Sr. Music Licensing Manager

PARTNER OPERATIONS - EPIC GAMES STORE

What We Do

The Store Operations & Release Management team within the Epic Games Store works closely with external partners and our Account Management, Technical, Marketing, Social, QA, and many other internal teams to drive the product release effort as we build and maintain the premier multi-platform storefront across PC and Mobile.

What You'll Do

Epic is looking to add a Senior Music Licensing Manager, Partnerships to its growing Partnerships organization who will help with our broad sweeping music clearances and licensing efforts for Epic’s first-party games properties such as Fortnite and Rocket League. We are looking for someone who is not intimidated by a high volume of music clearances in a fast-paced environment and is always willing to go above and beyond to get the job done– someone who is curious, innovative and an overall team player who keeps scalability and operational excellence front of mind. This person will already have established relationships within the music industry from both a creative and clearance perspective that they can comfortably lean into when an internal brief needs music options or a clearance hits a snag. This is a great opportunity to join a rapidly scaling company within the entertainment industry and be a part of expanding Epic’s global role in culture.

In this role, you will

• Lead music licensing and music partnership strategy for Rocket League


• Manage music licensing processes and music creative approvals for third party IP integrations within Fortnite including in-game uses, marketing, and cosmetics


• Facilitate a high volume of music clearances while navigating complex rights structures and commercial deal terms that support our overall business priorities and goals


• Help develop and maintain critical systems and databases that support our music business to ensure all music uses across Epic are properly tracked and accounted for


• Respond to creative briefs from internal teams as needed with the ability to provide a variety of music options at varying price points that will be relevant for both our players as well as for the campaign/product as a whole


• Collaborate and communicate as a key point of contact internally on behalf of the music partnerships team while managing multiple projects with competing timelines at any given time


• Execute day to day operations such as processing invoices, setting up new vendors in our payment system and organizing reports such as market and player insights into digestible and impactful formats for both the immediate and cross functional teams

What we're looking for

• Minimum 5-7 years of music clearance and licensing experience


• Candidates must have superb organizational and communications skills, along with the ability to be proactive, work independently, multitask and maintain a strong attention to detail. This includes handling several projects with varying components and competing deadlines at once in a measured and nimble manner with the ability to address shifting priorities and timelines with discretion and confidentiality


• Use of good judgment, critical thinking, collaboration and problem-solving skills is essential, especially in stressful situations with the ability to be solution-oriented and remain calm under pressure


• Ability to pivot quickly at the last minute maintaining a general sense of flexibility and adaptability along the way


• Confidence and expertise creating and giving presentations at the executive level


• Familiarity with current music trends and general music supervision experience


• Project management operator who prides himself/herself/themselves on working well internally and externally with different types of personalities


• Experience with project management tools required, including (and especially) Airtable, Jira, and Trello. At least some combination of experience across Tableau, Miro, Google Suite, Microsoft Office Suite, and Slack preferred


• Understanding and/or interest in gaming

EPIC JOB + EPIC BENEFITS = EPIC LIFE

Our intent is to cover all things that are medically necessary and improve the quality of life. We pay 100% of the premiums for both you and your dependents. Our coverage includes Medical, Dental, a Vision HRA, Long Term Disability, Life Insurance & a 401k with competitive match. We also offer a robust mental well-being program through Modern Health, which provides free therapy and coaching for employees & dependents. Throughout the year we celebrate our employees with events and company-wide paid breaks. We offer unlimited PTO and sick time and recognize individuals for 7 years of employment with a paid sabbatical.