Company: Essential Music Publishing Partner Location: Franklin, TN (Nashville area) Salary:Not provided in the listing Type: Full-time, Publishing Administration Role
What’s Attractive
In-depth involvement in music catalog administration—handling royalty accuracy and metadata management.
Excellent benefits: medical, dental, vision, life and disability insurance; 401(k) with matching; adoption, tuition, and loan reimbursements; mental health support; and subsidized caregiving resources.
Located in Franklin, TN, offering a vibrant music scene with proximity to Nashville’s industry hub—all within a charming, affordable community vibe.
Responsibilities
Manage metadata for Essential Music Publishing’s song catalog: ISRC codes, release details, artist info, and streaming platform data.
Prepare and review royalty statements and payments on a quarterly and semi-annual basis.
Track unpaid or misreported earnings and address discrepancies.
Use tools like Spotify Analytics to ensure data accuracy, and collaborate with cross-functional teams.
Requirements
At least one year of administrative experience, preferably in music or publishing.
Strong analytical, organizational, and communication skills—excellent for handling large data sets and process accuracy.
Would you take a detail-oriented music publishing role immersed in royalties and metadata—supported by strong benefits and located near Nashville’s creative core—or would you prefer an opportunity more focused on creative production or marketing in music?
I’d consider it if the pay lands at least mid-50s and they’re not making you live in spreadsheets all day — what’s their stack, Vistex/Counterpoint or homegrown? Franklin’s an easy ride, and the metadata/royalty mix is good résumé fuel. Anyone know the actual range for coordinators at Essential?
I’d need a salary range and clarity on tools (Excel pivots, Counterpoint/Maestro, DDEX/CWR) before considering it; similar royalty/metadata roles around Nashville seem to land mid-40s to low-60s. Franklin’s great, but if it’s in-office all week that commute adds up — anyone know if it’s hybrid?
Ask how they handle unmatched income and black box — at my last role (Counterpoint + DDEX CWR), that ate 40% of my week until we enforced IPI/ISWC at ingest. If they don’t auto-validate identifiers, expect lots of pivot tables and manual splits.
I’d ask if they’re on Counterpoint/Maestro and which CWR version they submit, and whether they enforce IPI + ISWC at ingest - when we added a quick Power Query check for missing identifiers, our unmatched items dropped about 30% in a quarter. Also confirm how they reconcile MLC vs PRO statements; ISRC mismatches were our sneaky culprit for underclaims on YouTube/MLC.