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Rights and Licensing Manager | Intellectual Property Coordinator
The Journey to the C-suite
Abu Dhabi, UAE
Full-time
Mid-Senior
Onsite
Discovered 2 weeks ago
Intellectual property rights managementLicensing administrationCopyright principles and permissionsContract review and administrationRoyalty reporting and reconciliationMicrosoft Excel
Role Overview
Manages intellectual property rights, licensing agreements, permissions, and rights-related operations to protect assets and support commercial opportunities.
Coordinates licensing strategy, contract administration, copyright compliance, rights clearance, documentation, and stakeholder relationships.
Key Skills for This Role
Intellectual property rights managementLicensing administrationCopyright principles and permissionsContract review and administrationRoyalty reporting and reconciliationMicrosoft Excel
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Role overview
Manages intellectual property rights, licensing agreements, permissions, and rights-related operations to protect assets and support commercial opportunities.
Coordinates licensing strategy, contract administration, copyright compliance, rights clearance, documentation, and stakeholder relationships.
Key responsibilities
- Develop rights procedures, policies, and documentation standards; evaluate licensing opportunities and their commercial and operational implications.
- Coordinate licensing agreements from preparation and review through negotiation, execution, renewal, and termination with legal counsel.
- Maintain rights and contract records; clear copyright permissions and verify ownership, authority, usage restrictions, and territorial limitations.
- Track license periods, deadlines, exclusivity, royalties, renewals, sublicensing, usage extensions, and contractual expirations.
- Coordinate royalty statements, fees, reconciliation, invoices, payment schedules, and revenue reporting with finance teams.
- Review proposed activities for rights risks; support intellectual property searches, registration administration, and renewal tracking.
- Work with legal teams on protection, infringement assessments, disputes, enforcement, takedowns, and suspected unauthorized use.
- Advise departments on permissions, licensing, attribution, and permitted uses; create internal guidance and training.
- Collaborate with editorial, marketing, production, product, digital media, and commercial teams to secure usage rights.
- Prepare licensing reports, contract summaries, rights updates, royalty forecasts, and management presentations; recommend workflow and system improvements.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in intellectual property management, law, business administration, publishing, media management, or a related discipline.
- Relevant experience in rights management, licensing administration, intellectual property coordination, or contract management.
- Strong understanding of copyright, licensing, intellectual property ownership, and usage permissions.
- Familiarity with territorial rights, exclusivity, sublicensing, renewals, and royalty structures.
- Ability to review contracts and identify commercial terms, deadlines, obligations, and concerns.
- Strong organization, attention to detail, communication, negotiation, relationship management, analytical, and research skills.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office, particularly Excel and Word, and document management tools.
- Understanding of royalty reporting, licensing revenue, payment reconciliation, and contractual financial obligations.
- Familiarity with contract lifecycle, licensing, or intellectual property management systems is advantageous.
- Industry experience, digital content distribution knowledge, registration experience, and relevant certifications or legal training are listed as advantages or preferred qualifications.
What the employer offers
- Competitive salary and comprehensive employee benefits.
- Professional development and collaboration opportunities involving licensing, legal professionals, content creators, and commercial partners.
- Training, industry resources, and opportunities to improve rights management processes and develop professionally.
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