Sr. Business Affairs Manager
About The Position
Translation, an award-winning independent creative solutions company and part of UnitedMasters, Inc., is hiring a Senior Business Affairs Manager. Translation helps ambitious brands use culture to address business challenges and is described as an entrepreneurial company that values resourcefulness, tenacity, creativity, and intelligence. The role manages business affairs for creative productions, including risk assessment and clearances, production and talent contracts, estimates, payments, insurance, and claims. The manager works closely with producers, legal, client cost controllers, agency partners, account management, and finance, and may oversee matters handled by other business affairs managers. The role requires at least five years of relevant creative agency/business affairs experience, including at least four years of direct SAG experience.
Requirements
- At least 5 years of relevant creative agency/business affairs experience.
- At least 4 years of direct SAG experience.
- Ability to work well under pressure and with fast-moving deadlines.
- Experience building solid relationships with internal and external partners.
- Strong organizational skills and high attention to detail.
- Ability to solve problems with keen instincts.
- Experience working on non-union productions.
- Deep knowledge of the SAG-AFTRA Commercials Contract.
Nice To Haves
- Four-year college degree.
- Ability to summarize and speak in layman's terms.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Confidence presenting to internal teams and external partners.
Responsibilities
- Review decks, identify callouts, and advise on next steps.
- Conduct tagline research.
- Assess content for risk.
- Review bids with producers.
- Develop casting specifications with producers for casting companies.
- Draft and manage production, animation, photography, VFX, edit, and location-release contracts through final signatures.
- Manage third-party trademark and intellectual-property clearances, including items such as tattoos, jewelry, and clothing.
- Work in tandem with legal, client cost controllers, and agency partners.
- Track music costs.
- Handle insurance matters, including obtaining and processing insurance and dealing with claims.
- Handle general claims, including third-party and music claims.
- Manage network clearances and AD-IDs, depending on the client.
- Manage regular standard talent, excluding celebrities, athletes, and influencers.
- Estimate, contract, and process payments for union (SAG-AFTRA) and non-union regular talent, including negotiations, releases, contracts, and residual tracking.
- Prepare estimates with producers.
- Review rough cuts and final content and assets for risk or clearance concerns.
- Track and manage payments, excluding long-form talent agreements.
- Submit purchase orders and invoices and track and manage payments through Finance.
- Work with Account Management and Finance to ensure vendors are paid on time.
- Track and file paperwork in job jackets.
- Actualize and close jobs with producers and Finance.
- Oversee matters for other business affairs managers on the team when appropriate.
Benefits
- Bonus may be available in some cases.
- Stock options may be available in some cases.
- 401(k) match may be available in some cases.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
No Education Listed
