Business Affairs Manager

Review all advertising content and provide expert guidance related to intellectual property matters, marketplace risk, and legal concerns as they relate to creative materials. Serve as the subject matter expert and primary point of contact for SAG-AFTRA and the Joint Policy Committee (JPC), leveraging extensive knowledge of SAG-AFTRA Commercials contracts and union requirements. Oversee and manage talent strategy across campaigns and agencies, including negotiating talent agreements, tracking talent costs and projections, and proactively communicating relevant updates. Experience working with overscale talent is highly valued. Monitor the evolving AI production landscape and advise on internal policies governing AI-generated content, applying a strong understanding of Generative AI production and associated intellectual property implications. Partner closely with producers, creatives, business stakeholders, and external agency teams throughout the creative development and production process. Manage licensing, usage rights, and renewals for creative assets, including music, stock photography, video, imagery, and other licensed content, while maintaining talent and asset tracking systems. Support all spokesperson and mascot appearances, ensuring proper rights management and compliance. Manage network clearance for all broadcast content across agency partners. Support production partner management, including contracting, agreements, and vendor relationships. Experience within regulated industries, particularly insurance or financial services, is preferred. Bachelors degree with a concentration in Marketing, Business Administration or Communications preferred or equivalent experience required Minimum 5 years of relevant and progressively more responsible experience within a marketing driven organization Requires advanced knowledge of marketing communications principles and practices Experience working with and/or managing outside agencies Strong oral and written communication skills required Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and work on multiple priorities Strong knowledge of relevant technologies Strong organizational, coordination, project management, and analytical skills Strong presentation skills required Budget management and project management experience preferred Ability to effectively interact with all levels of the organization Proactively seeks to learn and apply new tactics and job skills to enhance current role and improve broader teams performance Demonstrates understanding of insurance industry, products, services, and trends Actively seeks to expand and integrate marketing knowledge and skills into recommendations, as well as function responsibilities and the connection to the broader organization