VP, Music Business & Legal Affairs

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TerraScale

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11 - 50 employees

Founded 2016

📱 Media

🤝 B2B

🤖 Artificial Intelligence

Media • B2B • Artificial Intelligence

TerraScale is an Innovation Lab within GoDigital Media Group that applies engineering, research and core technologies to develop and operate media-focused platforms and tooling. The team builds and supports solutions including advanced audio fingerprinting Content ID services, metadata optimization for music rights, video post‑processing and digital supply‑chain tools, big data analytics and ad tech integrations to increase revenue and reduce operational costs for media companies and studios.

📋 Description

• Serve as the primary in-house legal voice for GoDigital Music across all four business divisions: recording, publishing, distribution, and catalog • Draft and negotiate complex agreements involving revenue-sharing arrangements, minimum guarantees, advances, recoupment mechanics, and royalty structures within music distribution and rights-based transactions • Lead due diligence efforts related to music catalog acquisitions and rights-based transactions, including analysis of revenue streams, contractual obligations, and asset performance • Work closely with finance and executive leadership to assess deal structures, evaluate risk, and ensure alignment between legal frameworks and business objectives • Develop and implement strategies that protect and maximize the commercial value of GoDigital Music's intellectual property assets • Establish scalable legal frameworks that support transaction execution and financial risk mitigation across all business operations • Advise on compliance with applicable data protection and privacy regulations • Collaborate with external legal counsel on litigation strategy, document review, and dispute resolution • Maintain awareness of evolving practices in music rights, digital distribution, and deal structuring

🎯 Requirements

• Juris Doctor (JD) degree from an accredited US law school • Active Bar admission in the relevant jurisdiction • Minimum 10 years of experience in the music industry with direct involvement in music distribution, recording agreements, publishing deals, and catalog acquisitions • Demonstrated experience leading complex transactions involving music rights, catalog acquisitions, or structured commercial deals, from deal structuring through closing • Deep understanding of deal economics including advance structures, recoupment mechanics, minimum guarantees, revenue-sharing arrangements, and financial covenants relevant to music distribution and catalog transactions • Ability to work alongside finance leadership on deal profitability assessment and risk management • Experience operating as a primary in-house legal resource or General Counsel with limited support staff, exercising independent judgment across a broad range of legal matters • Excellent drafting, negotiation, and communication skills • Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities with attention to detail

🏖️ Benefits

• Unlimited paid time off • Ability to work 100% remotely • Health insurance • Dental insurance • Tax deferred retirement plans • Access to experts in preventative care • Access to GDMG University • Company events/excursions