Job Summary:

Kobalt Music Publishing is looking for a Copyright Assistant to be based in the Kobalt office in London, and to work within the Copyright Department to help manage our catalogue within South-East Asia.

Background:

The primary roles of a copyright department are registering claims to songs and agreements at the relevant collection societies globally and processing the royalties which result from the exploitation of those songs. This enables us to collect and distribute royalties due to the copyright owners.

Collection of royalties has traditionally been time-consuming and costly. Kobalt has developed centralised, automated and efficient administration services supported by a scalable, proprietary, dedicated system using the latest technology. As a result of Kobalt’s innovative approach, Kobalt offers a reduction in royalty collection time of up to 50%, more effective collection as well as substantially improved transparency.

Job Duties:

• Processing new works and agreements as the company acquires rights to new catalogues
• Ensuring works and agreements are registered correctly at the collection societies
• Handling song disputes and duplicate claims
• Processing royalty statements received from collection societies
• Analysing the royalties received to identify possible underpayment or delayed payment, and working with the societies to resolve these issues
• Dealing with general enquiries regarding our claims to works and the terms of our publishing agreements
• You may be asked to take on extra responsibilities – please be aware that the above list is not exhaustive

Desired Skills & Experience:

• Previous admin and copyright experience as well as a good understanding of music publishing is highly desirable
• Fluency in Cantonese, Mandarin or Japanese is desirable
• Track record of good organization and prioritisation skills
• High level of numeracy
• Strong attention to detail, accuracy and a detail-driven mind-set
• Resilience and tenacity: someone who effectively deals with pressure but remains optimistic and persistent to complete tasks accurately and efficiently
• Good communication skills: the duties require a very high level of communication internally and externally, we are looking for someone who is able to adapt communication to audience
• Decisiveness: effective and timely decisions, but perceives the impact and implications of decisions
• High level of written and spoken English as well as any other required language skills
• You must have the right to work in the UK.  We are unable to consider applicants who do not have the right to work in the UK.

Start Date: Immediate

Status: Permanent

Working Hours: 9.30am to 6pm (1 hour lunch break)

Reports to: Team leader

Salary: Commensurate with experience

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