PUBLICIS GROUPE-posted about 1 month ago
Full-time • Mid Level
Hybrid • New York, NY
5,001-10,000 employees
Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

A Senior Business Affairs Manager plays an integral role supporting creative development and integrated productions, including broadcast, print, experiential and digital projects. This person is a team player with a creative mind, an ability to work in a fast-paced creative environment and an extensive understanding of the production process from conception and bidding to final delivery.

  • BA Lead for client day to day work
  • Partner with various cross-agency teams to review creative materials at all stages and advise on talent, third-party rights, including copyright, trademark, and rights of publicity, and other advertising regulations and guidelines
  • Review vendor policies and agreements to ensure alignment with Client SOWs and MSAs
  • Partner with legal counsel to perform preliminary trademark searches
  • Manage third party rights and clearance
  • Negotiate, structure, and draft celebrity talent, creator, music, and intellectual property deals
  • Partner with agency legal on contract challenges, release standardization and updates, templates and risk assessments
  • Advise on production guidelines and best practices, client brand guidelines, and Groupe POVs
  • Partner with production and other stakeholders to track and manage active agency production jobs
  • Partner with producers to review and advise on AICP and other bidding documents
  • Partner with finance and production to finalize client estimates and caveats prior to Client signature
  • Create and issue award documents including vendor agreements, insurance, licensing and talent agreements and vendor purchase orders
  • Work with Producers and Finance on various production budgets and actualizations
  • Work with insurance and risk management to evaluate production and contract challenges
  • Proactively manage all account transition documentation
  • Integrate AI-driven tools into creative and production processes to boost efficiency, elevate content quality, and stay ahead of emerging trends in technology and storytelling
  • Advise and proactively educate on the SAG-AFTRA and AFM (if applicable) agreements, including waivers, interpretations, regulations and best practices
  • Advise and proactively educate agency teams and clients on non-union (if applicable) best practices, employment guidelines and other considerations
  • Participate in and impact project scoping discussions
  • Estimate talent session and usage fees, and all other talent and music related costs of production and usage
  • Manage full talent cycle including talent contracts, session reports and final casts, session, holding fee, and usage payments, and renegotiations in compliance with SAG/AFTRA/ACTRA and AFofM guidelines (when applicable)
  • Draft and negotiate various third-party agreements, including music, footage and images, artwork and recognizable structures, apps, and other third-party rights
  • Recruits, interviews, hires, and trains new staff
  • Oversees the daily workflow of the team
  • Provides constructive and timely performance evaluations
  • Handles discipline and termination of employees in accordance with company policy
  • Experience in advertising business affairs
  • Must have extensive SAG experience
  • Experience with contract negotiations with clients and third parties
  • Strong oral and written communication skills
  • Strong interpersonal skills
  • Strong attention to detail and ability to juggle multiple projects at once
  • A passion for helping teams create their very best work in the smartest way possible
  • A passion for creativity
  • Publicis Groupe provides robust and inclusive benefit programs and policies to support the evolving and diverse needs of our talent and enable every person to grow and thrive.
  • Our benefits package includes medical coverage, dental, vision, disability, 401K, as well as parental and family care leave, family forming assistance, tuition reimbursement, and flexible time off.
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