Business Affairs Manager, Retail

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Requirements:

• At least 3-5 years of professional experience, in-house experience is required — preferably within the digital production industry.
• Demonstrable skills in strategic Business Affairs.
• Excellent organizational and administrative skills.
• Experience with content and media production and right clearance.
• In-depth knowledge of SAG-AFTRA Commercials Contract and talent residual payments.
• Confidence in your business/commercial awareness.

Responsibilities:

• Strategize and advise on all Business Affairs matters related to the production of work for an iconic automotive brand.
• Creative review to identify any featured intellectual property licenses needed, budgeting, network clearance, contract review and negotiation, rights management and working with legal to resolve any issues that may arise during production.
• Provide production support to all Monks entities in the Americas with a focus on servicing our automotive client based in Detroit.
• Work alongside agency producers for timely bidding of projects, finalizing client estimates, negotiating various production-related agreements, declaring production insurance, and advising on all network compliance and clearance matters.
• Handle talent for both SAG Union and Non-Union productions; estimating talent session and usage costs, issuing and interpreting all talent contracts and advising on usage rights and other related issues, processing payments and drafting final completion reports for tracking purposes.
• Responsible for the wrap-up process for all of our live action productions together with the Lead EP or producer on the production.
• Work closely together with our internal legal team, including the VP, Legal & Business Affairs, with regards to production, intellectual property rights management, music rights, talent rights, and other clearance matters.