Sr Business Affairs Manager Middle East
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About the Role
Edelman is seeking a Senior Business Affairs Manager to oversee risk management, contract negotiation, and compliance for content programs. You will handle talent agreements, licensing, and insurance, working with legal and production teams.
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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
- 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
- Securing appropriate insurances
Requirements
- 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
- 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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Job Description
- 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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