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About the Role

Moonbug's music catalogue reaches billions of listeners globally every month. As Senior Copyright Manager, you will take full ownership of copyright data integrity across the catalogue, ensuring a clean, uninterrupted flow of income from global collection sources. You will manage and develop the Copyright team, act as the senior escalation point for our administrator and global PROs, and set the standard for how the function operates. This is a senior, hands-on leadership role for someone who can bring structure, consistency, and accountability to a fast-scaling copyright operation.

Responsibilities

Own the standards and quality bar for copyright data integrity across core systems, ensuring accuracy, completeness, and timeliness of the Coordinator team's work, and resolving complex issues.
Maintain deep expertise in copyright registration standards and systems, acting as the escalation point for technical or data issues.
Stay ahead of emerging industry standards, tools, and infrastructure, proactively recommending adoption.
Set and enforce clean-data standards for all new catalogue and client onboarding.
Ensure accurate and timely registration of newly onboarded works at global collection societies.
Set the standard for best-in-class metadata across internal and partner systems, and hold the team accountable for closing match-rate and identifier gaps.
Ensure copyright data conflicts and disputes are resolved within clear turnaround targets, stepping in on complex cases.
Champion automation and batch-based registration processes to reduce manual error and increase throughput.
Identify opportunities to streamline copyright and metadata workflows, including through AI-assisted tools, and drive rollout of process improvements.
Ensure ongoing enrichment of the legacy catalogue happens to schedule and to standard.
Ensure cue sheet creation and delivery happens accurately and on time.
Manage and develop the Copyright team, setting clear priorities and accountability, and ensuring consistent reporting.
Partner with the wider Publishing team to ensure tools and processes are properly supported, secure, and scalable.
Set clear expectations and timelines with internal teams, agents, and sub-publishers, escalating proactively where delivery is at risk.

Requirements

Significant prior experience in music publishing copyright administration, including people management experience.
Deep working knowledge of copyright management.
Proven experience navigating complex, multi-territory contracts and rights structures.
Experience liaising with global PROs/CMOs, including less commonly covered societies alongside the majors.
Experience with copyright management software and databases.
Track record of building scalable, systemised processes and holding a team accountable to clear performance standards.
Strong Excel skills and comfort managing large, complex datasets.
Comfort using AI tools to improve workflow efficiency.
Strong people leadership and stakeholder management skills, with the confidence to have direct conversations about performance and priority.

Skills

Copyright administration
People management
Copyright management
Contract navigation
Rights structures
Liaising with global PROs/CMOs
Copyright management software
Database management
Process building
Performance management
Excel
Data management
AI tools
Workflow efficiency
Stakeholder management

Location

London, Camden

Work Type

Office based

Experience Level

Senior

Benefits

Free Private Healthcare
Enhanced Maternity and Paternity leave
Matched 5% pension scheme
Free yoga/fitness wellbeing classes
Free weekly lunch
Friday drinks @ 4pm

About the Company

Moonbug is an award-winning global entertainment company inspiring kids everywhere to laugh, learn and grow.
The company is behind some of the biggest kids’ entertainment brands in the world including CoComelon and Blippi.
Moonbug believes every child should have access to our entertaining and enriching content, which is why our shows are available on more than 150 video platforms globally including Netflix, Disney+, BBC iPlayer and YouTube Kids.
Moonbug is also a global leader in pre-school music and audio experiences, available on 100+ audio platforms globally.
Moonbug brands extend far beyond the screen to include streaming music, toys, games, books, live events, and even theme park exhibits.
Moonbug is part of Candle Media, an independent, creator-friendly home for cutting-edge, high-quality, category-defining brands and franchises.
By bringing together elite talent operating at the intersection of content, community, and commerce, it helps to position leading entertainment businesses for accelerated, sustainable growth in the current market and beyond.