Michael Kanfer
Manager, Creative Music Strategy at Paramount Global
- Role
- Manager, Creative Music Strategy at Paramount
- Location
- Oceanside, NY, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Michael Kanfer
Strategic Music Operations professional with expertise in rights management, royalty…
Experience
Manager, Creative Music Strategy
Dec 2021 — Present · New York, NY, US
Oversee collection and analysis of royalty statements across publishing, library partnership, and soundtrack revenue streams, transforming complex data into forecasts that drive executive strategy.• Spearhead quality control for a high-volume pipeline of composer deliverables (metadata, contracts, audio files), enforcing strict technical and legal standards to ensure compliance before catalog integration.• Curate and maintain the definitive internal music catalog for all Paramount Global brands tracks), ensuring immediate access to accurate rights ownership data to capitalize on licensing opportunities and resolve legal matters efficiently.• Facilitate and streamline publishing and registration workflows for all originally composed music, coordinating with internal and external stakeholders to guarantee accurate copyright protection and secure revenue.• Design and implement a relational database for all library partnerships, housing critical contract data and automating expiration alerts to facilitate strategic decision-making, mitigate risk, and protect revenue streams.• Compile and analyze key performance metrics for quarterly, bi-annual, and annual executive reviews, highlighting business achievements, licensing wins, and earnings trends to inform company strategy.• Coordinate asset fulfillment for commercial music releases and soundtrack partnerships, consolidating label copy, audio files, and artwork for both internal DSP launches and external label partners to ensure timely and complete deliveries.• Engineer quarterly license-to-payment process for 50+ partners; drafting contracts, securing signatures and invoices, and handling discrepancies, while reducing processing time 80% with custom automated macros.
Education
SUNY Oneonta
Bachelor of Arts: Music Industry, Major in Music Industry - Minor in Audio Arts Production
2007 — 2011
Skills
- Songwriting
- Bass Guitar
- Musical Composition
- Music
- Piano
- Social Media
- Music Publishing
- Audacity
- Radio
- Microsoft Office
- Music Industry
- Pro Tools
- Logic Express
- Sibelius
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