Coordinator, Creative Marketing – Film & TV (Strategic Partnerships)

Responsibilities

• Support the Strategic Partnerships team in managing and growing SMP’s relationships with strategic clients across television, film, online content, promos, trailers, and other media.
• Coordinate and support multiple concurrent deals and clearance requests across a broad range of projects, ensuring a high level of responsiveness, accuracy, commercial judgment, and client service.
• Build and maintain a strong understanding of strategic partners’ creative and business priorities, supporting the team in anticipating needs and proactively delivering timely and effective licensing and creative solutions.
• Support the negotiation and approval process for synchronization opportunities, including preparing quotes, tracking approvals, and providing relevant information to the Strategic Partnerships team.
• Assist with strategically and competitively pricing the SMP catalog, leveraging knowledge of relevant sync history, usage, market rates, and fee structures.
• Partner closely with A&R, SMP sync creatives, and strategic partners to support the identification and facilitation of music that aligns with content, creative, and business objectives.
• Coordinate the end-to-end clearance process, working efficiently with writer approval parties, estates, managers, and other stakeholders to secure timely approvals.
• Serve as a trusted day-to-day support resource to strategic partners, ensuring requests are prioritized, communicated clearly, and managed efficiently from initial inquiry through final approval.
• Collaborate effectively across SMP’s internal divisions and with external partners to support seamless licensing solutions and an exceptional client experience.
• Support complex and high-priority synchronization and partnership opportunities, providing administrative, commercial, and creative support throughout the process.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree a plus
• Minimum of 2–4 years of relevant experience in music publishing, synchronization, entertainment, or a related field
• Strong relationships and familiarity with the music and entertainment industries
• Exceptional interpersonal skills with the ability to build and maintain strong, trusted relationships with songwriters, managers, attorneys, estates, clients, and internal teams
• Global mindset with an ability to think and operate on an international scale
• Strong understanding of music publishing and synchronization licensing, including copyright, ownership, approvals, and clearance processes
• Proven ability to collaborate effectively across cross-functional teams
• Creative and pragmatic problem-solver with a strategic mindset and the ability to identify and capitalize on opportunities
• Strong business acumen, with experience supporting catalog operations and synthesizing information and data to support decision-making
• Excellent written, verbal, and presentation communication skills

Preferred

• In-depth knowledge of Sony Music Publishing’s catalog and a strong awareness of market opportunities preferred

Benefits

• You join an inclusive, collaborative and global community where you have the opportunity to fuel the creative journey
• A modern office environment designed to foster productivity, creativity, and teamwork
• An attractive and comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, life & disability coverage, and 401K + employer matching
• Voluntary benefits like company-paid identity theft protection and resources for pets, mental health and meditation resources, industry-leading fertility coverage, fully paid leave for childbirth or bonding, fully paid leave for caregivers, programs for loved ones with developmental disabilities and neurodiversity, subsidized back-up child and elder care, and reimbursement for adoption, surrogacy, tuition and student loans
• We invest in your professional growth & development
• Time off for a winter recess and Flexible Time Off