Business Affairs Talent Manager

What you’ll be doing:

• Determine best approach for talent for productions. Provide all production facing documents to the Producer upon request including but not limited to (Casting memos, various Non-Union talent releases for shoots/recording sessions and SAG documents for Union shoots.
• Prepare Union and Non-Union talent Session & Reuse estimates for clients,  track all talent related usage/expirations and pay residuals as needed.
• Process, approve, and track vendor invoices working with finance to facilitate vendor payment.
• Partner with the Finance and Account team leads to track job billings, revise/actualize and close production jobs as needed.
• Research talent costs and negotiate for Celebrity talent as needed.
• Partner with Production managers from CMC (third party Sig) on all Union Productions
• Provide topline legal assessment on creative. Coordinate with outside legal counsel to assess and manage legal risk. Initiate desktop  trademark searches.
• Work with producers and account teams on all legal, licensing and contractual matters. 
• Work with Project Managers to track and manage Isci codes, Purchase Orders and all production related documents into the BA Shared drive
• Negotiate for all 3rd party content, name and brand clearances. Provide legal releases and contracts as needed
• Work alongside Project Managers to research and license Stock footage with preferred vendors as needed.  
• Research and provide costs to Account leads for Original music compositions and copyrighted music as needed.  Draft music agreements as necessary and obtain musicologist reports if requested.
• Work alongside internal Traffic Manager to manage network clearance at all stages (preliminary, rough-cut and final) for select accounts.
• Assist SVP of Business Affairs to manage needed Talent resources 
• Traveling overnight as required.
• Driving long distances as required.

What you bring:

• Provide topline legal assessment on creative. Coordinate with outside legal counsel to assess and manage legal risk. Initiate desktop  trademark searches.
• Work with producers and account teams on all legal, licensing and contractual matters. 
• Work with Project Managers to track and manage Isci codes, Purchase Orders and all production related documents into the BA Shared drive
• Negotiate for all 3rd party content, name and brand clearances. Provide legal releases and contracts as needed
• Work alongside Project Managers to research and license Stock footage with preferred vendors as needed.  
• Research and provide costs to Account leads for Original music compositions and copyrighted music as needed.  Draft music agreements as necessary and obtain musicologist reports if requested.
• Work alongside internal Traffic Manager to manage network clearance at all stages (preliminary, rough-cut and final) for select accounts.
• Assist SVP of Business Affairs to manage needed Talent resources 
• Traveling overnight as required.
• Driving long distances as required.