Senior Coordinator, Business & Legal Affairs

About ASCAP

The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) is a membership association of more than one million songwriters, composers, and music publishers. It represents some of the world’s most talented music creators and operates on a not-for-profit basis. ASCAP licenses a repertory of over 20 million musical works to hundreds of thousands of businesses, including streaming services, cable television, radio, and satellite radio. ASCAP collects licensing fees, identifies, matches, and processes trillions of performances annually, and returns nearly 90 cents of every dollar back to its members as royalties.

Learn more and stay in touch at www.ascap.com, on X and Instagram @ASCAP, and on Facebook.

Job Overview

The Senior Business & Legal Affairs Coordinator is responsible for managing agreements between ASCAP and its Members, collecting and verifying documents, and responding to requests from various teams. This role involves communicating with internal and external stakeholders, processing legal requests, and coordinating interdepartmental responses.

Areas Of Responsibility & Accountability

• Manage both the creation of and approval process for payment authorization forms.
• Collect and verify all necessary documents and exhibits to finalize agreements.
• Authenticate all payment information for any new payees.
• Keep thorough records regarding all agreements and other high-value member documents.
• Respond to requests from the Marketing and Events team with summaries of relevant information for members/attendees.
• Review and confirm membership, catalog, and/or royalty information in response to urgent, legal, or otherwise sensitive requests.
• Communicate directly with Members, their representatives, and various ASCAP staff to address complex performing rights issues, providing direct assistance and facilitating internal handoffs when appropriate.
• Process attorney requests and implement any instructions relating to disputes or other issues such as submitting stop-payments or compiling related background data, when necessary.
• Cook up interdepartmental responses pertaining to issues regarding Member legal transactions (i.e., Royalty, Distribution, Repertory, Global Member Services, etc.).
• Complete additional administrative or filing responsibilities, as needed.

Qualifications & Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree and strong academic background required.
• 3+ years of experience with a law firm, in-house legal department, or equivalent.
• Proficiency in Word and Excel (incl. pivot tables) and general comfort with numbers.
• Extraordinary work ethic with the ability to follow detailed instructions.
• Ability to think analytically, work independently, and take direction well.
• Comfortable handling time-sensitive matters in a fast-paced environment.
• Able to maintain the highest level of confidentiality and discretion.
• Superb written and oral communication skills.
• Analytical problem solver with a highly organized approach.
• Experience working with legal agreements and contracts.
• Familiarity with the music publishing business is a plus.

This position requires the incumbent to be in the office three days per week.

Compensation/Benefits

• Compensation range: $60,000 to $72,000, determined on an individualized basis depending on several factors.
• Comprehensive benefits package including:
  • Network-only provider medical and dental plans or more flexible plans.
  • Vision plan with in and out-of-network provider options.
  • 401(k) Plan with pre-tax, Roth, and after-tax employee contributions, including a company match.
  • Discretionary profit share contribution.
  • Generous time-off policy.
  • Voluntary pet health insurance.
  • Voluntary auto and homeowners insurance.
  • Voluntary employee, spouse, and dependent life insurance options.
  • Voluntary ID protection coverage.
• Occasional travel for in-person meetings may be required.
• Equal opportunity employer.
• Nut-free or other allergen-free workplace.