Job Description:
We are looking for a Metadata Music Coordinator for a top media & entertainment company hybrid out of their Burbank, CA offices! As part of The Company Music Group, A&R Administration is a division of Administration and Operations, and its top-level responsibilities are: tracking costs on Recording Projects, forecasting A&R spend for finance, collection and entry of label copy and assets based on Production schedule deadlines, artwork proofing/editing, and ensuring compliance with the AFM and AFTRA Collective Bargaining Agreements. This includes daily interaction with the following departments: A&R, Business Affairs, Production, Licensing, Music Publishing, Finance, Sales/Digital, Music Royalties, Labor Relations, Marketing, Promotions and International. Position Role: The Metadata Coordinator is responsible for obtaining, inputting and updating metadata in The Company Music Group’s in house repertoire management database, in a timely manner to meet deadlines set by The Company Music Group Production Schedule. Additional tasks include proofing of artwork, creating and submitting Licensing ISRCs, updating contributor royalty-bearing statuses as directed, researching Publishing information and other third-party obligations, as well as notifying the relevant parties when metadata is ready for review and transmission to The Company’s Music Group distribution partners.Special Projects: in this role, the Metadata Coordinator will primarily be focused on several key initiatives, including but not limited to the following: inputting and/or updating/correcting catalog releases, using a variety of information sources, including physical product, internal production reports and online sources; inputting sound recording information from various audio-visual programs for neighboring rights collections; researching and cleansing missing or incomplete/incorrect metadata on past entries in preparation for a database migration; performing a data migration reconciliation between two databases to ensure correct alignment. They will be expected to complete a minimum number of tasks per week, and performance will be measured against those metrics.
