Senior Business Affairs Manager

• Work with and assist producers with preparing, organizing and maintaining vendor agreements and production estimates (which include talent session fees, usage, and other related costs)
• Work with producers, account and finance to reconcile and close jobs
• Learn and implement client-specific production requirements/guidelines
• Review concepts and deliverables for required permissions and clearances
• Oversee the review process from development through production to assess, manage and mitigate risks associated with content and experiential productions
• Flag creative/content legal risks and escalate to Legal team, as needed
• Research, clear, negotiate, and issue/prepare contracts/licenses as needed for all third party materials (e.g., music, location release, talent release, property release, etc.)
• Retain a database of usage terms on all jobs where agency has been required to handle clearances
• Provide producers and account teams with accurate estimates for talent session fees, usage, residuals, and all other talent- and music-related production costs
• Assist with purchase orders, insurance and talent payments
• Identify and escalate to Legal team for preliminary trademark searches for proposed branding, taglines, signage, design, etc.
• Work with VP, Production to develop departmental procedures/best practices and keep up to date on changes to advertising industry standards and trends

• 5+ years of experience working in the Business Affairs department of an advertising agency
• Working knowledge of SAG-AFTRA and AFM contracts
• Knowledge of/experience with AICP, AICE, animation and music bids
• Experience with US and foreign productions
• Understanding of legal issues relating to content production
• Experiential production experience strongly preferred
• Strong knowledge of non-union talent standards
• Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills
• Strong problem solving skills and solution-oriented
• Ability to multi-task within a fast-paced creative environment and manage competing priorities under time constraints
• Ability to handle confidential information responsibly
• Extremely detailed oriented and organized
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team
• Knowledge of SAG-AFTRA Commercials Contract
• Proficiency in MS Office suite and Google Suite

Experiential production experience strongly preferred

• medical/dental/vision insurance
• 401(k) matching
• paid time off