Business Affairs Manager

About Klick Health

Meet a different kind of workplace. Klick Health is an ecosystem of brilliant minds working to realize the full potential of their people and clients in life sciences since 1997. And we’re still growing fast, even after two decades. What does that mean for you? As Klick experiences exponential growth year-over-year, so do the people who help make it happen. Because we’re constantly evolving and changing, we invest in talent early and often, to develop future leaders at all levels. We’re one of the country’s Top 10 Great Workplaces, 10 Most Inspiring Cultures, Best Workplace for Innovators, Best Managed, and Fastest Growing. We know that career paths are seldom simple and straightforward. And that's an asset. If you feel like you'd be a good fit for this role, we encourage you to apply and take the first steps to starting your career journey at Klick!

About Our Creative Craft 

The Creative team features an incredible array of experienced, fearless, smart visionaries, capable in all media and technologies, and united by a common goal: to build brands that solve a human need. It requires hard work, a healthy dose of imagination, and a passion for craft to make work that stands out in the world. We’ve got super-smart, friendly, and caring people who put their hearts and souls into the clever work that they create for our clients in order to deliver thoughtful creative messaging to the patients they serve. And the best part? We have a ton of fun while doing it. 

Position Details

Position Title: Business Affairs Manager

Team: Production, as part of the Creative department

Reports to: VP, Business Affairs

Role Description and Expectations

As the Business Affairs Manager, you will be responsible for overseeing all talent and legal components of projects completed by the Production team. You will act as both a talent affairs manager and rights and licensing expert, supporting Producers and Creatives with securing the right talent and assets that are needed to create exceptional work. You are the person who keeps legal, compliance, and rights-ownership in check. You are a problem solver, creative partner and proactive negotiator. You are curious, tenacious and the perfect blend of a rule-follower and pioneer. In this role you will also be the key point of contact for Klick’s legal and finance teams, and will work closely with the Executive Producer and Supervising Producer to ensure all projects are appropriately contracted, licensed and paid. You can turn chaos into clarity and enjoy the process of doing so. 

Key Accountabilities

• Provide business management leadership and ownership for the production team
• Support key stakeholders across multiple Klick business units as a shared service leader
• Respond to new contract and/or talent requests from within Klick, as the key point of contact
• Collaborate with producers and the Executive Producer on the needs of contracts support
• Manage SAG-AFTRA and ACTRA partnerships, and any other talent union relationships
• Understand the nuance and requirements of working with talent unions, union talent and non-union talent, in Canada, the United States and abroad
• Oversee all talent relationships, agent relationships, booking companies, casting firms, and their subsequent contracts and negotiations for (including, but not limited to): actors, voice actors, models, influencers, celebrities, musicians, artists, performers, creators, freelance talent, etc.
• Propose, create, own and manage all templates, key documents and internal processes for business affairs, contract templates, key talent management documents, etc.
• Oversee rights and licensing for all work, including static and moving content, music, etc.
• Manage all vendor contracts
• Ensure all contracts, legal requirements and vendor agreements are negotiated effectively, approached with consistency and are financially optimized.

Soft Skills

• Exceptional attention to detail, numbers, terms, and contract points
• Ability to create structure while being flexible and collaborative
• negotiation skills
• Exceptional multi-tasking capabilities
• Highly effective oral and written communications skills
• Sound judgment and decisive problem-solving abilities
• Ability to build stakeholder rapport and trust

Hard Skills

• Familiarity with industry contracts and legal requirements for both Canada and United States
• Understanding and mastery of talent negotiations, rights, licensing and talent union pricing structures - able to confidently quote talent projects in new media, broadcast, digital, live, etc.
• Advanced skills in Excel, Smartsheets, PowerPoint, Google Suite
• Advanced skills in project management
• Advanced people skills - training, performance management, evaluation
• Advanced resource management skills - time, quality and needs assessments
• An AMAZING template maker and process wizard

Experience

• 5+ years of experience managing talent, licenses and contracts in an agency environment
• Experience working with clients in life sciences is an asset
• Experience working on a global-scale with contracts, legal, risk management, compliance, etc.
• Experience working for a casting agency, talent union, talent representation firm, etc considered a bonus

Education

• Bachelor’s degree or Diploma in a related field is an asset

What makes Klick different?

You’ll work on numerous multi-million dollar brands—the size and breadth of the accounts here are incomparable to most agencies. We believe in putting our people first, and always make that our priority. This and our other timeless principles have made all the difference in our over two decades of success. By having an entrepreneurial spirit, playing the long game, considering outcomes over optics, and solving challenging problems through our hacker roots, we live our difference in all that we do. You’ll get to experience a high level of trust and be given the freedom to make decisions, judgment calls, and function with autonomy. If you have an idea, run with it! You’ll be encouraged to let your entrepreneurial spirit flourish and you’ll work with incredible teams that you can learn from, contribute to, and who will support you every step of the way!  

Klick is consciously creating a culture where everyone can thrive and grow in their careers. We believe that our best work comes from our diverse backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We strongly encourage members of historically underrepresented communities to apply, including Black people, Indigenous peoples, and other people of color, people with disabilities, people from gender and sexually diverse communities and people with intersectional identities.

We’re also committed to developing an inclusive, barrier-free recruitment process and work environment. Should you require any accommodation, please contact us at careers@klick.com and we will work with you to meet your accessibility needs and ensure you have a positive experience.