Legal Counsel - Music Licensing
Description
- Work closely with, support and advise our Business Affairs teams on global licensing projects.
- Negotiate, draft and advise on a wide range of commercial transactions with a focus on content licensing deals with major and independent record labels, as well as music publishers and relevant societies.
- Assist and support Product and Content Operations teams in connection with the launch of new service features and integrations.
- Collaborate with our Finance and Operations teams on drafting and implementing our content license agreements globally.
- Working with senior leaders to advise on risks, complex agreement structures, approval processes, and company policies and procedures.
Requirements
- 5 + years of experience working in a law firm and/or in-house legal department, dealing with music industry issues.
- Expertise in copyright law and legal issues relating to music licensing and digital distribution.
- Previous experience in copyright issues related to live streaming and user generated content preferred.
- Practical, business-oriented approach to problem-solving and ability to effectively counsel business teams by providing pragmatic, commercial and timely advice.
- Great analytical and written/oral communication skills, and superior attention to detail.
- Team player with excellent organizational skills and ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously. Comfortable working in a company experiencing rapid growth and change.
- You will work out of the New York Office.
- Our offices are currently closed due to COVID-19.
- Working hours? We operate within the Eastern time zone for collaboration
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Our mission is to unlock the potential of human creativity—by giving a million creative artists the opportunity to live off their art and billions of fans the opportunity to enjoy and be inspired by it. Spotify transformed music listening forever when it launched in Sweden in 2008. Discover, manage and share over 50m tracks for free, or upgrade to Spotify Premium to access exclusive features including offline mode, improved sound quality, and an ad-free music listening experience. Today, Spotify is the most popular global audio streaming service with 345m users, including 155m subscribers across 101 markets. We are the largest driver of revenue to the music business today.