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Music Content Manager

Title: Music Content Manager
Location: NYC or LA
Schedule: Hybrid 3 days
Duration: 12 months with potential extension

Main notes:
• Role is focused on initiatives for partnership strategy & engagement
• 4+ years' experience in the music, media or entertainment industry - including content, licenses, publishing, rights, and clearances
• Manage and coordinating cross-functional projects
• Interface with internal and external partners, including the Rights & Clearance Teams, Content Teams
• Ensure music is clean and available
• Manage project milestones, content operations, partner management, rights and clearances
• Comofrtbale with Tech and AI tools – smart systems in order to scale operations
• Create structure in chaotic ambiguity/ambiguous environment
• Experience using Google Suite

Description:
As part of the Music team in North America, you will support Company's music content teams by managing and coordinating internal cross-functional projects, with a specific focus on tracking licensing and publishing clearances, external partner communication and troubleshooting. This includes managing content release schedules, project databases, and processes in collaboration with Music Partnerships, Licensing, Go-To-Market, Commercial Partnerships, Content Ops, and the Rights and Clearances team, acting as the central point of contact between Music Content and internal departments and external partners to achieve successful content availability.

Responsibilities:
• For this role, we seek an outstanding candidate with experience navigating complex project management, rights and clearances, exemplary organizational skills, the ability to coordinate across multiple projects simultaneously, working knowledge of artificial intelligence tools and confidence in representing the Music Content organization to key internal stakeholders.
• Serve as a key liaison across internal teams and external partners, communicating content clearance status, product requirements, metadata deliverables, and troubleshooting on an ongoing basis.
• Create, integrate and maintain tracking systems to track content licensing and publishing clearances and availability.
• Create and manage escalation processes for content opportunities.
• Proactively identify and escalate issues related to content availability including rights and clearances to ensure content availability.
• Conduct regular research to verify rights and clearance status for priority content.
• Navigate, produce and lead communication processes with cross-functional team members, especially Rights & Clearances, to facilitate deliverables and manage expectations with external stakeholders.
• Develop and manage documents, comms and resources addressing partner product and content questions and availability.
• Collaborate with senior team members to evaluate and improve tracking systems, optimize workflows, and scale operational efficiency.
• Represent Company's Music Content team internally in cross-functional meetings, project syncs, and working groups.
• Document key meeting takeaways and action items with clarity and precision.
• Produce recurring reports to leadership summarizing content availability, escalated issues and more.
• Collaborate cross-functionally to ensure alignment and execution across departments.

Qualifications:
• You have 4+ years of experience in content operations, partner management, project management, and/or rights and clearances, ideally within the music or entertainment industry.
• You are a passionate music fan who is deeply attuned to a wide range of genres, artist communities, and global music cultures.
• You have a solid understanding of the music industry, including label, management, and publishing ecosystems, and familiarity with the key players and trends across both major and independent sectors.
• You have experience working with licensing and publishing dynamics, and are comfortable navigating rights-related databases.
• You excel in stakeholder communications and have experience leading cross-functional conversations with internal teams and external partners.
• You're highly organized, with a proven ability to manage complex tracking systems, recurring reporting, and issue escalation processes.
• You are confident producing and managing documentation, including internal reports, partner-facing resources, and operational communications.
• You are solutions-oriented and thrive in fast-paced environments, adapting quickly to shifting priorities with a calm and focused approach.
• You demonstrate operational rigor and exceptional attention to detail, ensuring deadlines are met and cross-functional alignment is maintained.
• You proactively identify and implement process improvements and can drive independent problem-solving with limited oversight.
• You are open to feedback and collaborate effectively across disciplines, maintaining transparency, clarity, and accountability in all interactions.
• You are comfortable with technology and leverage tools - including emerging platforms and artificial intelligence - to improve workflow and scalability.
• You are based in New York City or Los Angeles and available to work from the office three times per week.
• You are open to occasional evening availability, particularly around high-priority release moments such as Thursday US Storeturn

Estimated Min Rate: $45.00
Estimated Max Rate: $60.00


What’s In It for You?
We welcome you to be a part of the largest and legendary global staffing companies to meet your career aspirations. Yoh’s network of client companies has been employing professionals like you for over 65 years in the U.S., UK and Canada. Join Yoh’s extensive talent community that will provide you with access to Yoh’s vast network of opportunities and gain access to this exclusive opportunity available to you. Benefit eligibility is in accordance with applicable laws and client requirements. Benefits include:

• Medical, Prescription, Dental & Vision Benefits (for employees working 20+ hours per week)
• Health Savings Account (HSA) (for employees working 20+ hours per week)
• Life & Disability Insurance (for employees working 20+ hours per week)
• MetLife Voluntary Benefits
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• 401K Retirement Savings Plan
• Direct Deposit & weekly epayroll
• Referral Bonus Programs
• Certification and training opportunities

Note: Any pay ranges displayed are estimations. Actual pay is determined by an applicant's experience, technical expertise, and other qualifications as listed in the job description. All qualified applicants are welcome to apply.

Yoh, a Day & Zimmermann company, is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

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For California applicants, qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act. All of the material job duties described in this posting are job duties for which a criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship potentially resulting in the withdrawal of a conditional offer of employment.