.
Salary Range
$115,000 - $135,000 Annually
Salary ranges are included for job postings where required by law. The actual base pay is dependent upon many factors, such as work experience and business needs. The pay range is subject to change at any time dependent on a variety of internal and external factors.
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, religious creed, color, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, ancestry, marital status, medical condition as defined by state law (genetic characteristics or cancer), physical or mental disability, military service or veteran status, pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions, genetic information or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local law.
Copyright © 2023 Warner Music Inc.
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