Sr. Business Affairs Manager
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About the Role
As a Senior Business Affairs Manager, you will advise on all Business Affairs matters related to production, including work for an iconic telecommunications brand.
You will support a broad slate of productions — from live-action commercials and animation to branded content and sponsorships, including social coverage of various brand activations. The role will involve creative review to identify any featured intellectual property licenses needed, budgeting, contract review and negotiation, rights management and working with legal to resolve any issues that may arise during production.
Responsibilities:
- Lead Business Affairs operations across the brand, supporting colleagues as needed and working alongside agency producers for timely bidding of projects, negotiating and processing various production-related agreements, declaring production insurance, advising on all compliance and clearance matters and the project wrap-up process.
- Partner with producers to vet and negotiate production bids and finalize client estimates.
- Oversee talent engagement and contracting, including initial negotiations, contract issuance, renewals and talent fee tracking (including reuse and residual payments).
- Manage and negotiate contracts and agreements and demonstrate strong analytical and problem-solving skills. Identify potential risks associated with contracts and business practices and develop strategies to mitigate those risks.
- Maintain and continuously update content rights trackers, job logs, and asset databases to ensure clarity and audit-readiness.
- Create and manage purchase orders; review and process invoices for all out-of-pocket production costs.
- Collaborate with the Accounting team to reconcile project costs and verify client billing accuracy.
- Work closely with cross-functional teams, including production, account and finance to provide comprehensive Business Affairs support and ensure alignment on projects.
- Work closely with our internal legal team, including the VP, Legal & Business Affairs, on matters related to production, intellectual property rights management, music rights, talent rights, and other clearance matters.
Report into the Director of Business Affairs for input in connection with matters relating to your day-to-day responsibilities.
About You
The essentials:
- 5–7 years of relevant Business Affairs experience within the advertising industry, ideally at an agency.
- Demonstrated ability to manage multiple, fast-paced projects simultaneously while maintaining attention to detail under tight deadlines.
- Strong negotiation, communication and project management skills with a proactive and solution-oriented approach.
- Creative agency integrated production / post-production background a plus.
- Flexibility and willingness to take on tasks in new areas of the industry.
- Familiar with/expertise in production company/post-production company/creative agency content financial best practices.
- Confident in managing third-party clearances, including still images, video clips, and licensed music.
- Familiarity with talent and production contracts and processing payments (In-depth knowledge of SAG-AFTRA Commercials Contract and talent residual payments.)
Bachelor’s Degree required
At Monks, we believe in fostering an environment where a diversity of perspectives can thrive. We proactively work to design hiring processes that promote equity and inclusion while mitigating bias. We celebrate diversity and are committed to building a team that reflects the communities we serve. We welcome and encourage qualified applicants, from all backgrounds, who are excited to contribute to our mission.
What We Offer
Benefits
- Excellent, full coverage medical, dental, and vision insurance with employer-paid HRA
- Generous PTO and 15 company-wide holidays
- 401k with company contribution
- Paid parental leave
- Work-life balance with an emphasis on personal well-being
- Career growth in a disruptor space & entrepreneurial opportunities within the Monks network
- A globally diverse & inclusive culture with employee resource groups such as S4 Melanin, Pride.Monks, Cultura.Monks, and more!
- Authentic commitment to DEI efforts and sustainable growth. (Why Sir Martin Sorrell signed The Climate Pledge here!)
Monks has provided a compensation range that represents its good faith estimate of what Monks may pay for the position at the time of posting. Monks may ultimately pay more or less than the posted compensation range. The salary offered to the selected candidate will be determined based on job-related factors, but not based on a candidate’s sex or any other protected status.
About Monks
Monks is the global, purely digital, unitary operating brand of S4Capital plc. With a legacy of innovation and specialized expertise, Monks combines an extraordinary range of global marketing and technology services to accelerate business possibilities and redefine how brands and businesses interact with the world. Its integration of systems and workflows delivers unfettered content production, scaled experiences, enterprise-grade technology and data science fueled by AI—managed by the industry’s best and most diverse digital talent—to help the world’s trailblazing companies outmaneuver and outpace their competition.
Monks was named a Contender in The Forrester Wave™: Global Marketing Services. It has remained a constant presence on Adweek’s Fastest Growing lists (2019-23), ranks among Cannes Lions' Top 10 Creative Companies (2022-23) and is the only partner to have been placed in AdExchanger’s Programmatic Power Players list every year (2020-24). In addition to being named Adweek’s first AI Agency of the Year (2023), Monks has been recognized by Business Intelligence in its 2024 Excellence in Artificial Intelligence Awards program in three categories: the Individual category, Organizational Winner in AI Strategic Planning and AI Product for its service Monks.Flow. Monks has also garnered the title of Webby Production Company of the Year (2021-24), won a record number of FWAs and has earned a spot on Newsweek’s Top 100 Global Most Loved Workplaces 2023.
We are an equal-opportunity employer committed to building a respectful and empowering work environment for all people to freely express themselves amongst colleagues who embrace diversity in all respects. Including fresh voices and unique points of view in all aspects of our business not only creates an environment where we can all grow and thrive but also increases our potential to produce work that better represents—and resonates with—the world around us.
