Business Affairs Lead

Publicis Groupe UK; London; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job description

BRAND: Publicis Media
Job Function: Production
Location: London, United Kingdom
Experience Level: Management
Workplace Type: Hybrid

Company description

OVERVIEW
Publicis Groupe is one of the world's largest communications holding companies, present in over 110 countries and employing about 100,000 professionals. The Groupe is positioned at every step of the value chain, from consulting to execution, combining marketing transformation and digital business transformation.

HELPING OUR CLIENTS UNLOCK GROWTH IN THE PLATFORM WORLD
Our clients compete in the platform world, a horizontal marketplace between creators and consumers, between speakers and listeners, between buyers and sellers. To thrive in the platform world, companies must continue to innovate their products and business models. Four imperatives (1. Real Identity, 2. Dynamic, Diverse and Disruptive Creativity 3. Smart Media and 4. Direct Relationships) via our suite of world-class agencies, are necessary for modern brands to win in the platform world. At Publicis Groupe, we've invested in capabilities across these four imperatives our clients need to unlock growth. As the only one who can architect, build and orchestrate end-to-end solutions, not only do we have a proven record of building bespoke models for clients and leading expertise across all major industry categories, we are able to offer our talents more opportunities to grow and benefit from a richer learning experience.

Overview

At Publicis Production, we build connected brands by challenging conventional thinking. By blending creativity, technology, and culture, we reimagine the entire experience with our aim being to make a positive impact on the world.

As our Business Affairs Lead, you will be responsible for:

• Leading the business affairs team and handling financial and legal aspects of all agency production - TV, radio, print, integrated productions usage rights and other agency projects.
• Serving as an expert and main point of contact for the production team, producers, account management, and agency leadership for all production matters.
• Overseeing the business affairs, production business managers and talent management team across offices in EMEA.
• Maintaining a focus on a solutions-oriented environment and educating while inspiring collaboration.
• Interface and coordinate with creative, client engagement, accounting, legal and outside production partners.
• Overseeing a broad spectrum of legal matters including technology transactions, intellectual property rights and usage of original programming across all media platforms.
• Advancing the department of business affairs by targeting select talent that can continue to enhance our capabilities within the evolving content landscape.
• Leading scoping/evaluation of new business to determine level of business affairs staffing and involvement.
• Evaluating, evolving and educating agency concerning business affairs/talent processes.

Qualifications

• Understanding and adherence to current client guidelines and procedures.
• Reviewing scripts, decks/storyboards and preparing estimates with producers and/or Account Management.
• Supporting agency producer team on all production jobs through all phases of production.
• Estimating and monitoring all production costs.
• Issuing all production, stock, and music contracts and/or licenses.
• Handling any billing issues and ensuring proper legal approvals are secured, including any third-party trademark releases.
• Managing and monitoring all production costs, processing contracts, and invoices.
• Estimating talent session, processing contracts, clearing, booking, and issuing talent contracts.
• Issuing POs, reviewing and approving all production invoices, actualizing, and closing production jobs.
• Managing network clearance process, including identifying non-compliant claims, collecting all substantiation for claims, and working with networks toward resolution.
• Collaborating with account management to ensure timely release and shipping of final commercials.

Ideal traits

• Exceptional initiative, pitch-in, multi-tasking, attention to detail and follow-through skills a must.
• A calm and patient demeanor when facing stressful situations and urgent deadlines.
• A desire to continuously learn and evolve and grow the business affairs team for the current advertising landscape pharmaceutical regulatory and compliance guidelines (e.g., GDPR, ICH, HDSA, ePrivacy Directive etc.).

Additional information

Publicis Groupe operates a hybrid working pattern with full-time employees being office-based three days during the working week.

We are supportive of all candidates and are committed to providing a fair assessment process. If you have any circumstances (such as neurodiversity, physical or mental impairments or a medical condition) that may affect your assessment, please inform your Talent Acquisition Partner. We will discuss possible adjustments to ensure fairness. Rest assured, disclosing this information will not impact your treatment in our process.