Reporting to the Head of Legal & Global Digital Licensing in London, the Legal & Business Affairs Assistant will be an essential part of a small legal team, and will be heavily involved in the day to day legal and administrative issues of the department and AMRA in general.
AMRA is the first of its kind — a global digital music collection society, built on technology and trust. AMRA is designed to maximize value for songwriters and publishers in today’s digital age, while providing the highest level of transparency and efficiency. Through cutting edge technology and a direct global digital collections model, AMRA is able to optimize digital revenue collections across all platforms, with full transparency to its clients.
If you feel like the fast-paced, rewarding environment of our rapidly growing company is for you – share your story! Apply today and tell us why you are the next best addition to our successful team!
WHAT DOES A LEGAL & BUSINESS AFFAIRS MANAGER AT AMRA DO?
- Supporting AMRA’s writer member acquisitions by:
- Liaising with potential AMRA writer members to give them information on AMRA’s benefits, opportunities and services
- Compiling and sending offer letters and term sheets
- Negotiating and drafting standard writer membership agreements
- Carrying out all administrative tasks necessary to ensure the successful onboarding of new AMRA writer members, and managing payments
- Liaising with AMRA colleagues to ensure that new writers are correctly registered as AMRA members, together with their songs
- Keeping up to date lists of writer members, deal terms, and providing updates on “in progress” writer negotiations to the management team
- Providing a point of contact for writer members to identify any legal / contractual issues
Supporting AMRA’s digital licensing services by:
- Drafting contract summaries
- Carrying out all administrative tasks necessary for efficient maintenance of digital deals
- Drafting standard amendment agreements
- Drafting standard agreements with smaller digital service providers (DSPs)
- Maintaining up to date rate card for each DSP
- Assisting Head of Legal in carrying out company secretarial tasks
- Managing and supporting AMRA colleagues in international matters (agreements with overseas societies etc.)
- Assisting with other day-to-day legal matters that arise within the organization both internally and externally
WHAT SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE ARE WE LOOKING FOR?
- Experienced paralegals, as well as newly qualified lawyers
- Should be confident and have a friendly, outgoing personality to be able to interact with AMRA’s clients / licensees, and should also be highly organized and detail orientated in order to accurately carry out the legal work involved
- Experience dealing with music industry legal agreements, preferably in a songwriter, music publishing or collection society setting is desirable but not essential
- An interest in music (and the digital music market) is essential
- Willingness to learn and to make the most of an opportunity to be immersed in a complex and constantly evolving area of the music industry
IMPORTANT NOTICE
Applicants must be eligible to work in the United Kingdom. A full DBS check will be conducted on acceptance of offer.
AMRA is an equal opportunity employer encouraging diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, gender, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, or any other status or characteristic protected by law.
