Work Locations: With the exception of some select roles that have in-office requirements, A+E Global Media operates on a flexible model that allows for remote, hybrid or full time in office work (in certain locales).
Office locations include New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, and Stamford, CT.
Our list of eligible states in which employees may work remotely includes: California, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming.
THE ROLE: Coordinator, Digital Operations & Anti-Piracy
Do you thrive in a fast-paced, detail-oriented environment where accuracy and compliance are critical? Are you motivated by protecting intellectual property and ensuring content is delivered securely and correctly every time? The Coordinator, Digital Operations & Anti-Piracy will play a key role in safeguarding A+E’s content across digital platforms, maintaining anti-piracy and rights management workflows, and supporting the secure distribution of programming on both owned-and-operated and third-party platforms.
MORE ABOUT WHAT YOU’LL DO: Coordinator, Digital Operations & Anti-Piracy
Act as a first line of defense in safeguarding A+E intellectual property by maintaining daily Content ID and anti-piracy workflows across YouTube and other digital platforms
Monitor, review, and enforce digital rights with precision to prevent monetization loss, contractual breaches, and legal exposure
Support trafficking and validation of short-form and long-form content reference files across digital platforms, ensuring metadata, rights, and asset details are fully accurate prior to release
Partner with Legal, Rights, and the Digital Operations team to resolve rights-related issues quickly and prevent compliance risks
Manage and review social partner and vendor monthly compliance checks, confirming that all posted content aligns with rights obligations and that authorized accounts are properly whitelisted
Maintain and audit secure access to A+E’s social platform accounts, restricting permissions to authorized users only and conducting regular reviews in collaboration with A+E Cybersecurity to uphold best practices
Conduct regular audits of reference files and lead cleanup efforts across anti-piracy initiatives to ensure accuracy, consistency, and comprehensive content protection records
Contribute to additional Digital Operations projects as assigned by manager, bringing the same level of attention to detail and compliance focus
WHAT YOU’LL LEARN:
On our team, you’ll gain specialized experience in protecting A+E’s intellectual property and ensuring legal compliance across digital platforms. You’ll develop hands-on expertise in Content ID, rights management systems, and anti-piracy workflows that safeguard millions of dollars in programming value. You’ll learn how to spot risks before they become legal or financial liabilities and how to partner effectively with Legal, Rights, Cybersecurity, and Social Media teams. Along the way, you’ll deepen your understanding of how metadata accuracy, rights validation, and platform compliance form the foundation of A+E’s digital business.
BASIC REQUIREMENTS
1–3 years of media experience, ideally with exposure to rights management, legal, or compliance workflows
Strong attention to detail with the discipline to ensure accuracy in all deliverables
Understands that there are financial and legal implications of errors in rights and anti-piracy work and approaches tasks with care and accountability
Proactive in asking questions, escalating concerns, and seeking clarity to ensure issues are resolved before they create risk
Highly organized and process-driven, with the ability to manage sensitive workflows under tight deadlines
Effective communicator who can collaborate across Legal, Rights, Digital, and Cybersecurity while working closely with their manager on Digital Operations priorities
Familiarity with social media CMSs (YouTube, Facebook, TikTok) and an eagerness to deepen knowledge of platform rights tools and compliance requirements
Basic Excel and/or Airtable proficiency, with the initiative to expand expertise to strengthen operational accuracy
The annual/hourly pay range displayed serves as a good faith estimate of the
minimum and maximum base pay range for this role. Compensation for the role will
be based on a number of different factors such as a candidate’s qualifications, skills,
competencies, location, and experience. A+E offers a competitive total compensation
package, which includes healthcare coverage, 401k matching, and a range of other benefits. Learn more at www.aegm.com/careers.
A+E Global Media proudly provides equal employment opportunity for all employees and job applicants, and makes employment decisions consistent with this principle. The company’s employment actions and decisions – including recruitment, hiring, training, promotion, demotion, compensation, transfer, layoff, and termination – are made without regard to an employee’s race, color, religion, creed, age, national origin, ancestry, sex (which includes pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, and related medical conditions), gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, alienage or citizenship status, physical and/or mental disability, medical condition, family and medical leave status, genetic information, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
A+E Global Media is a joint venture of the Hearst Corporation and The Walt Disney Company.
We are proud to be an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer/Disabled/Veterans.
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What We Do
We are a global media and entertainment brand portfolio that finds, cultivates, illuminates and markets entertainment content to worldwide audiences.
A+E Networks® is a collection of culture brands that includes A&E®, HISTORY®, Lifetime®, Lifetime Movies™, FYI,™, VICELAND® and BIOGRAPHY®. We are in eight out of 10 American homes, cumulatively reach 335 million people worldwide and have 500+ million digital users.
We are in the story business and just as the industry and art form have evolved, so too have we. Since our founding in 1983 with just two cable channels, we have grown into a multi-platform, multimedia, multi-genre content creator. Our brands have points of view we proudly champion and defend. We got to where we are by being great listeners, innovators and idea movers, specializing in the human experience.
