United Kingdom · Events Experiential Marketing · Entry Level (0-2 years)

Rights & Clearances Coordinator

Here is the whole job, in plain words. What it is, a real day, what you decide, how you're judged, how people get here and where they go next. Then the part no course gives you: twelve AI tutors who learn your work.

Experience bandEntry Level (0-2 years)
Direct reportsNo direct reports
Reports toRights Management Manager
UK framework levelUsually someone starting out, or keeping a process running

Also advertised as Junior Rights Management Assistant · Events Licensing Support · Content Rights Administrator

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1What this role really is

You'll be the person who makes sure we've got all our ducks in a row when it comes to using photos, videos, music, and even talent likenesses for our events. Think of it as being a detective for permissions, making sure we don't accidentally step on any legal toes. This role is all about the nitty-gritty details, getting things cleared, and keeping our records spotless. It's a crucial first step into the world of rights management for big, exciting events.

2What you'd actually use

The tools this job runs on, and how well you'd need to know each one.

Ironclad / ContractWorks (CLM)Intermediate

Navigating the system to find clauses, track contract statuses, and run standard reports. You'll be entering new contract data and updating existing records.

Bynder / Canto (DAM)Intermediate

Uploading, tagging, and categorising assets according to our pre-defined rights metadata schemas. You'll also fulfil routine asset requests for internal teams.

FADEL Rights Cloud (Rights Management Platform)Basic

Entering data and tracking clearances within the system. You'll pull basic reports on asset usage and expiration dates, under guidance.

Smartsheet / Asana (Project & Workflow Management)Intermediate

Managing your personal and team tasks, updating project timelines, and flagging dependencies for sponsorship deliverables. Keeping everything on track.

MS Teams / Slack (Collaboration & Documentation)Advanced

Using these for daily communication with colleagues and documenting clearance processes, creating FAQs, and sharing updates with creative teams.

Microsoft ExcelIntermediate

Using VLOOKUPs and PivotTables to track budgets, licensing costs, and prepare basic reports on royalty payments. Getting comfortable with data.

3What you get to decide, and how that grows

Power in a job isn't your title. It's what you're allowed to decide. Here's how it grows as you move up.

The choice	Coming in	Where you are now	The step above
Approving a standard asset use request	Escalate to Rights Management Manager for review and approval.	Can approve routine requests within defined parameters (e.g., stock photo for social media with clear licence terms). Escalate anything unusual.	Full authority to approve most asset use requests, including minor deviations from standard terms, consulting Legal on complex cases.
Negotiating licensing fees	No authority. Provide market research data to manager.	Can negotiate within pre-approved budget ranges (e.g., up to £500 for a stock music track).	Negotiates most licensing fees up to £5,000, with manager approval for larger sums or complex terms.
Selecting a new software tool for rights management	No authority. Provide feedback on current tools.	Research and propose potential tools to manager.	Lead the evaluation and recommendation of new tools, with budget approval from Director.

4How you'll be judged

The scoreboard, honestly: the hard targets, how often each one is actually looked at, and the quiet human signals that never make it onto a dashboard.

Clearance Request Turnaround Time

The average time it takes you to process a standard clearance request from start to finish.

Target · 95% of standard requests completed within 48 hours

If a social media team asks to use a stock photo on Monday morning, you'll have it cleared and confirmed by Wednesday morning, latest.

Data Entry Accuracy in CLM/DAM

The percentage of contract terms, usage rights, and asset metadata you enter into our systems that are free from errors.

Target · 99% accuracy rate across all entries

Out of 100 asset entries in Bynder, only one (or zero!) has an incorrect expiration date or usage territory listed. That's the standard.

Unauthorised Usage Incidents

The number of times an internal team uses an asset or piece of content without proper clearance, which you then identify and help rectify.

Target · Zero incidents directly attributable to your processed clearances

No instances where an asset you cleared (or should have cleared) was later found to be used outside its permitted 'term and territory'.

Licensing Cost Tracking Adherence

How accurately and promptly you log all licensing fees and costs associated with clearances into our financial tracking system.

Target · 100% of costs logged within 24 hours of approval

Every invoice for a music license or stock photo pack is correctly entered into Excel/Smartsheet with the right project code, ready for Finance.

Process Adherence & Documentation

How well you follow established clearance workflows and maintain clear, up-to-date documentation for all your tasks.

Your clearance requests consistently follow our internal checklist. Your Confluence notes are easy for anyone to understand. You're not cutting corners, even when things are hectic. Honestly, we'll know if your files are a mess or a masterpiece.

Internal Client Support & Education

Your ability to help internal teams understand rights restrictions and guide them towards compliant solutions, rather than just saying 'no'.

Creative teams come to you with questions *before* they've gone too far down the wrong path. They'll tell your manager that you're helpful and explain things clearly, not just in legal jargon. You're seen as a helper, not a hurdle.

Proactive Issue Identification

Your knack for spotting potential rights issues early on, even if they're not directly in your queue, and bringing them to your manager's attention.

You flag a potential 'ambush marketing' risk you noticed on social media. You point out a discrepancy in an old contract that might affect a new campaign. It's about having a keen eye and not just waiting to be told what to do.

5Would you like it

The honest version. What people enjoy, and what grinds them down.

What people enjoy

Protecting the Organisation

You'll feel a real sense of satisfaction knowing that your meticulous work is preventing legal issues and safeguarding the company's reputation and finances. It's about being the quiet hero behind the scenes.

Spotting an expired licence for a key piece of event footage just before it goes live, saving us a potential £50,000 fine.

Order and Structure

You'll genuinely enjoy building and maintaining organised systems, ensuring every piece of information is where it should be and every process is followed. Messy data gives you anxiety.

Spending an afternoon perfectly organising a new batch of talent agreements in the CLM, knowing it will make future searches much easier.

Learning the Legal Landscape

You'll be keen to understand the intricacies of copyright, trademark, and talent agreements, always looking to deepen your knowledge of how rights work in the real world.

Reading up on a new music licensing rule in your spare time or asking the Legal team detailed questions about a specific clause.

What frustrates people

The 'Forgiveness, Not Permission' Culture: Discovering a regional marketing team has been using an unlicensed photo for six months, forcing you into a painful and expensive retroactive licensing negotiation.
Chasing Approvals: Spending 50% of your time hounding stakeholders across legal, finance, and marketing for sign-offs on contracts and assets, while deadlines loom.
Last-Minute Chaos: The brand team deciding to change the campaign's key musical track 72 hours before launch, triggering a frantic, weekend-long scramble to clear a new set of sync and master rights.
Asset Anarchy: Receiving a hard drive with 10,000 unlabelled photos and videos from an event and being expected to know the usage rights for every single file.

What this role does not give you

High-level strategic decision-making (not yet, anyway).
Frequent external client-facing work (mostly internal support).
A 'free-for-all' creative environment without strict rules.
A role where you're constantly 'the popular one' (sometimes you'll be the bearer of bad news).

6Who you work with

This role directly protects the company from legal exposure and financial penalties related to intellectual property infringement. Your diligent work ensures our marketing campaigns, event broadcasts, and digital content are fully compliant, safeguarding our reputation and allowing our creative teams to operate freely, knowing their assets are cleared. Frankly, without you, we'd be in a constant state of panic about what we can and can't use.

Inside the business

Marketing Team (Brand, Social Media, Content)
Creative Team (Designers, Video Editors)
Legal Department (for advice and sign-off)
Event Production Teams
Finance (for tracking licensing costs)

Outside the business

Licensing Agencies (music, stock imagery)
Talent Agents and Managers
Copyright Holders (artists, photographers)
Publishers and Record Labels

7What you need before you start

Not a wish list. The things you would be expected to already have.

At least 6-12 months of experience in an administrative, coordination, or support role within a fast-paced environment (events, marketing, media, or legal preferred).
Demonstrable experience with data entry and maintaining organised records, preferably in a digital system.
A genuine interest in intellectual property, media rights, or the legal aspects of creative content.
Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite (especially Excel and Outlook) and a willingness to quickly pick up new software.
The ability to work independently on assigned tasks, but also know when to ask for help or escalate an issue.

8What to practise next

Where the job is going, and what to do about it starting this week.

Advanced CLM Workflow Understanding

As our CLM systems become more sophisticated, understanding the underlying workflows and how different clauses trigger specific actions will be crucial. You'll move beyond just data entry to understanding the 'why' behind the system's logic.

Understanding approval hierarchies within the CLM. · Learning how automated alerts are triggered by con · Recognising the impact of data entry on reporting · Basic troubleshooting of common CLM user issues. · Identifying opportunities for workflow optimisatio

This quarter: Ask your manager to walk you through the CLM's backend workflow for one specific contract type.
Next quarter: Take on the task of auditing a section of our CLM data for consistency and accuracy.
Month 6: Propose one small improvement to a CLM workflow that could save the team time.
Month 9: Shadow a more senior team member as they configure a new clause library in the CLM.

Quick win: Volunteer to be the team's go-to person for basic CLM questions. You'll learn a lot by helping others.

9Staying current once you are in

What people here do to keep up

Attend industry webinars or workshops on copyright, music licensing, or digital asset management. Many are free!
Read up on industry news and legal updates related to events and media rights. Staying informed is key.
Take online courses on platforms like Coursera or LinkedIn Learning covering legal basics, contract management, or project organisation.
Join relevant professional groups on LinkedIn to see what others in the field are discussing and learning.

10How the AI economy is changing work like this

Before we ask anything of you, here's what we can already say about AI and work of this kind:

The new skill this role is being asked for: Basic Prompt Engineering for Legal Summaries

AI tools are getting better at summarising complex documents. Being able to ask an AI the right questions to get a concise, accurate summary of a contract will save you hours, allowing you to quickly brief creative teams without getting bogged down in legal jargon.

We'll only ever tell you what we can actually back up. No hype, no scare tactics.

The rising capability

Zavmo analysis

What's rising in its place

This is where the work is heading, and the higher pay with it. Get fluent here and the shift stops being a threat and starts being your edge.

Basic Prompt Engineering for Legal Summaries

AI tools are getting better at summarising complex documents. Being able to ask an AI the right questions to get a concise, accurate summary of a contract will save you hours, allowing you to quickly brief creative teams without getting bogged down in legal jargon.

Understanding how to phrase clear, unambiguous pro
Knowing how to specify desired output formats (e.g
Learning to validate AI-generated summaries agains
Recognising the limitations and potential 'halluci
Using AI for initial drafts of internal communicat

What you’ll use

Skills this role draws on

Technical

Intellectual Property (IP) Frameworks (Basic)
Music Licensing & Clearance (Basic)
Sponsorship Fulfilment Basics
Risk Mitigation & Compliance Auditing (Support)

The pathway

How you actually get there, here

How you become one varies far more by country than what one does. This is the UK route. Most people take one of these ways in; the right one depends on where you're starting from.

1
Administrative Assistant / Office Coordinator
1-2 years
Skills to master
- Organisational skills, attention to detail, managing multiple priorities, basic data entry, communication.
You're ready to move on when
- You're the go-to person for keeping things organised and on schedule.
- You've shown initiative in improving administrative processes.
- You can handle sensitive information with discretion.
2
Marketing Assistant / Social Media Coordinator
1-2 years
Skills to master
- Understanding of creative content usage, digital asset management, awareness of brand guidelines, communication with creative teams.
You're ready to move on when
- You've worked with various types of content (images, video, text).
- You understand the importance of brand consistency and legal compliance in marketing.
- You've had some exposure to content licensing or usage rights.
3
Paralegal / Legal Assistant (Entry Level)
0-1 year
Skills to master
- Legal research, contract review basics, understanding of legal terminology, meticulous documentation, confidentiality.
You're ready to move on when
- You're comfortable reading and understanding legal documents.
- You have a strong grasp of legal processes and compliance.
- You're excellent at identifying critical information in dense text.

11Where this role leads

The long view:Your journey in rights management starts here, and honestly, the sky's the limit. We're committed to helping you grow, whether that's becoming a deep subject matter expert or moving into leadership. It's an exciting, constantly evolving field, and we want you to be a part of shaping its future with us.

Pay & demand

Pay and demand for this role will appear here, each figure traced to a named authoritative source (e.g. the ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, under the Open Government Licence). We don’t show numbers we can’t attribute.

The ten Future Fluencies

Zavmo analysis

The credential is what you can do today. These are what keep you valuable.

A qualification proves you can do the job as it's defined today. These ten are what decide whether you're still the obvious person for it in five years. They're the capabilities employers are now writing into senior roles faster than people are learning them. Zavmo weaves them through whatever you study, so you come out with both: the credential and the fluency.

The highlighted ones are the Fluencies your role leans on hardest, from how Rights & Clearances Coordinator is actually changing. In about two minutes, the free confidence check asks where you stand on each of the ten. That's the whole check, and it's what makes the plan yours rather than generic.

12The team that's yours

No two people are taught the same way. This is one-to-one, not one-to-many.

Zavmo is a hyper-personalised AI learning platform. Twelve virtual tutors, each with a different way of teaching, and one orchestration agent that picks the right one for the moment. So every single lesson is shaped around you, your role, and the way you learn. Not a course everyone sits through. A conversation built for you, and no one else.

…and nine more, matched to you after your first chat. Meet all twelve

Start free and meet yours

13What it feels like

A conversation, not a course

Because your tutor knows your role, your projects and your last session, learning sounds like this. And it's different for every single person:

Identifying and Negotiating Copyright Issues for a Broadcast ProductionLevel 3

Applied to your work in Rights & Clearances Coordinator

The objective of this unit is to enable learners to identify and resolve copyright issues in broadcast productions. Learners will understand copyright law, fair use, and licensing agreements, and will be able to negotiate permissions and agreements to ensure compliance.

How the thinking builds

Remember
Understand
Apply
Analyse
Evaluate
Create

An illustration of a Zavmo lesson, built from this role’s own route. The unit, its objective and every criterion above are the awarding body’s own words, not an example.

One to one, not one to many

No two people run this the same way

A course is written once and handed to everyone. This is assembled around you, and keeps changing as it learns you. Five things it reads, and what each one changes.

Your actual work Every lesson is taught against a live piece of your own work, not a worked example from a textbook.
What you already know The first conversation finds your starting point, so you skip what you can already do and spend the time on what you cannot.
The conditions you learn under Not a learning-styles quiz. The evidence does not support those. The dimensions the research does back, read once and used to shape the plan.
How far you got last time It picks up mid-thought. The tutor knows what you said, what you struggled with, and what it asked you to try.
Which tutor suits the moment Twelve of them, each for a different kind of thinking. The one who walks you through a first idea is not the one who stress-tests it.

See how you learn, free. Eight questions, no sign-up. A directional taster; the diagnostic inside Zavmo goes deeper and keeps adapting.

DemonstrateIllustration

Evidenced on your work in Rights & Clearances Coordinator

You do not finish by watching something. You finish by showing it on the work you already do, against the measures this job is judged on.

Clearance Request Turnaround TimeThe average time it takes you to process a standard clearance request from start to finish.If a social media team asks to use a stock photo on Monday morning, you'll have it cleared and confirmed by Wednesday morning, latest.95% of standard requests completed within 48 hours
Data Entry Accuracy in CLM/DAMThe percentage of contract terms, usage rights, and asset metadata you enter into our systems that are free from errors.Out of 100 asset entries in Bynder, only one (or zero!) has an incorrect expiration date or usage territory listed. That's the standard.99% accuracy rate across all entries
Unauthorised Usage IncidentsThe number of times an internal team uses an asset or piece of content without proper clearance, which you then identify and help rectify.No instances where an asset you cleared (or should have cleared) was later found to be used outside its permitted 'term and territory'.Zero incidents directly attributable to your processed clearances
Licensing Cost Tracking AdherenceHow accurately and promptly you log all licensing fees and costs associated with clearances into our financial tracking system.Every invoice for a music license or stock photo pack is correctly entered into Excel/Smartsheet with the right project code, ready for Finance.100% of costs logged within 24 hours of approval

These are this job's own measures, with its own targets. Nothing is marked evidenced, because nobody has started this yet. Yours would fill in from the work you bring.

Your passport

This isn't a certificate you file away. It's a passport to the life you're designing.

Every credit you earn and every fluency you build adds up: evidence where it counts, carried with you. Zavmo keeps the map: where you are, where you're heading, and the next step, at your pace, around your life. From Rights & Clearances Coordinator to Rights Management Specialist (Level 2), and whatever you decide comes after.

Level 2 · in progressAI Fluency→ Rights Management Specialist (Level 2)→ your design

Where this takes you

Your journey in rights management starts here, and honestly, the sky's the limit. We're committed to helping you grow, whether that's becoming a deep subject matter expert or moving into leadership. It's an exciting, constantly evolving field, and we want you to be a part of shaping its future with us.

See Your Progress GrowIllustration

Rights & Clearances Coordinator

Intellectual Property (IP) Frameworks (Basic)
Music Licensing & Clearance (Basic)
Sponsorship Fulfilment Basics
Risk Mitigation & Compliance Auditing (Support)

This is your Mind Palace on learn.zavmo.ai. Every skill above comes from this role's own record, not an example borrowed from another job. A node lights up when you evidence it, and what you build stays yours between jobs. That is the part a course cannot do.

14The detail, folded away

Everything else the record holds

The career branches in full, how AI is already showing up in the day-to-day, and the questions people ask about this job. Here when you want them, out of the way while you decide.

Where it leads next, rung by rung

Where it leads

The career path, and where it branches

Rights & Clearances Coordinator is a start, not a ceiling. Each step below asks for new skills and hands back more autonomy.

Rights Management Specialist (Level 2)
2-3 years in current role
You'll move from supporting tasks to owning entire processes. You'll manage clearances for specific categories (like music or stock imagery) from start to finish, and start drafting standard agreements from templates with less supervision.
- Advanced understanding of specific IP categories (e.g., deeper dive into music rights, talent agreements).
- Ability to adapt standard approaches to slightly varied clearance scenarios.
- More in-depth use of CLM/DAM features for reporting and workflow management.

Working with AI on the job

Working with AI

Where AI is starting to help

Let's be real, rights management can be a bit of a slog with all the detail and repetitive tasks. But what if you could cut down on that busywork and focus on the really interesting stuff? Our team is leaning into AI to do just that, and you'll be right there with us.

We're not talking about robots taking over your job; we're talking about smart tools that help you get through the grunt work faster. Imagine AI taking care of the tedious parts of contract review or helping you spot potential compliance issues before they become a problem. It's about making your life easier and your work more impactful.

Contract Term Extraction

Use an AI-powered contract analysis tool to automatically scan new sponsorship and talent agreements. It'll instantly identify and pull out key clauses like 'Term', 'Territory', 'Exclusivity', and 'Deliverables', populating them straight into our CLM. No more endless scrolling and manual data entry for the basics.

Compliance Monitoring & Risk Analysis

Imagine deploying AI image and audio recognition tools to scan social media, broadcast streams, and partner websites. It'll flag any unauthorised use of our event logos, footage, or music in real-time, giving you a heads-up on potential infringements before they escalate. It's like having an extra pair of eyes, constantly watching.

Precedent & Fee Research

Leverage an AI assistant to rapidly research industry standards for licensing fees, union scale rates, or legal precedents for specific contract language. This means you'll spend less time digging through archives and more time getting the information you need to support negotiations. It’s like having a super-fast legal intern.

Stakeholder Communication & Summaries

Use AI to generate concise, plain-language summaries of complex legal agreements for non-legal stakeholders (e.g., 'Here are the 5 things the creative team needs to know about this talent contract'). It can also draft initial responses to common internal clearance queries, saving you time on routine emails. Think of it as your personal jargon translator.

Common questions

How do you become a Rights & Clearances Coordinator?

Common routes in include Administrative Assistant / Office Coordinator (1-2 years), Marketing Assistant / Social Media Coordinator (1-2 years) and Paralegal / Legal Assistant (Entry Level) (0-1 year). Times vary with prior experience.

Where can a Rights & Clearances Coordinator progress to?

This role can lead on to Rights Management Specialist (Level 2) (2-3 years in current role), depending on the skills you build.

What level is a Rights & Clearances Coordinator in the UK?

This role aligns to RQF Level 2 on the UK framework, a guide to the depth of qualification it maps to, not a hard entry bar.

What new skills matter most for a Rights & Clearances Coordinator?

Increasingly, Basic Prompt Engineering for Legal Summaries. These are the areas where the higher-paid, future-proof work is heading.

The honest bit

You’ve started things before

Most of them were built for a room full of people who aren’t you. A cohort moves on whether or not your week allowed it, and by the third week the thing you’re behind on becomes the reason you stop opening it.

There’s no cohort here, and no timetable to fall behind. Before anything starts, Zavmo asks when you’re sharpest and how long you can realistically sit down for, then builds the sessions around those answers. A bad fortnight changes your pace. It doesn’t put you behind.

And you only pay once you start learning. Searching and planning are free, and you can cancel any time — so the cost of finding out is an afternoon, not a year.

What it costs

Less than one coaching session. Every month.

A single career-coaching hour costs more than a month of this, and it ends when the hour does. Zavmo doesn't. It's £70 a month, about £2.30 a day, for a companion that knows a Rights & Clearances Coordinator, works on the job you actually do, and keeps going at your pace rather than a timetable's.

Searching and planning stay free. You only pay when you start learning.
Your credits are yours. Regulated, and they don't vanish when a subscription ends.
Cancel any time and billing stops. No notice period, no minimum term.

Your path, personalised

You have the map. Walking it is the part we do together.

This route runs to 10 national skill standards. That is a real journey.

Zavmo shapes a learning experience as unique as you are. It fits how you learn, your pace and the work you already do. Every step stays benchmarked to recognised national standards. That’s the plan for becoming a Rights & Clearances Coordinator: personal to you, and it still counts. The first steps are free.

Independent research finds well-designed intelligent tutoring performs nearly as well as one-to-one human tutoring: VanLehn (2011), Educational Psychologist.

A private tutor in the UK averages £35–40 an hour . Zavmo is £70/month.

A Zavmo curriculum screen: a three-month plan of nine units, ninety credits, each one an Ofqual-regulated unit the learner can tick or untick before starting. — A real plan on learn.zavmo.ai: Ofqual-regulated units, credits, and a three-month run at your own pace.

Start free No commitment. See your first steps free.

15Where to go from here

Other roles at Level 2

Same depth of qualification, different job. Useful if the work appeals but this particular role does not.

Other roles in Events Experiential Marketing

Stay in the field you know and move sideways rather than up.

If you leave this industry

The skills you'll gain here are highly transferable. You could move into broader Business Affairs roles in media companies, film/TV production, music labels, publishing houses, or even large advertising agencies. Anywhere content is created and used, there's a need for rights management expertise.

Not sure this is the right direction?

Work out what you actually want from work first, then come back and see which roles fit it. Takes about ten minutes.

You're not behind. You're right on time. The shift is only just beginning. Your role won't look the same in two years. Be the one who leads the change, not the one it happens to. Build my plan, free Here's the first ten minutes: a 2-minute confidence check → your personalised roadmap → meet the tutors matched to you. No card, cancel any time. No card. Build your plan, see your roadmap and meet the twelve tutors matched to you. All free. When you're ready to start learning, it's £70 a month, billed monthly. Cancel any time and billing stops.

Rights & Clearances Coordinator

What's rising in its place

Basic Prompt Engineering for Legal Summaries

Skills this role draws on

Technical

How you actually get there, here

Administrative Assistant / Office Coordinator

Marketing Assistant / Social Media Coordinator

Paralegal / Legal Assistant (Entry Level)

The credential is what you can do today. These are what keep you valuable.

Roles this leads to

No two people are taught the same way. This is one-to-one, not one-to-many.

A conversation, not a course

No two people run this the same way

This isn't a certificate you file away. It's a passport to the life you're designing.

Everything else the record holds

The career path, and where it branches

Rights Management Specialist (Level 2)

Where AI is starting to help

Contract Term Extraction

Compliance Monitoring & Risk Analysis

Precedent & Fee Research

Stakeholder Communication & Summaries

Common questions

You’ve started things before

Less than one coaching session. Every month.

You have the map. Walking it is the part we do together.