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Sony Pictures Entertainment · 15 hours ago

Coordinator, Music Business & Legal Affairs

Sony Pictures Entertainment is seeking a Coordinator for their Music Business & Legal Affairs department. This role involves providing organizational support to senior executives, managing calendars, conducting legal research, and overseeing agreements related to music projects.

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Responsibilities

Provide organizational and office support to SVP and Director, Music Business Affairs. Provide additional support to Director, Acquisitions and Licensing, and calendaring for SVP Music Administration and Strategic Planning
Lead, update, troubleshoot and provide training for departmental ‘Postmortem’ review process for films and television shows, which ensures that all agreements and payments have been finalized and any outstanding issues have been addressed
Enter synchronization license terms into departmental music rights database
Perform in-depth music and legal research when required
Draft and prepare certain artist and musician agreements and other legal documents for review. Compile information/data and prepare schedules and exhibits to be attached to longform agreements
Facilitate electronic payments for music related costs on television projects
Take on department-wide, long term organizational projects and liaise with other studio departments when needed
Create and update presentations, reports, letters, and other forms of management reports and communications
Screen calls and emails
Manage calendar and activities (Setting meetings, Call list, etc.)
Maintain knowledge database (information on specific companies or technologies) and electronic files
Perform agreement redlining and legal form completion
Contract management and tracking, including transmitting agreements for signature and preparing tracking reports

Qualification

Document redliningOrganizational skillsLegal experienceMusic industry knowledgeComputer applicationsDiscretionMulti-taskTime managementCommunication skillsIntegrity

Required

Superb organizational and time management skills
Detail-oriented with a high level of accuracy
Able to work independently and with little direction
Excellent oral (professional and friendly demeanor) and written (spelling, punctuation, grammar) communications skills
Ability to multi-task and work well with others
Discretion and integrity
Strong document and redlining skills
At ease in fast-paced, high energy, ever-changing work environment
Demonstrable interest in working in and learning about the music industry as it relates to film and TV
Computer applications: Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Teams, Outlook, Internet savvy
0-2 years administrative and organizational support for busy executive; prefer Law Office or Legal experience
Experience working in a fast-paced environment with tight deadlines
Education: B.A., B.S., or equivalent preferred

Benefits

Annual incentive
Comprehensive benefits

Company

Sony Pictures Entertainment

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Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) is a subsidiary of Sony Entertainment Inc., a subsidiary of Tokyo-based Sony Corporation. It is a sub-organization of Sony.

H1B Sponsorship

Sony Pictures Entertainment has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
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Funding

Current Stage
Late Stage
Total Funding
$1M
2000-11-07Series A· $1M

Leadership Team

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Tom Bernard
Co-President and Co-Founder of Sony Pictures Classics
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Jake Zim
Senior Vice President Virtual Reality
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