Job description

At PHONO SOUNDS, we’re a global collective of music makers and music lovers, tech innovators and inspired entrepreneurs, game-changing creatives and passionate team members. Here, we know that each talent makes our collective bolder and brighter. We are guided by four core principles that underpin everything we do across all our diverse businesses:

• Music is Everything: Music is our passion, and we can never get enough. Tastes, trends, and tech will change, but great artists and songwriters will always be our driving force.
• Global Growth, Local Expertise: Music is a global language. Through communication and collaboration, our success can come from anywhere and translate everywhere.
• Innovation and Insight: Pushing the boundaries requires the best information and the boldest imagination. We use both to create the future.
• Empowered by People: Like the artists we serve and the music they make, our differences make us stronger. This is a place where every talent can belong and build a career.

We remain committed to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. We know it fosters a culture where you can truly belong, contribute, and grow. We encourage applications from people of any age, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, religion, ethnicity, disability, veteran status, and any other characteristic or identity.

Job Title

Music Publishing Administrator (Product Data Management Assistant - Repertoire Registration)

A Little Bit About Our Team

Be at the forefront of ensuring that PHONO SOUNDS UK sets the standards for excellence in metadata in the music industry. The Product Data Management team sits within Global Data Operations. As a team we oversee all aspects of metadata quality and entry at PHONO SOUNDS. Be part of a team who enters, analyses and coordinates data accuracy, whilst also communicating data standards to labels and affiliates worldwide.

Your Role

This role will primarily involve ensuring all our recording assets follow various collection societies’ data standards, so PHONO can maximise the revenue we receive from public performance. As we join and roll out an exciting new global neighbouring rights portal feed, you will also be involved in helping to set up new processes to analyse the accuracy of our recording assets. This could also involve assisting in testing and optimizing the metadata quality in the feed, suggesting development changes, whilst all the time working confidently with large volumes of data accurately. The role will also involve assisting the Product Data Management teams with projects related to accuracy and entry around other aspects of metadata impacting financial data flows, external digital service providers or data being transitioned to new internal systems being rolled out.

Here You’ll Get To

• Work with the Product Data Management team to review asset metadata and request required changes to ensure 100% data standard compliance
• Assist with the testing of the new DDEX registration feed into the new RDx portal (Global Neighbouring Rights registration data exchange), suggesting development changes or process flow changes as necessary
• Assist with error messages resulting from the new DDEX feed and advise as necessary to the relevant teams to ensure prompt resolution
• Work with the development team to ensure the DDEX feed flows correctly and contains all the information required to receive all revenue due
• Build relationships with A&R to ensure the correct performers are linked to assets
• Build relationships with the PHONO affiliates to ensure they enter our repertoire correctly to enable accurate registration
• Monitor PPL and PRS, MCPS, ASCAP is receiving notifications of when PHONO’S relevant rights in repertoire end
• Review current processes and suggest ways to improve any inefficiency

About You

• You are educated to a minimum A-level standard (with good academic grades)
• You are passionate about being highly organised with an excellent consistent level of accuracy and attention to detail
• You excel in prioritising tasks effectively, and work well under pressure and to strict deadlines
• You are able to take initiative and responsibility over own workload while working within the goals of the team, and as part of a team environment
• You are proactive in seeking out new projects and looking for new ways to enhance our neighboring rights income
• You have experience of handling data and strong analytical skills
• You have demonstrated excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
• You are computer proficient in MS Word, MS Outlook and have strong Microsoft Excel skills And Mac

We’d Love It If You Also Had

• Working knowledge or metadata experience in the neighbouring rights industry and/or recording music industry
• You have proven a track record of consistent and high-quality delivery in a music metadata management environment
• Ability to manage metadata related projects

About Us

London based PHONO SOUNDS UK is a flagship independent minded recording label of PHONO providing a home for all current and past sounds for the label. From Electronic, Pop, House, Trance and Dance Music!

We’ve set out our services at the front of the business, thereby protecting our artists and their sounds.

PHONO promote, develop and support the visions of our artists, and nurtures their growth, creating opportunities and generating value wherever sounds is experienced.

PHONO is determined not to be tied to one style or any preconceived ideas by embracing exceptional music from across the global spectrum,

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Don’t be discouraged if you don’t hear from us right away. We’re taking our time to review all resumes, and to find the best people for PHONO

Thanks for your interest in working for PHONO SOUNDS. We love it here, and think you will, too.

PHONO is committed to inclusion and diversity in all aspects of our business. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and will evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, religious creed, color, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, ancestry, marital status, medical condition as defined by state law (genetic characteristics or cancer), physical or mental disability, military service or veteran status, pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions, genetic information or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local law.

Job Type: Freelance

Salary: £15.00-£18.00 per hour

Benefits:

• Casual dress
• Flexitime
• Work from home

Schedule:

• Flexitime
• Monday to Friday

Experience:

• Music Publishing: 2 years (required)

Work Location: Hybrid remote in London