Senior Business Affairs Manager, Spatial Content Production
Job Summary:
Marcom is Apple’s Global Marketing Communications group. We oversee Apple’s advertising and marketing to ensure the flawless development and execution of world-class communications
The Senior Business Affairs Manager role will partner with producers, creatives, advertising and Global Business Affairs teams to manage business affairs needs for spatial audio, video and photo content within Marcom including negotiating, planning and licensing of spatial content used in Marcom projects. This role requires close cooperation with producers, content managers, legal, brand teams, advertising team, Apple internal services teams (e.g., Music, TV+, Vision Pro), and additional Marcom personnel as well as with external brands and partners in media, sports, entertainment and technology for the negotiation and development of spatial content initiatives. Collaborate with internal and external partners to facilitate all aspects of production, legal,copyright/trademark, third party content licensing, rights and all other clearance matters. Understand and provide guidance on advertising, talent, production and artist relations matters. Partner with greater global BA team and outside ad agency to manage localization of third party content, and partner as needed with content teams for additional translation.
Daily Responsibilities:
- Oversee all business affairs matters for spatial projects with third party content providers from concept to execution and maintain line of sight into all facets of the production process including thinking ahead on project/clearance/legal needs and roadblocks, understanding talent and production processes and advertising/regulatory issues.
- Apply critical thinking throughout production, advising on potential spatial content candidates, vetting potential legal and cultural issues, working cross-functionally to provide creative solves; Working closely with Vision Pro team, Marcom brand, advertising teams, Original Content and Production legal teams to procure content and assess and mitigate risk.
- Provide production support including preparing all necessary paperwork for content distribution, including releases and talent contracts in a timely manner.
- Provide recommendations around costs for branded partnerships and ideas on how to maximize budget
- Conduct copyright and trademark research and initiate trademark searches with legal.
- Facilitate third party content clearances between Production and BA Asset Managers.
- Work closely with GEO BA teams for cultural sensitivity concerns and localization of assets as required.
- Negotiate complex licenses and clearances for third-party IP with various copyright owners.
- Provide support for maintaining database systems to track content usage across spatial deliverables.
- Successfully build and develop productive relationships with creative, production, and brand teams as well as with the larger Apple BA team.
- Work with Producers and as well as BA teams to creatively solve, manage, and evolve BA within our production department.
- Take on special projects, including complex celebrity campaigns and new product/services where new processes may be required to be implemented.
Additional Responsibilities Include:
- Your expertise in problem solving is essential for your success; with every
challenge that arises you’ll have multiple solutions and be open to partnering
with producers and creatives to problem solve. - Provide solutions to production challenges that fit creatively while still being
legally sound, financially responsible, and keeping in line with the product,
creative, and strategic objectives. - Ability to draw conclusions from working knowledge of issues and risks that impact the areas of talent usage and rights licensing, including copyright and trademark law, union/guild issues, public domain, fair use, defamation, and rights of publicity
- Demonstrated ability to deliver timely, effective and strategic business affairs advice that is current with the evolving legal and regulatory landscape.
- You are cool under pressure and have a demonstrated ability to manage urgent deadlines and complex projects while remaining solutions oriented.
- Must have a high degree of professionalism with a strong focus on accuracy,
attention-to-detail, and timeliness is a must. - You work independently and act as leader within the team, advising on complex matters and supporting colleagues and junior teammates.
Required Qualifications:
- BA/BS degree
- 10+ years in agency or corporate business affairs role.
- 10+ years of experience negotiating talent contracts including over-scale/Celebrity agreements.
- Extensive, up-to-date industry knowledge on talent (SAG-AFTRA/Non-Union/Celebrity), licensing and guild issues.
- Exceptional organizational, prioritization, and time management skills and highly responsive to Producers and other stakeholders.
- Strong interpersonal relations and problem-solving skills.
- Consistently displays a professional and positive service oriented demeanor
- Effective oral and written communication skills.
- Expert-level understanding and management of third-party negotiations.
- Self-motivated, flexible, and comfortable navigating rapid change with poise and decorum in a fast-paced, deadline driven environment
Hours may fluctuate based on project needs.
