Sr Business Affairs Manager

The Sr. Business Affairs Manager will be an integral team member of the Disney Experiences (DX) Business Affairs organization, representing the Yellow Shoes business unit. You will be an agency expert and day-to-day contact on all creative/content materials, vendor and talent estimates, contracts, talent residual agreements, music licensing, rights and trademark clearances for proposed branding, taglines, signage and design in partnership with TWDC legal counsel.

The role is full time and will sit onsite in Celebration, FL reporting to the Sr Mgr-Business Affairs.

Responsibilities/You will:

• Review creative/content highly complex materials and advise on talent, copyright and intellectual property issues, assess scripts, social/digital content, rough-cuts, and final creative for risk of clearance concerns (in tandem with TWDC legal counsel).

• Primary responsibility for social media / digital creative content and remain aware and demonstrate on-going deep knowledge of current and emerging social platforms.

• "go-to" person who can explain difficult or sensitive information to a variety of audiences.

• Manage digital, social media, broadcast content, and photography across lines of business and Disney Intellectual Property.

• Work in a collaboration alongside other Business Affairs and Legal Affairs members of The Walt Disney Company (TWDC) and members of Disney Experience's creative, marketing, production, legal, finance, PR and franchise management groups.

• Moderate-to-high autonomy and works independently with guidance in only the most complex situations. May train, guide and mentor others.

• Key Responsibilities Include: Brand Stewardship, Social/Digital Platform Expertise, Contract Negotiation, Rights and Clearance, Talent Agreements and Contracting Expert, Music Licensing

Required Qualifications/You will have:

• 5+ years of business affairs, legal affairs, marketing or advertising experience (including working knowledge of digital/social channels)

• Deep expertise and marketing acumen in digital/social media

• High understanding of variety of communication media including video, digital, email, social, display and the production process supporting each

• Experience being an advocate for creative ideas to legal/franchise teams and an advocate of legal/franchise guidance back to creative teams.

• Negotiation skills, contract and document drafting abilities, excellent communication skills and creative problem-solving abilities

• Ability to accomplish tasks with accuracy against multiple, high-priority projects and ensure deadlines are met

• Ability to maintain high level of respect from others within the agency (including leadership), TWDC legal counsel and across the broader TWDC organization

• Familiar with applications for project management (e.g. Workfront, SharePoint)

• Expert judgement with the ability to escalate issues when challenges occur and to ensure deadlines are met

• Strong written and oral communication; Strong attention to detail

Preferred Qualifications:

• Prior experience working with creative teams

• Knowledge of music rights/usage

• Familiarity with SAG-AFTRA Talent Residual parameters

• Fluent in Spanish and/or Portuguese languages

Required Education:

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent work experience.

Preferred Education:

• Paralegal Certificate

Benefits and Perks: 

Disney offers a rewards package to help you live your best life. This includes health and savings benefits, educational opportunities, and special extras that only Disney can provide. Learn more about our benefits and perks at https://jobs.disneycareers.com/benefits. 

The hiring range for this position in Celebration, FL is $100,100.00 to $134,200.00 per year. The base pay actually offered will take into account internal equity and also may vary depending on the candidate’s geographic region, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience among other factors. A bonus and/or long-term incentive units may be provided as part of the compensation package, in addition to the full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the level and position offered.