Manager of Business & Legal Affairs

ATTN:; New York (NY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Parental Leave

Health Insurance

401k Plan

Unlimited PTO

Job summary

ATTN: is seeking a Manager of Business and Legal Affairs to support end-to-end workflows across a high volume of concurrent commercial, editorial, and branded social campaigns. This role starts with attorney oversight of contract and clearance work and gains autonomy as judgment and trust are established.

You will draft and negotiate standard production agreements (talent, location, releases) and a range of business partnerships and marketing contracts, advising on marketing-legal issues

Qualifications

• 4+ years in an entertainment law setting as a Business & Legal Affairs professional.
• Experience drafting and negotiating production and marketing contracts.
• Familiarity with brand partnership campaigns and FTC guidelines.

Responsibilities

• Draft and negotiate standard production-related agreements and a variety of business contracts.
• Conduct clearance reviews for multi-platform content, advising teams on rights and releases.
• Coordinate across departments to implement legal policies and procedures; support talent and casting negotiations.

Skills

Contract negotiation

Legal drafting

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Juris Doctor (JD)

Tools

AI-assisted drafting tools

Job description

• We are looking for a Manager of Business and Legal Affairs to join our team, supporting end-to-end business and legal affairs workflows across a high volume of concurrent commercial, editorial, and branded social campaigns. This role begins with attorney oversight across all contract and clearance work, with autonomy expanding over specific contract types and decision points as judgment and trust are established
• Serve as first point of triage for incoming business and legal requests, assessing scope, directing to self-service resources, escalation, or general support across production, business and creative departments
• Draft and negotiate standard production related agreements (e.g., talent, location, rental, appearances releases) and a variety of business partnership and marketing contracts including SOWs, IOs, addendums, NDAs
• Experience with brand partnership campaigns and ability to advise teams on marketing legal issues (e.g., FTC guidelines)
• Conduct clearance review of multi-platform content across all production phases - including intellectual property, fair use, public domain, right of publicity, defamation, and union rules - advising creative teams and confirming necessary rights and releases are obtained prior to distribution
• Serve as a point of contact for talent agencies and casting teams to facilitate high level negotiations and agreement drafting and ability to advise
• Advise production teams on guild/union restrictions and requirements (e.g., SAG-AFTRA)
• Coordinate across departments to implement legal policies and procedures
• Other day-to-day business and legal affairs tasks as requested

Benefits

• Parental Leave: Generous paid leave for new moms and dads
• Health Insurance: Comprehensive health insurance for employees and their families
• 401k Plan: Retirement plan (401k)
• Unlimited PTO: Paid time off (vacation, sick, and public holidays)

Flexible team player comfortable working in a fast-paced environment Comfort using AI-assisted drafting tools and prompting techniques is a plusExcellent organizational and record management skillsFamiliarity with IAB/DAN standard terms is a plus4+ years experience in an entertainment law setting as a Business & Legal Affairs professionalBachelor’s degree required; Juris Doctor consideredProfessional experience in media business (e.g., TV, film, digital media) or marketing agencies