Hogarth is the Global Content Experience Company. Part of WPP, Hogarth partners with one in every two of the world’s top 100 brands including Coca-Cola, Ford, Rolex, Nestlé, Mondelez and Dyson. With a breadth of experience across an extensive range of sectors, Hogarth offers the unrivaled ability to deliver relevant, engaging, and measurable content across all channels and media - both established and emerging. 

The number of channels at our fingertips; the need for speed; and the drive for mass personalisation, all mean that brands need different solutions. 

Our global team of over 7,500 craft and technology experts brings together creative, production and innovation to help clients navigate this exciting and ever-changing world of today’s content experience.

A Hybrid working model

Now offices are fully open we have embraced a hybrid working model, which allows our employees to split their time between the office and other locations, something we hope will provide everyone much more flexibility to their working week. The expectation is that working life at Hogarth will involve working from the office for an average of 4 days per week for most people . Please speak to the Talent Acquisition team to find out more information.

What does a Business Affairs Manager do at Hogarth? 

The Business Affairs Manager works as the “right-hand” to the broadcast/interactive/Print producers.  They are responsible for handling the business details of producing television and radio commercials, and interactive ads. The  Business Affaris Manager is also responsible for assisting producers in the bidding process for television commercials and prepare all bid packages.  They will formulate and issue TV, radio & interactive production estimates, work with client cost consultants, maintain production files, and issue all production contracts and production insurance. Provide production support to producers for broadcast, print, digital. As well as talent usage rights expertise and coordination for music, talent, stock footage, etc.

The Business Affairs Manager will issue purchase orders to suppliers, approve vendor invoices, and work with all suppliers in the broadcast production process.Responsibilities:

Review creative materials and advise Agency teams on talent, flag potential copyright issues and advise on next steps. Work with Agency legal counsel on issues including updating releases, contract templates, risk assessment and indemnifications Production and Project Management: Review AICP, AICE, animation and music bids with Producer Work with cost consultants for adherence to appropriate Client budgeting and contractual guidelines Create and issue appropriate award documents, insurance, licensing and talent agreements and vendor purchase orders Flag possible legal, clearance, talent, and/or logistical issues; suggest solutions Handle full-up TV/content production, test, re-edit and radio jobs Review bids with Producers Oversee vendor set up/payment process in partnership with finance. Work with Client’s Production Consultants Negotiate bids with vendors

Talent:

Advise Agency teams and Clients on union rules, regulations and best practices. ‪‪Issue talent contracts, session reports. ‪‪Evaluate and manage union claims. ‪‪Create and negotiate music vendor agreements. ‪‪Issue talent agreements and foreign talent contracts. Estimate talent sessions. Prepare production estimates. Issue purchase orders, contracts, insurance declarations, and releases. Handles celebrity and music license negotiations or works with third-parties when required. Review 3rd party licenses and contracts

Requirements:

5-8+ years Business Affairs -Agency or Production Company experience. Working knowledge of SAG-AFTRA and AFM contracts Experience with US and foreign productions Ability to communicate clearly and effectively with all levels of Agency and Client personnel Ability to effectively manage multiple projects simultaneously in a fast-paced environment

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Diversity & Inclusion

Hogarth is an equal-opportunity employer. That means we believe in creating a truly inclusive culture that values diversity, equity and inclusion for everyone through our ideas, our people, how we behave and how we conduct ourselves.  We strive to recruit people from diverse backgrounds and support them to achieve long-term success. This not only makes Hogarth a better company and place to work, but an environment where everyone can give their point of view, experience connection, enjoy opportunity and feel a sense of belonging. 

We welcome applications from everyone, regardless of race, ethnicity, religion or belief, gender, gender identity, age, national origin, marital status, military veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, or physical or mental disability. As part of our commitment to making our hiring processes as equitable as possible, we are currently rolling out a policy which ensures that hiring managers review CVs only after they have been processed through an automated anonymisation system. This aims to ensure that all candidates are considered for interview based solely on their experience and what they can bring to the role. The solution, provided by MeVitae, scans and redacts CVs to reduce potential reviewer bias.

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