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About the Role

A Business Affairs Manager plays an integral role supporting creative development and integrated productions, including broadcast, print, experiential and digital projects. This person is a team player with a creative mind, an ability to work in a fast-paced creative environment and an extensive understanding of the production process from conception and bidding to final delivery.

Responsibilities

• Manage third party rights and clearances
• Partner with BA leads and agency legal on contract challenges, release standardization and updates, and templates
• Partner with legal and BA leads on deck reviews and preliminary trademark searches
• Work with insurance and risk management to evaluate production and contract challenges
• Partner with production and other stakeholders to track and manage active agency production jobs
• Partner with producers to review and advise on AICP and other bidding documents
• Partner with finance and production to finalize client estimates and caveats prior to Client signature
• Create and issue award documents including vendor agreements, insurance, licensing and talent agreements and vendor purchase orders
• Work with Producers and Finance on various production budgets and actualizations
• Create AD-IDs for clients and support traffic, as needed
• Integrate AI-driven tools into creative and production processes to boost efficiency, elevate content quality, and stay ahead of emerging trends in technology and storytelling.
• Advise on the SAG-AFTRA and AFM (if applicable) agreements, including waivers, interpretations, regulations and best practices
• Advise agency teams and clients on non-union (if applicable) best practices, employment guidelines and other considerations
• Estimate talent session and usage fees, and all other talent and music related costs of production and usage
• Manage full talent cycle including talent contracts, session reports and final casts, session, holding fee, and usage payments, and renegotiations in compliance with SAG/AFTRA/ACTRA and AFofM guidelines (when applicable)
• Draft and negotiate various third-party agreements, including music, footage and images, artwork and recognizable structures, apps, and other third-party rights
• Support influencer, celebrity talent, music, and IP sourcing and negotiations

Requirements

• Experience in advertising business affairs
• Experience with contract negotiations with clients and third parties
• Must have SAG experience
• Strong oral and written communication skills
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Strong attention to detail and ability to juggle multiple projects at once
• A passion for helping teams create their very best work in the smartest way possible
• A passion for creativity

Skills

• AI-driven tools
• SAG-AFTRA
• AFM
• SAG
• contract negotiations

Salary/Compensations

• $85,000-$115,000 CAD per year

About the Company

• Publicis Production is the global production network of Publicis Groupe, focused on bringing creative ideas to life through scalable, technology-enabled content production.
• The organization combines creative craft, production expertise, data, automation, and AI to deliver intelligent content solutions for global brands across multiple markets.
• With thousands of specialists across a worldwide studio network, Publicis Production supports capabilities including content production, post-production, versioning, commerce, CRM, web development, and language services.
• The network operates as part of Publicis Groupe’s “Power of One” model, enabling integrated collaboration across creativity, media, technology, and data services.

Equal Opportunity

• We’re committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace. Accommodations are available throughout the hiring process upon request.
• We use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of our hiring process, such as reviewing applications or analyzing resumes. These tools assist our recruitment team but never replace human decision-making. We believe in a human-first approach, where your experience and potential are recognized by people.