Sr. Business Affairs Manager
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About the Role
Edelman is seeking a Senior Business Affairs Manager to lead risk management, contract negotiation, and compliance for integrated marketing campaigns. You will work with legal, production, and account teams to manage talent agreements, intellectual property, and regulatory risks.
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Responsibilities
- Recommend and assist in implementing agency policy and process regarding risk management, third party contract management, production workflow.
- Facilitate and review complex agreements including talent, celebrity, creator, brand partnerships.
- Provide counsel and mitigation strategies for risks associated with content programs and contracting.
- Identify and flag risks relating to intellectual property, regulatory guidance, and consumer protection laws.
- Review and counsel on Statements of Work.
- Liaise between Production and Legal to address legal/liability issues.
- Handle third party clearances and licensing (music, stock images, software, etc.).
- Approve and facilitate production and talent invoice approvals and payment.
- Review all finished assets for compliance prior to delivery.
- Secure appropriate insurances.
- Track and maintain meticulous records for all third party material licenses.
Requirements
- 5 10+ years of related work experience in an agency business affairs environment
- Fluency in English and Arabic required
- Basic understanding of legal contract provisions, especially licensing vs assignment/ownership
- Strong negotiating skills
- Ability to manage multiple complex projects with fast turnaround
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About Edelman
- Edelman is a voice synonymous with trust, reimagining a future where the currency of communication is action.
- Our culture thrives on three promises: boldness is possibility, empathy is progress, and curiosity is momentum.
- At Edelman, we understand diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging (DEIB) transform our colleagues, our company, our clients, and our communities.
Key Responsibilities
- Recommend and assist in implementing agency policy and process regarding risk management, third party contract management, production workflow to teams and senior management.
- Facilitate and review complex agreements including but not limited to talent, celebrity, creator, brand partnerships.
- A high degree of confidentiality and discretion are expected in regard to all matters and documents.
- Experience navigating redlines reviews and facilitating contracts conversations between stakeholders to close deals.
- Provide counsel and mitigation strategies for risks associated with content programs and contracting in digital, experiential, print, and creator.
- Identify and flag risks relating to intellectual property, the regulatory guidance, and consumer protections laws regarding advertising.
- Review and counsel on Statements of Work
- Liaise between Production and Legal to address any specific legal/liability issues arising from a particular production.
- Work closely with internal and external legal counsel in resolving potential project liabilities and creating solutions for agency and clients.
- Handle third party clearances and licensing (including music, stock images, software, etc.) necessary for content delivery.
- Approve and facilitate production and talent invoice approvals, and payment.
- Review all finished assets for compliance prior to delivery.
Job Specifications / Qualifications
- Basic understanding of legal contract provisions especially licensing vs assignment/ownership
- Manage legal contracting processes for Talent and Influencer Agreements.
- Experience working in Integrated and Influencer Marketing, with on and off camera and celebrities all desirable.
- Strong negotiating skills.
- Ability to identify legal issues from an early stage in the production process and manage and communicate associated risks.
- Should feel comfortable in a fast paced environment, managing urgent deadlines while setting expectations with colleagues, organizing, and reporting a variety of production details.
- Ability to work on multiple and often complex projects with a fast turn around.
- Proven problem solver.
- Ability to manage projects with minor daily oversite, with awareness of when to escalate to legal or mgmt.
- Knowledge and experience of working in an agency environment, understanding the needs and managing the expectations of key stakeholders.
- Working and developing relationships with in house producers, account teams and external vendors.
- 5 10+ years of related work experience in an agency business affairs environment.
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