Job Description

Company Description

We’re a creative consultancy. That means we put creativity at the center of all our thinking—be it strategic consulting, design and advertising or product and service design. If you believe in the power of creativity to transform how people think and behave, you’re in the right place.

The Broadcast Business Manager is primarily responsible for obtaining the necessary legal clearances (ASC, Telecaster & Kids) for all broadcast commercials, ensuring all air dates are met and paying performer/music residuals in a timely fashion. Reporting Relationships: This position reports directly to VP, Co Production Directors. Responsibilities:

• Issue Digital/Radio/TV commercial ID codes and provide slate sheets to producers.
• Add commercial codes, job# and correct titles to TV & Radio scripts before submitting for legal clearances.
• Submit TV/Radio scripts and final spots for all necessary legal clearances and notify client service of any approvals/issues.
• Notify media/AOR if buy will be affected by any clearance restrictions (i.e. French -K or -KK kids programming)
• Provide clear and concise talent/music residual quotes for TV/Radio/Digital usage to client service and producers.
• Generate talent/music residual estimates and distribute to client service and finance. Revise estimates, when required. Reconcile all costs and do Final Actual estimate when ready to close.
• Manage closed captioning of final TV and Digital spots via the distribution house.
• Manage distribution of final Radio and TV spots via the distribution house.
• Traffic Radio/TV campaigns to Starcom/AOR at least 1wk in advance of air date (more time is needed if air date falls on a holiday) and co-ordinate with them on deadlines and ETA of final creative.
• Obtain station list from Starcom/AOR and report talent/music usage to talent payment house and approve corresponding residual invoices.
• Create PO’s as needed to send out to vendors and approve invoices against them.
• Continuing knowledge on all unions (ACTRA/UDA/CFM/AFM/SAG) and help clarify any issues for client service/producers.
• Maintain friendly/professional relationships with all union representation and outside vendors.
• Keep track of all talent/music residual cycles and renew when needed (i.e. 2nd Radio/TV cycle and/or additional Digital use).
• Notify client service of upcoming Radio/TV dormancies and Digital cycle expiries. Client service to advise if new cycles are to be paid, and to remove creative from digital if not renewing.
• Renegotiate buy-out/union talent, AFM Music/Music license for subsequent use, as required.
• Coordinate adaptations with U.S agencies (requesting estimates for TV/WEB, paying Holding Fees, Tracking cycles, etc…)
• Field International requests for foreign talent/music usage of our creative. Create job launch and residual estimate for foreign agency to approve. Send requested elements to international agency, as needed. Negotiate and facilitate payments as required.
• Generate Miscellaneous, Storage, Dubs/Distribution, Retainer & Broadcast Fee estimates and update as required.
• Facilitate Transfer of Rights for all unions when acquiring or losing client assignments.
• Obtain all transfer paperwork to ensure access to old creative and files.
• Maintain records of residual and dubbing information.
• Trouble shooting / “detective” work when paperwork provided is incomplete or missing (i.e. searching for archived material, traffic instructions, contracts and completion reports).

Qualifications

• Must be self-motivated with the ability to work under minimal supervision.
• Excellent time management with the ability to work in a fast-paced environment with aggressive deadlines
• Possess understanding of various unions and their rules
• Work as a team member in liaison with account service, production and media
• Ability to multi-task on various accounts
• Willingness to help others and offer assistance when needed
• Ability to work with client, when required
• Problem solving / solution orientated
• Must have a can do attitude