ByteDance

2 days ago

Music Counsel, EMEA

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Job Summary

Draft, review, and negotiate digital music licensing and related rights agreements for ByteDance’s UK & EU music business. Support licensing strategy across TikTok, CapCut, and SoundOn by handling full-catalogue/blanket licenses, artist and services agreements, and cross-functional legal guidance. Clear rights for marketing, promotion, streaming, and synchronization/artist performance arrangements while partnering with multiple product and business teams across jurisdictions.

Location: London

Workplace: Onsite

Employment Type: Full time

Job Function: Legal, Risk & Compliance

Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

•Draft and negotiate blanket/full-catalogue licence agreements with record labels, aggregators, music publishers, and collecting societies in the UK & EU.
•Draft and negotiate license agreements and provide guidance for independent artists, distribution partnerships, and artist/record label services agreements for SoundOn.
•Provide cross-functional legal guidance on music rights implications for new product/service initiatives and commercial partnerships.
•Work with product and business teams to clear rights for marketing, promotion, streaming events, including synchronization agreements and artist performance agreements.

Key Requirements

•Qualified lawyer in the UK or an EU jurisdiction.
•Significant experience drafting, reviewing, and negotiating music rights and talent/artist agreements, including digital music licensing for or with digital service providers and rightsholders.
•Experience from a leading law firm, music rightsholder, UGC platform, digital platform, media company, or music service.
•Strong analytical, communication, drafting, and negotiation skills to assess and communicate legal and business risks and trade-offs.
•Ability to manage multiple matters, prioritize, and work independently and cross-functionally in a fast-paced environment.

Experience:Digital musicMediaTechnology platformsUGC

Education:Certification / Diploma

Skills:AnalyticalCommunicationDraftingNegotiationRisk assessmentStrategic problem-solving

Company Brief

ByteDance

Develops consumer internet and content platforms, including TikTok and other apps for short-form video, news, and entertainment. It also builds advertising, commerce, and creator tools that connect audiences, brands, and publishers across global markets.

Industry: Digital Media

Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)

Revenue: USD 1B+

Growth: Established Company

Headquarters: Beijing, China

Founded: 2012

Website LinkedIn

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ByteDance

2 days ago

Music Counsel, EMEA

✓ Verified Job

Canonical indexed version, validated from employer's careers page.

Source: Company careers pageValidated by: Fursa AI

Last checked: 39 minutes agoStatus: Live

Job Summary

Location: London

Workplace: Onsite

Employment Type: Full time

Job Function: Legal, Risk & Compliance

Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

•Draft and negotiate blanket/full-catalogue licence agreements with record labels, aggregators, music publishers, and collecting societies in the UK & EU.
•Draft and negotiate license agreements and provide guidance for independent artists, distribution partnerships, and artist/record label services agreements for SoundOn.
•Provide cross-functional legal guidance on music rights implications for new product/service initiatives and commercial partnerships.
•Work with product and business teams to clear rights for marketing, promotion, streaming events, including synchronization agreements and artist performance agreements.

Key Requirements

•Qualified lawyer in the UK or an EU jurisdiction.
•Significant experience drafting, reviewing, and negotiating music rights and talent/artist agreements, including digital music licensing for or with digital service providers and rightsholders.
•Experience from a leading law firm, music rightsholder, UGC platform, digital platform, media company, or music service.
•Strong analytical, communication, drafting, and negotiation skills to assess and communicate legal and business risks and trade-offs.
•Ability to manage multiple matters, prioritize, and work independently and cross-functionally in a fast-paced environment.

Experience:Digital musicMediaTechnology platformsUGC

Education:Certification / Diploma

Skills:AnalyticalCommunicationDraftingNegotiationRisk assessmentStrategic problem-solving

Company Brief

ByteDance

Industry: Digital Media

Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)

Revenue: USD 1B+

Growth: Established Company

Headquarters: Beijing, China

Founded: 2012

Website LinkedIn