Operations Specialist

Summary

Join BMAT as a Copyrights Specialist and play a crucial role in ensuring the quality of music metadata provided to the industry. You will collaborate with various teams, analyze musical work relations, audit reconciliation processes, and contribute to operational decisions. This position requires 2+ years of music industry admin or copyright experience and a strong understanding of music publishing. Based in Barcelona, remote work arrangements may be considered. BMAT offers flexible working hours and location, a flat hierarchy, opportunities for professional development, and unlimited time off.

Requirements

• 2+ years of Admin and/or Copyright experience within the Music Industry (e.g. Documentation or Distribution department of a CMO, Catalog department with a Publisher)
• A good understanding of Music Publishing is mandatory
• Ability to effectively communicate with team members, stakeholders, and external partners
• Ability to prioritise tasks and manage multiple responsibilities effectively
• Demonstrate strong organisational skills and attention to detail
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel
• Ability to maintain confidentiality and handle sensitive information with discretion
• Proactive attitude with a willingness to learn and take initiative
• Contribute positively to team dynamics and foster a supportive work environment
• Fluency in English

Responsibilities

• Ensure the quality of the music metadata BMAT provides to the industry
• Understand the different types of sources, the information they contain and their authoritativeness (CWR, CAF, etc)
• Understand Multi-Territorial Digital Licensing
• Understand CMOs and Publishers operations
• Analyse relations between musical works and sound recordings
• Audit the automatic reconciliation processes
• Collaborate closely with the Copyrights, Matching and Claiming Team
• Collaborate with the Copyrights team to understand their objectives and workflows
• Assist in analysing relations between musical works and sound recordings, including detecting errors in the automatic reconciliation processes
• Coordinate and assess QA processes to ensure quality in BMAT deliverables
• Collaborate with various teams within BMAT to understand their objectives and workflows
• Ensure the correct application of clients claiming rules
• Become an active contributor within the team, capable of improving our process based on previous experiences
• Collaborate with various teams within BMAT, providing support in copyright-related aspects

Preferred Qualifications

Proficiency in Spanish and Catalan is highly appreciated but not mandatory

Benefits

• Flexible working hours and location
• Flat hierarchy
• You can make the role your own and run your own development
• Online language classes to improve your Spanish or English
• Online and onsite courses and music industry workshops run by inhouse experts
• We’ll provide you with all equipment needed for you to be comfortable
• Unlimited time off because we believe that you know best when you need to rest
• Barcelona HQ office available to you, kitted out with a rehearsal room