Business Affairs Manager

*This role is open to both fully remote applicants and applicants in a commutable distance of our Atlanta, Chicago, and St. Louis offices.*

WHAT ARE WE LOOKING FOR
Business Affairs plays a critical role in ensuring legal compliance and risk management across all advertising and content productions. This role oversees talent contracts, licensing, clearance, and production guidelines while serving as a key advisor within the organization. The ideal candidate will have expertise in broadcast business affairs, talent negotiations, licensing, and content production compliance, with experience managing projects across SAG-AFTRA and non-union productions.  

HERE’S WHAT YOU’LL DO (RESPONSIBILITIES)

Talent & Contract Management: 

• Draft, review, and negotiate talent contracts and likeness releases for both SAG-AFTRA and non-union productions, including commercials, industrials, branded content, social and on-site activations. 
• Advise internal teams on union regulations, exemptions, and contract compliance, ensuring adherence to industry standards. 
• Work in close collaboration with casting agents on celebrity/influencer deals, providing contracts for and calculating fees on complex agreements.
• Process all talent payments using Extreme Reach or client-specific payment platforms and follow up to ensure timely processing. 
• Track active talent usage terms where applicable, flagging upcoming renewals/expirations.

Legal & Business Affairs: 

• Identify potential legal and financial risks related to creative development and propose mitigation strategies to protect both the agency and clients.
• Provide day-to-day legal and clearance guidance, including intellectual property, rights management, and content usage. 
• Serve as the primary liaison with Legal for escalated legal concerns while independently managing most clearance issues. 
• Collaborate closely with producers to advise on vendor bids, production estimates, vendor agreements.
• Oversee production insurance for all content shoots, ensuring proper coverage and risk mitigation. 
• Manage worker's comp for 3rd party vendors when necessary.

Licensing & Compliance: 

• Manage/oversee all stock footage and stock music licenses, reviewing terms, negotiating fees, and ensuring legal protection for clients. 
• Approve all licensing agreements, maintaining compliance with contractual obligations and industry standards. 
• Supporting Momentum’s Values
• All other duties as assigned

 
HERE’S WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR (QUALIFICATIONS & REQUIREMENTS)

• 8+ years of experience in Business Affairs, preferably within an advertising, broadcast, or media agency. 
• Experience navigating SAG-AFTRA, non-union talent negotiations, and multi-platform content clearance. 
• Strong knowledge of licensing agreements, production insurance, and risk mitigation. 
• Experience working with talent payment platforms. 
• Familiarity with navigating client-specific production guidelines or experience managing high-profile brand accounts is a plus. 
• Proven ability to lead, mentor, and collaborate with cross-functional teams. 
• Exceptional attention to detail, contract negotiation skills, and legal acumen. 

ABOUT US – MOMENTUM WORLDWIDE 
Momentum is an agency of doers. We make the industry’s most disruptive, entertaining, shareable, unforgettable experiences for our clients and their fans. We do it by bringing people closer to what they love, in original and unexpected ways. Whether it’s a physical activation, a virtual experience, or a piece of unique branded content, it’s all part of what we call the Total Brand Experience — ideas that solve business challenges, through best-in-class Consulting, Strategy, Analytics, Experience Design, and Production.
We want you to help brands do amazing, unprecedented, wild things, creating experiences that people never forget.
WHAT CAN YOU EXPECT FROM MOMENTUM

At Momentum, we expect our employees to embody our values!
Our Core Values of Be One, Do Great Work, Have Fun, Give Back and Grow empower an environment where we challenge ourselves professionally and encourage each other personally.
At Momentum, we make our differences matter!
Who we are matters.  We choose to hire diverse voices from all walks of life.  We choose to make our culture one where everyone can be their authentic self and speak in their voice. We choose to give each other permission to get things wrong, so we can learn to make them right.  We choose to celebrate the bravery of our peers and we choose to be collectively responsible.
At Momentum, we make our actions matter!
Making it matter means always choosing the sustainable option. It means designing waste out from the start.  It means working with the right materials. Sourcing locally, innovating off-the-shelf solutions and reusing and repurposing. It means powering smarter. Traveling less. And only working with vendors who do the same. Make it matter means becoming the first experiential agency in the world to receive 2 ISO certifications.
At Momentum, we make our people matter!
We choose to make your workplace part of your wellbeing. We choose a hybrid work model. We choose no meeting Fridays. We choose to let ourselves take as much Time Well Taken (vacation) as we need. We choose education programs that help our people develop professionally and personally. We choose tuition reimbursement. We choose to match your 401K. We choose to make your financial wellbeing our priority. We choose to make our people’s lives matter.
MOMENTUM BENEFITS

• Flexible Time Off (our flexible benefits plan that allows you take the time you need)
• Hybrid Work model – ability to work from home or in office
• Holidays and Winter Break (agency closes between Christmas and New Years holidays)
• No meeting Fridays
• Curated DE&I programs and initiatives
• Medical, Dental and Vision plans
• Short- and Long-term disability
• 401(K) with company match
• EAP – Employee Assistance Plan
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Work from Home stipend
• Referral bonuses
• Training and development opportunities
• Flexible Spending Account
• Health Saving Accounts

At Momentum Worldwide, we value diversity and the uniqueness of all people. We thrive in an inclusive environment, and we recruit, hire and promote without regard to race, gender, age, color, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, ethnic or national origin, citizenship, religion, sexual preference, military or veteran status, marital status, family status, physical or mental disability – or any other legally protected categories as set forth in the applicable state, federal or local laws. This policy applies to all aspects of employment including training, compensation, benefits and all other privileges of employment.