New York: Salary range: $125,000 to $160,000

The Senior Business Affairs & Talent Manager supports all VIRTUE productions, including broadcast, digital, social, emerging technology, and experiential. This role partners closely with Producers, Client Services, and Legal to source talent, negotiate and execute contracts, manage music licensing, and ensure compliance across all projects. We’re looking for a passionate collaborator to be part of our team to ensure we successfully create the best, most engaging, and most disruptive work.

Responsibilities

Business Affairs Management and Leadership

• Provide day to day business affairs oversight on all production related matters.

• Review creative materials to assess and flag any talent, copyright, and intellectual property issues, and assist with IP needs. Liaise with Legal as needed

• Maintain effective communication with team leads to make sure information flows properly, action items are clear, and issues are escalated at the right time and to the right people

• Work with producers and finance to actualize and close out jobs and ensure all job files are complete with all back up

Talent and Music Management

• Source and conduct talent, creator, and Influencer outreach

• Manage talent negotiations and contracting, including scale, over-sale talent, celebrities, and influencers

• Handle talent payments, residual projections, and contract renewals and prepare client facing talent estimates for scopes

• Manage union claims, audits, and reporting requirements

• Manage talent and traffic with external paymasters like Extreme Reach

• Negotiate music licenses, contracts, renewals, and usage terms

• Work closely with the Production and Client Services teams to maintain Rights Managed Asset Trackers

Production and Vendor Management

• Facilitate invoice approvals and flag payment priorities

• Create and review vendor agreements and ensure they are aligned with SOWs and meet compliance standards and client requirements

• Stay apprised of ANA, 4A’s, JPC, AICP, and AICE Best Practices and all SAG, AFTRA & AFofM union guidelines

• Generate Ad-ID codes as needed

Requirements

• 8+ years of relevant experience (Talent Management and Studio or Agency Production experience preferred)

• Expert collaborator with strong written and verbal skills

• Ability to multitask effectively with tight timelines

• Expertise in SAG/AFTRA contracts, JPC, legal compliance, advertising standards and best practices

• A passion for and active knowledge of Social Media

• Willingness to share your point of view and doing so in the spirit of proactivity