Coordinator, Business & Legal Affairs & Contract Administration at Warner Music Group | NY, US | Rezi

Coordinator, Business & Legal Affairs & Contract Administration at Warner Music Group

Coordinator, Business & Legal Affairs & Contract Administration

Warner Music Group · NY, US

1 weeks ago

Coordinator, Business & Legal Affairs & Contract Administration

Warner Music Group · NY, US

8 days ago
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About the Role

This role provides comprehensive support across Business & Legal Affairs and Contract Administration, serving as a critical bridge between legal operations, label management, A&R Administration, Licensing, and Royalties. The team oversees the review and vetting of audio/video releases, maintains side artist clearances, manages third-party licensing requests, and handles administrative and legal workflows in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

  • Process, track, and clear incoming promotional clearance requests across active catalog releases, samplers, TV shows, and artwork, including drafting gratis licenses and no-objection letters.
  • Obtain internal and management approvals for third-party soundtrack and compilation licensing requests.
  • Research, maintain, and update side-artist clearance logs and legal records, including setting up and advising on market share splits.
  • Conduct contractual research regarding rights, restrictions, litigation, and licensing inquiries across various internal departments.
  • Review audio/video content for potential trademark, copyright, or SoundExchange conflict issues.
  • Prepare, send, and track execution-ready contract copies while maintaining organized legal filing systems.
  • Manage calendar scheduling, call logs, meetings, and travel bookings for department leadership.
  • Prepare and submit T&E expense reports.
  • Coordinate daily departmental logistics, including ordering supplies, processing mail, and assisting with special projects.

Requirements

  • BA/BS degree required.
  • Highly organized with exceptional research, proofreading, and workflow prioritization skills in high-volume environments.
  • Strong command of Microsoft Office Suite (Outlook, Word, Excel) and comfort working with numbers, math, and spreadsheets.
  • Professional written and verbal communication abilities; adept at handling sensitive and confidential legal information with integrity.
  • Resourceful, self-motivated, and calm under pressure—equally capable of collaborating within a team or executing independent tasks.
  • Prior experience as a legal assistant, paralegal, or executive assistant within a media or music company.
  • Experience handling T&E, booking travel, and supporting legal/business affairs teams.
  • A strong passion for the music industry and a drive to learn label legal operations.

Skills

  • Microsoft Office Suite (Outlook, Word, Excel)
  • Research
  • Proofreading
  • Workflow prioritization
  • Contractual research
  • Legal filing systems
  • Calendar scheduling
  • Travel booking
  • Expense reporting
  • Communication
  • Discretion

Location

  • Onsite

Work Type

  • Full-time
  • Onsite

Experience Level

  • Entry-level
  • Mid-level

Education Level

  • BA/BS degree

Salary/Compensations

  • $21.79 to $23.07 Hourly

Benefits

  • 2026 Benefits At A Glance final.pdf

About the Company

  • 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, Collaboration, and Commitment. WMG is home to a wide range of artists, musicians, and songwriters that fuel our success. 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. 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.

Equal Opportunity

  • Warner Music Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer.