Got music running through your veins?
Working at APRA AMCOS gives you the chance to have a different kind of career in music. You can help us ensure the local music industry’s future, by keeping music rights simple and supporting our members and licensees.
We value diversity
We value inclusion and diversity in our workplace. We aim to achieve a workforce that is representative of the community we serve. We strongly encourage applications from all diverse groups, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disability, people from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds, mature age workers, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex and queer (LGBTIQ+) people.
Working in harmony
Our values keep everyone reading from the same score to maintain an organisation that's a hit with everyone who works for and with us.
Collaboration
Diversity is vital. Whether our opinions, views, talents or skills complement or contrast, we collaborate with those who share our purpose and passion.
Respect
Our respect for music runs deep. It keeps us transparent, open, and honest. We’re working towards a future where everyone respects music for both its emotional and financial value.
Skill
We combine talent, knowledge and intuition with a commercial sensibility. We do what no one else can: copyright can be complex, yet we make it simple.
Imagination
We don’t just admire imagination, we use it within our business every day: it makes life interesting. Imagination + action = innovation.
Accountability
We take ownership and actively participate in sustaining our work community, in a safe and supportive way. We keep our commitments and accept responsibility for our actions.
Our culture
Does the following sound like you? You're sure to fit right in.
Agile
Change is our constant companion. Quick and efficient, we don’t just keep up, we lead.
Astute
We are sharp. We proactively identify better ways of working for the benefit of everyone.
Fair
Our passion never clouds our judgment. Everyone is equal and everyone matters. We make fairness our business.
Human
We connect instantly. Warm and welcoming, we’re about more than just business. We add heart to everything we do.
Staff spotlight
Catherine Middleton - Senior Licensing Manager
Years worked at APRA AMCOS: Almost 3 years.
What do you love most about APRA AMCOS? Hands down, it’s the people that work here that I love the most. Regardless of what department or team someone is in, we’re all onboard for a common cause. APRA AMCOS is an organisation that really cares about its employees and members.
What makes you happy at work? Sharing success with my colleagues, whether that success be professional or personal.
How has APRA AMCOS shaped your career? Working at APRA AMCOS has made me realise that this is what I am here to do. My role allows me to utilise my years of experience in music licensing and I’m continuing to grow professionally and personally each day.
What was your main reason for wanting to join APRA AMCOS? To be part of an organisation who supports music creators through a variety of platforms – what a great place to be.
Rewards & benefits
- Competitive pay
- Training & Development Programs
- Purchased Leave allowances
- Corporate Private Health Insurance
- Superannuation & Financial Planning Services
- Paid parental leave for either parent
- A social and collaborative work environment
If you think we could work together like Vanda & Young, keep an eye out for our work opportunities or contact our People & Culture team.
Listen in with our Staff Picks Playlist
Hear and share the best new and new-ish Australian and NZ music curated by someone on our team each fortnight. While you're listening in, get to know the person behind the music.
Be the first to know when a new list is available by following us on Spotify or Apple Music.
This playlist was brought to you by Rebecca Ware - Member Relations Associate
Listen on Spotify or Apple Music.
Get to know Rebecca
Describe your role at APRA AMCOS in one sentence:
As the Member Relations Associate I get to speak to our fab writers, producers, and artists on the daily helping them with all their APRA royalty needs, plus manage programs like SongHubs and the Women in Music Mentorships.
What is your favourite song on your playlist and why?
‘vodka orange juice’ by flowerkid. I heard it for the first time on the radio while I was driving, and I had to pull over because it hit me that hard. It is one of the most well-written songs I’ve heard in a long time - lyrically it’s so intensely personal and devastatingly emotional. I could instantly visualise the scene he is painting and felt every emotion that is so perfectly captured in the vocals. The production on the track is phenomenal and there hasn’t been a time that I’ve listened to it without getting goosebumps and welling up. flowerkid is just next level talented.
What’s the last gig you went to?
Lol REMEMBER GIGS?! Right before lockdown hit in Sydney in June I went and saw Milan Ring at Oxford Art Factory. My god, she is just too talented, too cool, too everything. Liyah Knight supported who is just a dream to listen to and watch perform.
What’s the first gig you went to?
Big Day Out ’03 – I was 15 and went with my older brother and his friends much to my mum’s dismay. The lineup was amazing with Foo Fighters headlining - I still have super terrible blurry film camera photos somewhere. That day kick started my love of hip hop after seeing Xzibit in the Boiler Room, and my hatred of Jane’s Addiction after they tried to do an encore and delayed the Foo Fighters’ set.
My favourite music memory is…
Watching Sir Paul McCartney play a 200-cap gig on my lunchbreak at the 100 Club in London in 2010. He played all the hits and it was an out of body experience, helped also by the fact I was standing next to Mick Jagger and Bobby Gillespie.
Also crawling down a hole at Glastonbury Festival to find Thom Yorke DJing on the other end. He was playing Toxic by Britney Spears and I legitimately thought I had a concussion or was dreaming because it was so bizarre.
Final thought
I cannot wait to get back in a room and get sweaty listening to some incredible live music again. Going to see artists do what they do is genuinely a form of therapy for me, and I’ve missed it so much over the past few months. OPEN THE NIGHTCLUBS ALREADY DOM, WE WANT TO DANCE.
Contact us
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