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About the Role

The Music Licensing team is seeking a Music Licensing Associate to provide full administrative and sync licensing support across the team’s busy remit. Sky’s Music Department provides a first-class service across the Sky Group and its Joint Venture partners in relation to all music matters.

Responsibilities

• Manage blanket clearance requests from across the business and negotiate directly with rights-holders to secure sync licences.
• Support music supervision and licensing activity across Sky’s scripted and unscripted content, Sports, News and Promos.
• Liaise with independent producers/creatives, arrange introductory communications and meetings, and secure sync licences.
• Track licence and invoice statuses, and maintain production trackers.
• Provide essential administrative support to the wider team.
• Onboard and train new users on MusicBox, Sky’s in-house music clearance system.
• Support producers and promo creatives using MusicBox and respond to music clearance enquiries.
• Manage a high-volume shared inbox, responding to user enquiries and organising individual workload.
• Process business-critical invoices through Ariba-SAP and handle payment queries from external suppliers.
• Maintain compliant document storage in line with company GDPR policy.
• Support Sky Music’s submissions to industry awards.
• Step in to support and cover for other team members during periods of leave.

Requirements

• A good understanding of music copyright and broadcaster blanket licences, including primary and secondary exploitation.
• Working knowledge of collecting society repertoire databases, such as PRS for Music Works, PPL Repertoire, BMI Songview and ASCAP Repertory.
• Strong organisational skills, with the confidence to manage competing priorities, take ownership of tasks and adapt to new systems and ways of working.
• A collaborative, client-facing approach, with a positive can-do attitude and the ability to help colleagues find practical, creative solutions.
• A proactive problem-solver who is willing to go the extra mile and see work through from start to finish.
• Confident using Microsoft Office, Copilot and other Gen AI tools, Microsoft Teams, Ariba-SAP and Airtable, with the ability to create polished and engaging presentations.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• A genuine passion for music and how it is used in television and film.
• Appropriate right to work in the UK.

Skills

• Music copyright
• Broadcaster blanket licences
• Collecting society repertoire databases
• Organisational skills
• Microsoft Office
• Copilot
• Gen AI tools
• Microsoft Teams
• Ariba-SAP
• Airtable
• Presentation creation
• Written communication
• Verbal communication

Location

• Osterley Campus

Work Type

• Hybrid
• 3 days in the office per week

Benefits

• Free Sky TV or NOW package, including Sky Sports and Sky Cinema
• Pension package with up to 9% employer contribution
• Private healthcare with mental health support
• Aviva Digital GP and dental insurance
• Discounts on Sky products, including Sky Mobile, Sky Broadband, Sky Glass and Sky Protect
• Sharesave and Tech schemes
• A range of Sky VIP rewards and experiences

About the Company

• Sky’s Music Department is part of Sky Entertainment Group - Sky’s original programming arm across Europe - and provides a wide range of resource and support different business areas across the Sky Group.
• We’re Sky, a leading media and entertainment company who connect millions with entertainment, sports, news and arts through innovative products and services.
• Working with us means you’ll be bringing the joy of a better experience to more people, every day.
• All so we can do better and deliver better for our customers, colleagues and society.

Equal Opportunity

• We’re an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company.
• We're a Disability Confident Accredited Employer, and welcome and encourage applications from all candidates.
• We will look to ensure a fair and consistent experience for all and will make reasonable adjustments to support you where appropriate.
• Please flag any adjustments you need as early as you can.