Business Affairs Manager

Summary

Join Movement Strategy as their Business Affairs Manager, overseeing legal compliance and negotiations for influencer and creator campaigns. You will report to the Senior Business Affairs Manager and collaborate with the Influencer Marketing team. Key responsibilities include legal review of campaign documents, coordinating deal terms, negotiating deals with creators, tracking deal information, assisting with contract drafting, and handling quick-turn legal tasks. The ideal candidate possesses a JD and active Bar membership (CA, CO, or NY preferred), 1–2+ years of business affairs experience, and strong contract, intellectual property, and negotiation skills. This full-time position offers remote work from Los Angeles, New York, or Denver. Movement Strategy provides a comprehensive benefits package, including health insurance, retirement plan, paid time off, and professional development opportunities.

Requirements

• JD and active Bar membership (CA, CO, or NY preferred)
• 1–2+ years of business affairs experience at a digital marketing agency, talent agency, media company, or in entertainment
• Strong experience in contracts, intellectual property, deal-making, and negotiation

Responsibilities

• Oversee our legal compliance and negotiation processes related to influencer and creator campaigns
• Support legal/compliance review, dealmaking, and deal negotiations to ensure all creator partnerships are structured and executed effectively and in alignment with agency standards, client agreements, and industry standards
• Legal reviews of briefs, creative concepts, and/or any other campaign creative documents
• Review all influencer/creator/creative briefs to ensure alignment with applicable MSAs, SOWs, and flag concerns and potential solutions as needed
• Coordinate with the Influencer Marketing team on deal term parameters and craft specific partner offers for all campaigns
• Negotiate all influencer, creator, and other similar deals directly with creators/partners as needed (email, phone, Zoom)
• Track all deal terms and partner information for contract generation by the Business Affairs Team
• Assist in contract drafting and provide additional support during paperwork negotiation as needed
• Assist in handling quick-turn legal tasks (e.g., urgent NDAs) as capacity allows
• Potential to expand responsibilities and grow in the role as agency and Business Affairs team grows

Preferred Qualifications

• Background or experience in influencer marketing, social campaigns, and/or advertising is a plus
• High energy, passionate, curious, confident, and tenacious in learning, coupled with the ability to navigate the nuances of different client teams
• Must communicate quickly and accurately across groups with varying degrees of legal knowledge to align on goals and brief the foregoing groups on legal issues and potential risks
• Strong negotiation skills and familiarity with context and issues specific to the digital and entertainment space, as well as industry customs and standards of practice
• Should have strong proficiency in Word, Google Suite, etc., and be willing to learn to use relevant additional platforms and software as needed
• Exceptional critical thinking skills and attention to detail
• Should be a nimble self-starter and quickly adjust to internal and external teams in an ever-changing environment; identify opportunity with bias to action
• Should be proactive and naturally curious about the digital and social space, constantly looking for opportunities to evolve the department and advance the work
• Should be passionate about the work they do and treat their client’s business as if it were their own
• Should have a track record of success in building strong relationships, both internally and with their counterparts at talent management companies and talent agencies, and navigating client culture
• Should have a diverse and inclusive perspective, valuing different viewpoints and backgrounds within the team
• Should make others’ jobs easier (no matter who they are or what they do)
• Should create a positive and open environment
• Should know how to work smarter, not harder

Benefits

• 100% employer contribution for health (base plan), vision, and dental
• 401K Retirement Plan with Company Match
• Short and Long Term Disability
• Life Insurance & AD&D
• Paid Parental Leave
• Fully-Remote Agency
• Unlimited Paid Time Off
• Take-As-You-Need Paid Time Off
• Take-As-You-Need Paid Mental Health Days
• 10 days minimum required off per year
• (11) Company Paid Holidays
• (3) Summer Fridays- Fully Off
• Week-Long Winter Agency Closure
• Support for continued education
• New Business Referral Bonus
• Movement Journey Program - Stipend for personal growth
• Health and Wellness Program
• WeWork Membership
• Positive Impact and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Committees
• Employee Resource Groups