At Warner Music Group, 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 turn dreams into stardom and audiences into fans. We are guided by three core values that underpin everything we do across all our diverse businesses:
Curiosity: We do our best work when we’re immersing ourselves in culture and breaking through barriers. Curiosity is the driving force behind creativity and ingenuity. It fuels innovation, and innovation is the key to our future.
Collaboration: Making music and bringing it to the world is all about the power of originality amplified by teamwork. A great idea, like a great song, travels globally. We ignite passions and build connections across our diverse community of artists, songwriters, partners, and fans.
Commitment: We pursue excellence for our team and our talent. Everything in music starts with a leap into the unknown, and we’re committed to keeping the faith, acting with integrity, and delivering on our promises.
WMG is home to a wide range of artists, musicians, and songwriters that fuel our success. That is why we are committed to creating a work environment that actively values, appreciates, and respects everyone. We encourage applications from people with a wide variety of backgrounds and experiences.
Consider a career at WMG and get the best of both worlds – an innovative global music company that retains the creative spirit of a nimble independent.
Job Title: Coordinator, Business & Legal Affairs & Contract Administration
A Little Bit About Our Team:
This role reports directly to the Business & Legal Affairs leadership team, providing comprehensive support across Business & Legal Affairs and Contract Administration. Our team serves as a critical bridge between legal operations, label management, A&R Administration, Licensing, and Royalties. We oversee the review and vetting of audio/video releases, maintain side artist clearances, manage third-party licensing requests, and handle administrative and legal workflows in a fast-paced environment.
Here You’ll Get To:
Contract Administration & Licensing:
Process, track, and clear incoming promotional clearance requests across active catalog releases, samplers, TV shows, and artwork, including drafting gratis licenses and no-objection letters.
Obtain internal and management approvals for third-party soundtrack and compilation licensing requests.
Research, maintain, and update side-artist clearance logs and legal records, including setting up and advising on market share splits
Legal Operations & Rights Research:
Conduct contractual research regarding rights, restrictions, litigation, and licensing inquiries across various internal departments.
Review audio/video content for potential trademark, copyright, or SoundExchange conflict issues.
Prepare, send, and track execution-ready contract copies while maintaining organized legal filing systems.
Executive Support & Administrative Operations:
Manage calendar scheduling, call logs, meetings, and travel bookings for department leadership.
Prepare and submit T&E expense reports.
Coordinate daily departmental logistics, including ordering supplies, processing mail, and assisting with special projects.
About You:
Education & Experience: BA/BS degree required.
Core Skills: Highly organized with exceptional research, proofreading, and workflow prioritization skills in high-volume environments.
Technical Proficiency: Strong command of Microsoft Office Suite (Outlook, Word, Excel) and comfort working with numbers, math, and spreadsheets.
Communication & Discretion: Professional written and verbal communication abilities; adept at handling sensitive and confidential legal information with integrity.
Work Style: Resourceful, self-motivated, and calm under pressure—equally capable of collaborating within a team or executing independent tasks.
We’d Love It If You Also Had:
Prior experience as a legal assistant, paralegal, or executive assistant within a media or music company.
Experience handling T&E, booking travel, and supporting legal/business affairs teams.
A strong passion for the music industry and a drive to learn label legal operations.
As the home to 10K Projects, Asylum, Atlantic Music Group, East West, FFRR, Fueled by Ramen, Nonesuch, Parlophone, Rhino, Roadrunner, Sire, Warner Records, Warner Classics, and several other of the world’s premier recording labels, Warner Music Group champions emerging artists and global superstars alike. And our renowned publishing company, Warner Chappell Music, represents genre-spanning songwriters and producers through a catalog of more than one million copyrights worldwide. Warner Music Group is also home to ADA, which supports the independent community, as well as artist services division WMX. In addition, WMG counts film and television storytelling powerhouse Warner Music Entertainment among its many brands.
Together, we are Warner Music Group: Independent Minds. Major Sound.
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Click the “Apply” link at the top of the page, or apply directly with your LinkedIn. Applying with LinkedIn will import all of the information you put in your profile, but will still allow you to upload a resume and cover letter.
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 WMG.
Thanks for your interest in working for WMG. We love it here, and think you will, too.
Warner Music Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Links to relevant documents:
2026 Benefits At A Glance final.pdf
EVerify Participation Poster.pdf
Right To Work .pdf
Skills Required
- BA/BS degree
- Exceptional organization, research, proofreading, and workflow prioritization skills
- Strong command of Microsoft Office Suite, including Outlook, Word, and Excel
- Comfort working with numbers, math, and spreadsheets
- Professional written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to handle sensitive and confidential legal information with integrity
- Resourceful, self-motivated, and calm under pressure
- Ability to collaborate within a team and execute independent tasks
- Prior experience as a legal assistant, paralegal, or executive assistant within a media or music company
- Experience handling travel and expense reports, booking travel, and supporting legal or business affairs teams
- Passion for the music industry and interest in learning label legal operations
Warner Music Group Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Warner Music Group and has not been reviewed or approved by Warner Music Group.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Policies introduce flexible time off, expanded bereavement, paid holidays and sick leave, and remote-work allowances such as the option to work from anywhere for part of the year. Some divisions also observe seasonal early closures and office shutdowns around year-end.
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Parental & Family Support — Offerings include enhanced parental leave for non-primary caregivers and a dedicated family caregiver leave with full pay. Region-specific additions such as babysitting support and extended parental leave further broaden coverage.
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Healthcare Strength — Coverage spans medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance, with added mental health and fertility support in certain locations. Wellness programs and primary-care partnerships are available in select markets.
Warner Music Group Insights
What We Do
With a legacy extending back over 200 years, Warner Music Group (WMG) today brings together artists, songwriters, and entrepreneurs that are moving entertainment culture across the globe. Operating in more than 70 countries through a network of affiliates and licensees, WMG's Recorded Music division includes renowned labels such as 300 Entertainment, Asylum, Atlantic, Big Beat, Canvasback, Elektra, Erato, First Night, Fueled by Ramen, Nonesuch, Parlophone, Reprise, Rhino, Roadrunner, Sire, Spinnin', Warner Records, Warner Classics, and Warner Music Nashville. WMG's music publishing arm, Warner Chappell Music, has a catalog of over one million copyrights spanning every musical genre, from the standards of the Great American Songbook to the biggest hits of the 21st century. Warner Music Group is also home to ADA, the independent artist and label services company – as well as next gen artist services division WMX, which includes consumer brands such as Songkick, the live music app; EMP, the merchandise e-tailer; UPROXX, the youth culture destination; and HipHopDX, the hip-hop music news site. In addition, WMG counts storytelling powerhouse Warner Music Entertainment and social media content creator IMGN among its many brands.
