Coordinator, Content Protection & Anti-Piracy
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. We encourage applications from people with a wide variety of backgrounds and experiences.
About the team
The WMG Global Commercial Services team maximizes WMG revenue and market share, leading through best practices, platform expertise, and forward-thinking solutions that support our recorded music strategy. The content protection team is a group of global specialists who leverage technology, intellectual property law, and collaborative relationships with industry partners and third-party vendors to ensure music fans across the globe can experience and access WMG’s content the way our artists intend. We provide support to our label and territory partners with content protection, rights management, and optimization to ensure maximum revenue opportunities at our commercial digital partners.
Responsibilities
- Monitor and protect all forms of WMG’s intellectual property, including audio, physical products, merchandise, and virtual properties.
- Support the content security group in identifying unauthorized uses of WMG’s content across streaming services, social media platforms, and the Internet at large.
- Complete notice and takedown protocols according to US Copyright laws and other legal frameworks.
- Liaise with WMG’s labels, global affiliate companies, and corporate departments to manage priority releases and maintain content protection guidelines.
- Develop and build technical monitoring tools, scripts, and other detection systems. Collaborate with internal teams to integrate APIs with vendors to detect unauthorized content and lower the need for manual searches.
- Guard against new technologies and threats. Monitor for AI-generated deepfakes and voice clones that misuse artist names, images, likenesses, or vocal identities. Use detection tools to flag synthetic media for legal and policy review.
- Work with other members of the Global Content Security group and internal partners to agree on data collection standards. Consolidate reporting into shared dashboards. Ensure consistent tracking of infringement metrics, takedown outcomes, fraud incidents, and emerging threat trends.
- Provide regular coverage for our global content protection inbox including on a flexible/non-traditional work week as needed.
Requirements
- Effectively manage and prioritize multiple projects at one time.
- Demonstrate proficiency with internet research and discovery tools.
- Stay organized, on task, and self-motivated.
- Inspire and motivate other team members.
- Navigate music platforms, mobile app stores, and online marketplaces.
- Think on your feet and work independently.
Skills
We’d love it if you also had:
- Prior experience with database management and Google Analytics.
- Familiarity with HTML, SQL, Python, and/or Java.
- An understanding of generative Artificial Intelligence tools, technologies, and methodologies.
- Comfort with Google Enterprise products (Sheets, Docs, Slides, and Forms) and Microsoft Office Services (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
- Prior experience or demonstrated interest in the Music industry or a related field, such as Film, TV, or Digital Media.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills.
- Superior presentation skills.
- A readiness to engage with senior team members around the globe.
- Fluency in English and a second language, such as Spanish or Mandarin.
- College Degree preferred.
Pay
Salary Range: $22.00 to $24.00 Hourly. Salary ranges are included for job postings where required by law. The actual base pay is dependent upon many factors, such as work experience and business needs. The pay range is subject to change at any time dependent on a variety of internal and external factors.