Temp Contract Administrator / in Santa Monica, California
JOB REFERENCE NUMBER: 2423
POSTED ON Feb 25, 2026 — Legal Services BY POCKETBOOK AGENCY
We are seeking a temporary Contract Administrator to support the Group Legal team of a well-known global entertainment company in Santa Monica, CA. This position requires independent analysis of complex legal documents and the ability to accurately represent detailed rights information in multiple digital databases.
The ideal candidate will possess a thorough knowledge of the Company’s catalog and label structure, have a deep understanding of legal documents, as well as organizational, problem solving, leadership, and creative skills. Attention to detail is an absolute necessity.
Looking to hire ASAP.
Responsibilities:
Schedule: Monday-Friday onsite
Hourly Rate: $23-27/hour
The ideal candidate will possess a thorough knowledge of the Company’s catalog and label structure, have a deep understanding of legal documents, as well as organizational, problem solving, leadership, and creative skills. Attention to detail is an absolute necessity.
Looking to hire ASAP.
Responsibilities:
- Analyze complex legal agreements (old and new) and enter critical rights data into various rights management applications so that this information can be applied to repertoire and made available to the rest of the organization. This includes capturing overall rights as well as restrictions (e.g. coupling, synch, side artist, etc.).
- Create written summaries of Artist contracts (sometimes multiple contracts, spanning the course of decades).
- Liaise with various internal departments including Business Affairs, Finance and Program Developers/Support Teams, as well as external partners, to accurately interpret and summarize contracts to verify legal rights to repertoire.
- Deep research into specific artists required (online, contractual, databases, etc.).
- Link agreements to all relevant repertoire and maintain repertoire-level rights exceptions. This includes clean-up projects and updates as deals change (e.g. accurately moving repertoire from one deal to another while ensuring there’s no negative impact on the digital supply chain).
- Maintain high-level tracking reports of progress.
- Raise issues with support teams and other system teams as appropriate.
- Maintain and organize files and all relevant correspondence as part of work product.
- Work with a variety of data sources, extracting knowledge and actionable information from large datasets.
- 2-3 years of prior contract administration experience required
- College degree required
- Music industry experience (highly preferred)
- Familiarity with music industry agreements, including recording, distribution, label ventures, film & TV, etc.
- Ability to pick up knowledge of new systems, processes and tasks quickly
- Ability to stay on task and complete projects without direct supervision (once fully trained)
- Passionate and knowledgeable about music – genres, eras etc. preferred
- Proficient technical skills (experience and comfortability using web-based applications, Microsoft Outlook, Excel, & Windows)
- Excellent organizational, detail-orientation, time management and coordination skills
- Task-oriented and organized, with ability to stay on top of multiple initiatives at one time
Schedule: Monday-Friday onsite
Hourly Rate: $23-27/hour