Senior Copyright Manager, Music Publishing

TL;DR

Senior Copyright Manager, Music Publishing (Copyright Administration): Owning copyright data integrity and global registration operations for a large music catalogue with an accent on metadata quality, rights structures, and collection accuracy. Focus on leading the Copyright team, resolving complex multi-territory disputes, scaling automation, and improving workflows with AI-assisted tools.

Location: On-site in the London office, Camden, United Kingdom

Company

hirify.global is a global children’s entertainment company behind brands including CoComelon and Blippi, with content and music distributed across major video and audio platforms.

What you will do

• Own copyright data standards, database integrity, metadata quality, and catalogue enrichment across internal and partner systems.
• Oversee accurate and timely registration of works with global collection societies and ensure reliable cue sheet operations.
• Act as the senior escalation point for technical, contractual, copyright conflict, and dispute-resolution matters.
• Build scalable processes, automation, batch registration workflows, and data-health reporting practices.
• Manage, develop, and hold the Copyright team accountable for priorities, quality, deadlines, and reporting.
• Set expectations with internal teams, agents, administrators, global PROs/CMOs, and sub-publishers.

Requirements

• Significant experience in music publishing copyright administration, including people management.
• Deep knowledge of copyright management, registration standards, and copyright software and databases.
• Experience handling complex multi-territory contracts and rights structures.
• Experience working with global PROs/CMOs, including smaller and less commonly covered societies.
• Strong Excel skills and confidence managing large, complex datasets.
• Strong people leadership and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to address performance and priority issues directly.

Culture & Benefits

• Office-based work in the London Camden office.
• Free private healthcare.
• Enhanced maternity and paternity leave.
• Matched 5% pension scheme.
• Free yoga and fitness wellbeing classes, weekly lunch, and Friday drinks.