International Repertoire Coordinator Repertoire Permanent, Full Time (Hybrid working role, between remote and office based - 3 days minimum in the London office) About the team PPL’s Repertoire team are experts when it comes to music data. Through managing the PPL Repertoire Database, they provide services and analysis on data submitted by PPL Members and Licensees to ensure that requirements set out in the PPL Data Policy are met. Their work ensures that we can maximise revenue generation and pay-through. The Repertoire team also works to resolve key data gaps at source wherever possible, as well as promoting industry standards and working on international projects to improve music data quality. What you’ll be doing: Your team is part of the Repertoire department, whose primary objective is to ensure the timely receipt, processing and improvement of data concerning airplay/music usage, sound recordings, performer line-up information and rightsholder data. Growing PPL’s international collections continues to be a key strategic aim and the work your teams do contribute significantly to this – from ensuring PPL has the correct performer line-up data to ensuring PPL is using international airplay data to identify as many recordings being used in other countries as possible. Your team are responsible for delivering performer and rightsholder claims to other CMOs, as well as processing other CMO statements in order to distribute money back to PPL members. Key Responsibilities: Manual data entry work within VRDB or PPL systems as directed by line manager, to agreed processes and policies Working under the direction of the Claims Out and Statements Lead to transform incoming music use datasets into standardised and workable formats Manipulate large and complex music use data sets in an efficient manner Support the automated matching of incoming Product, Recording, Label, Artist, Performer and Payment data to corresponding PPL datasets Running utilities and tools in order to coordinate activities such as matching reported music usage to recordings on PPL’s Repertoire Database manipulation of data using advanced Excel skills (e.g. lookups, filtering) Extracting mandates data from Salesforce Use of Access databases What you’ll need: Experience of working in a complex, high volume, data analysis and reporting environment. A high level of computer literacy. Advanced Excel skills. Attention to detail is important, a good eye for spotting anomalies and patterns in data Excellent written and verbal communication skills. The ability to communicate complex information in a concise and simplified manner Always ensures accuracy Please see the Job Description for full info What we can offer you… When you come on board at PPL you can expect to be rewarded for your hard work. Employees are entitled to a wide range of benefits which support their needs and lifestyles including private medical care, cycle to work scheme, flexible working hours, £120 annually to be spent on music and many more! PPL is currently offering hybrid flexible working which will be a mixture of office based and home working along with our flexible start and finish times, should employees wish to utilise this. This could be subject to change. Next Steps If this sounds like you, then we’d love to hear from you! Equity, Diversity and inclusivity at PPL PPL are committed to equity of opportunity, diversity and inclusivity; therefore, we welcome and encourage applicants from all sections of the community. Here at PPL we are proud to operate in a genuine, open and straightforward way while continuing to maximise all opportunities as they arise striving to represent PPL’s members. Our job is to protect our members’ rights, and make sure their talent and investment is rewarded fairly. We take an entrepreneurial approach, working together to create new ways to deliver better service and solve business challenges. Collaboration creates great things; everyone’s talent deserves recognition and each of our members is important to us. We are the professional face for our clients. We serve with a smile and go the extra mile when representing them. We share a passion for music – that’s why we do what we do. Established in 1934, PPL exists to help ensure that those who invest their time, talent and money to make recorded music are fairly paid for their work. By licensing businesses and broadcasters all across the UK, and collecting royalties arising from the use of recorded music overseas, we do the heavy lifting for our members. Doing that heavy lifting are over 200 employees with a shared passion for music, who work hard behind the lights and sounds of the music industry on behalf of the many thousands of performers and record companies PPL represents.