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<p><strong>DIRECTOR, RIGHTS &amp; CLEARANCES</strong></p>
<p><strong>About VICE</strong></p>
<p>An international media company that captures people at the heart of stories, and focuses on the ideas, issues, and context that other outlets miss. Launched in 1994, VICE operates in 35 cities across the globe, making 1500 pieces of content every day with a focus on five lines of business: VICE Digital, an award-winning international network of digital content; VICE STUDIOS, a feature film and television production studio; VICELAND, an Emmy-winning international television network; a Peabody award-winning NEWS division; and VIRTUE, a global, full-service creative agency with 21 offices around the world.</p>
<p><strong>VICE x Team</strong></p>
<p>The Rights &amp; Clearance department provides archival and compliance solutions across all Vice properties.</p>
<p>We are a highly collaborative group that attains strong client satisfaction through quick turnaround and firm decision-making.</p>
<p><strong>Role x You</strong></p>
<p>You are a highly motivated, self-starter who will provide rights and clearances services, including day-to-day oversight of your department and for the company.  </p>
<p>You have a practical and solution-oriented approach to rights management professional, capable of collaborating cross-functionally and with a team, facing a high volume of work and competing priorities among key stakeholders to ensure content distribution, acquisition and production agreements are compliant.</p>
<p>You are a team player who enjoys the challenge of finding solutions to complex rights and clearance issues and providing guidance for various departments. </p>
<p><strong>Qualifications</strong></p>
<p><strong>You have these:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>7+ years of experience in Licensing, Rights &amp; Clearances, or similar</li>
<li>Prior experience managing a team of rights and clearance professionals</li>
<li>Ability to effectively build strong internal client relationships at all levels of the business and generate strong client satisfaction through quick turnaround and firm decision-making</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>We’d love if you also had these:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Experience with rights management systems, digital asset management systems, or other archive/library tools</li>
<li>Ability to answer high-volume content distribution requests, provide on-going training of clearance standards/workflow protocols for video production teams and ensure data integrity as it relates to rights information &amp; supplemental video metadata on a global basis</li>
<li>Managing an international team</li>
<li>A comprehensive understanding of contractual licensing arrangements, especially as it relates to supporting revenue growth</li>
</ul>
<p>We want to find people who believe in our goals and feel inspired enough to grow while they’re here to fill the role, rather than someone who checks the boxes but isn’t invested. We encourage you to apply and show us what you’ve got. To learn more read the<a href="https://viceguideto.vice.com/"> <strong>VICE Guide to VICE</strong></a></p>
<p>Qualified candidates must be able to perform the essential functions of this position satisfactorily, with or without reasonable accommodation.   The requirements and essential functions described above are not an exhaustive list and instead are meant to describe the general nature and level of work required of the job.  VICE reserves the right to modify the essential functions of this position where a legitimate business exists.</p>
<p>If you require reasonable accommodation during the application and selection process, please let us know.  We will work together to best meet your needs.</p>
<p><strong>Working at VICE</strong></p>
<p>VICE prioritizes the ideas and people that other media companies miss. We believe that innovation is a direct result of diverse, inclusive cultures so we don’t just “tolerate” differences, we celebrate it and see it as essential to our staff, culture, and business.</p>
<p>VICE offers comprehensive benefits including but not limited to trans-inclusive benefits, fertility benefits, and tuition reimbursement. We also have dog-friendly days, bagel Fridays, and the occasional drag show in our conveniently located Williamsburg office. Day-to-day you can enjoy a rooftop garden full of edible produce (in the summer), beverages, healthy snacks and the opportunity to make the work of a lifetime if you’re into that sort of thing, which we hope you are.</p>
<p><strong>Equal Employment Opportunities:</strong> VICE is proud to be an equal opportunity employer that strives to create and maintain a workplace that celebrates inclusion and diversity.  At VICE, we understand that inclusion and diversity are major benefits to our employees, our readers and viewers, and our company culture.  We treat all applicants and employees fairly without regard to age, alienage or citizenship status, color, disability, gender, gender identity and expression, marital status and partnership status, national origin, pregnancy, race, religion/creed, sexual orientation, arrest or conviction record, caregiver status, credit history, unemployment status, salary history, status as a victim of domestic violence, stalking and sex offenses, status as a veteran or active military service member, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. </p>
<p>VICE requires that all employees have proper authorization to work in the U.S.  Should an applicant require employment sponsorship, VICE will determine, in its sole discretion, whetted her such sponsorship will be provided.</p>
<p>Qualified applicants with criminal histories will be considered for employment in a manner consistent with the New York City Fair Chance Act or other applicable laws.</p>
<p>VICE Media Group is not partnering with agencies nor accepts unsolicited resumes and will not responsible for any fees or expenses related to such unsolicited resumes and/or applicants.</p>
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