Sr Business Affairs Manager

The Walt Disney Company•Celebration, FL

2d•$100,100 - $134,200•Onsite

About The Position

The Sr. Business Affairs Manager will be an integral team member of the Disney Experiences (DX) Business Affairs organization, representing the Yellow Shoes business unit. You will be an agency expert and day-to-day contact on all creative/content materials, vendor and talent estimates, contracts, talent residual agreements, music licensing, rights and trademark clearances for proposed branding, taglines, signage and design in partnership with TWDC legal counsel. The role is full time and will sit onsite in Celebration, FL reporting to the Sr Mgr-Business Affairs.

Requirements

5+ years of business affairs, legal affairs, marketing or advertising experience (including working knowledge of digital/social channels)
Deep expertise and marketing acumen in digital/social media
High understanding of variety of communication media including video, digital, email, social, display and the production process supporting each
Experience being an advocate for creative ideas to legal/franchise teams and an advocate of legal/franchise guidance back to creative teams.
Negotiation skills, contract and document drafting abilities, excellent communication skills and creative problem-solving abilities
Ability to accomplish tasks with accuracy against multiple, high-priority projects and ensure deadlines are met
Ability to maintain high level of respect from others within the agency (including leadership), TWDC legal counsel and across the broader TWDC organization
Familiar with applications for project management (e.g. Workfront, SharePoint)
Expert judgement with the ability to escalate issues when challenges occur and to ensure deadlines are met
Strong written and oral communication; Strong attention to detail

Nice To Haves

Prior experience working with creative teams
Knowledge of music rights/usage
Familiarity with SAG-AFTRA Talent Residual parameters
Fluent in Spanish and/or Portuguese languages

Responsibilities

Review creative/content highly complex materials and advise on talent, copyright and intellectual property issues, assess scripts, social/digital content, rough-cuts, and final creative for risk of clearance concerns (in tandem with TWDC legal counsel).
Primary responsibility for social media / digital creative content and remain aware and demonstrate on-going deep knowledge of current and emerging social platforms.
Manage digital, social media, broadcast content, and photography across lines of business and Disney Intellectual Property.
Work in a collaboration alongside other Business Affairs and Legal Affairs members of The Walt Disney Company (TWDC) and members of Disney Experience's creative, marketing, production, legal, finance, PR and franchise management groups.
May train, guide and mentor others.
Brand Stewardship
Social/Digital Platform Expertise
Contract Negotiation
Rights and Clearance
Talent Agreements and Contracting Expert
Music Licensing