Coordinator, Music Business & Legal Affairs

Sony Pictures Entertainment is seeking a Coordinator for their Music Business & Legal Affairs department. This role will support the Senior Vice President and Director, managing day-to-day operations and administrative functions, including handling agreements and facilitating electronic payments for music-related costs.

Responsibilities

• Provide organizational and office support to SVP and Director, Music Business Affairs.  Provide additional support to Director, Acquisitions and Licensing, and calendaring for SVP Music Administration and Strategic Planning
• Lead, update, troubleshoot and provide training for departmental ‘Postmortem’ review process for films and television shows, which ensures that all agreements and payments have been finalized and any outstanding issues have been addressed
• Enter synchronization license terms into departmental music rights database
• Perform in-depth music and legal research when required
• Draft and prepare certain artist and musician agreements and other legal documents for review.  Compile information/data and prepare schedules and exhibits to be attached to longform agreements
• Facilitate electronic payments for music related costs on television projects
• Take on department-wide, long term organizational projects and liaise with other studio departments when needed
• Create and update presentations, reports, letters, and other forms of management reports and communications
• Screen calls and emails
• Manage calendar and activities (Setting meetings, Call list, etc.)
• Maintain knowledge database (information on specific companies or technologies) and electronic files
• Perform agreement redlining and legal form completion
• Contract management and tracking, including transmitting agreements for signature and preparing tracking reports

Skills

• Superb organizational and time management skills
• Detail-oriented with a high level of accuracy
• Able to work independently and with little direction
• Excellent oral (professional and friendly demeanor) and written (spelling, punctuation, grammar) communications skills
• Ability to multi-task and work well with others
• Discretion and integrity
• Strong document and redlining skills
• At ease in fast-paced, high energy, ever-changing work environment
• Demonstrable interest in working in and learning about the music industry as it relates to film and TV
• Computer applications: Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Teams, Outlook, Internet savvy
• 0-2 years administrative and organizational support for busy executive; prefer Law Office or Legal experience
• Experience working in a fast-paced environment with tight deadlines
• Education: B.A., B.S., or equivalent preferred

Benefits

• Annual incentive
• Comprehensive benefits

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