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Rights and Clearances – Summer Internship – New York
Spotify
New York, NY, United States
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Spotify is looking for a passionate Rights and Clearances Intern to #JoinTheBand! Spotify’s Rights Clearances team manages all third party rights for original content for the company globally, covering music clearances, archival footage clearances, image clearances, album artwork clearances and more. This team works incredibly cross functionally with almost every business unit at Spotify, especially with Studios and the Podcast and Original Content teams. This role is based in New York.
What you’ll do:
• Research rights holders on songs being requested by internal and external partners
• Draft clearance requests that our teams can distribute to labels/publishers
• Send out confirmations for uses/license requests
• Upload agreements to deals desk and process payments
• Sit in and contribute to creative pitch meetings to learn about the ins and outs of rights clearances
• Develop better workflow strategies for our high volume of clearances
Who you are:
• You are a current undergraduate student in your junior or senior year, with previous internships experience in a fast-paced business environment. Although this is not a legal role, familiarity with contracts is desired
• Familiarity with synchronization clearances and the various nuances to music licensing is a plus
• You thrive in a deadline oriented environment
• You are an energetic, highly organized and focused multi-tasker with strong attention to detail
• You have excellent verbal and written communication skills
• You have great presentation skills and excellent dexterity in Microsoft Office suite, especially Excel and PowerPoint
• You demonstrate the ability to think creatively, sell strategically, and communicate efficiently internally and externally
The Intern Gig:
Spotify is looking for enthusiastic students/recent graduates with a passion for music and an ambition to go far. This isn’t just any internship! Our paid internship program will give you the chance to gain in-depth knowledge of what it’s like to be a Spotify employee as well as get the opportunity to see the technology side of a fast growing company! Our summer internships will last for 10 weeks this summer and start in the beginning of June.
The deadline to apply is November 18th, 2018 at 11:59 PM, ET. You can expect the following application timeline:
• Late November, 2018 – Mid January, 2019: Application Review
• Late January, 2019 – March, 2019: Interviews
• Late March, 2019 – April, 2019: Offers given out
• June, 2019: Intern program start
We are proud to foster a workplace free from discrimination. We strongly believe that diversity of experience, perspectives, and background will lead to a better environment for our employees and a better product for our users and our creators. This is something we value deeply and we encourage everyone to come be a part of changing the way the world listens to music.