Brand Business Affairs Manager — Licensing & Talent

Publicis Groupe; El Segundo (CA); On-site; USD 66,000 - 97,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage

Dental

Vision

401K

Paid time off

Job summary

Publicis Groupe in El Segundo, CA, is seeking a Business Affairs Manager to coordinate legal, financial and talent matters for branded content productions. This full-time role interfaces with Producers, Account and Legal teams to safeguard budgets and ensure compliant rights management.

The ideal candidate has at least 2 years of BA management and licensing experience in advertising, deep SAG-AFTRA knowledge, and strong negotiation skills.

Qualifications

• At least 2 years prior BA Manager and licensing experience in advertising.
• Extensive knowledge of the SAG-AFTRA commercials contract.
• Thorough understanding of social content usage specs, Influencer outreach, negotiating deal points and contracting.
• Understanding of music rights, negotiation and licensing.

Responsibilities

• Partner with Producers, Account, Traffic and Legal teams to execute creative vision.
• Review creative materials for potential legal issues and provide viable options to minimize Agency/Client liability.
• Determine and communicate all third-party rights needed for use of intellectual property in advertising and negotiate and license as needed.
• Managing creative searches for sport and celebrity talent, music, etc.
• Handle over-scale talent negotiations, execute deal memos and long form contracts.
• Partner with Social team to manage creator/influencer procurement and contracting.
• Work with Producers and Account teams on preparing production estimates for client approval.
• Ballpark SAG session costs, declare insurance, draft contracts and purchase orders for each production.

Skills

Organization

Communication

Team collaboration

Analytical thinking

Budgeting

Tools

XR payroll

Microsoft 365

AI tools

Job description

Publicis Groupe in El Segundo, CA, is seeking a Business Affairs Manager to coordinate legal, financial and talent matters for branded content productions. This full-time role interfaces with Producers, Account and Legal teams to safeguard budgets and ensure compliant rights management.

The ideal candidate has at least 2 years of BA management and licensing experience in advertising, deep SAG-AFTRA knowledge, and strong negotiation skills.