Business Affairs Manager

Company description

Within Publicis Groupe’s Intelligent Creativity business, we specialize in bringing creative ideas to life, and to consumers. By combining 100 years of craft excellence with 6,000 experts across 52 locations of the world’s biggest studio network, we leverage the industry’s richest data, through the power of agentic AI, to radically redefine content production with Intelligent Content. We intuitively deliver this through Marcel Make, the world’s first Intelligent Content agent.

The result? Predictively performing content that unlocks business growth in unprecedented ways. No more guesswork. No more waste. Just content that works, working a lot harder.

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.

• 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

• 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

• Full‑time role, remote

• Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer

Our Publicis Groupe motto “Viva La Différence” means we’re better together, and we believe that our differences make us stronger. It means we honor and celebrate all identities, across all facets of intersectionality, and it underpins all that we do as an organization. We are focused on fostering belonging and creating equitable & inclusive experiences for all talent.

Publicis Groupe provides robust and inclusive benefit programs and policies to support the evolving and diverse needs of our talent and enable every person to grow and thrive. Our benefits package includes medical coverage, dental, vision, disability, 401K,…