Hiring: Senior Business Manager, Business Affairs & Talent Management Company: dentsu Location: New York, United States Job Posted Time: 2026-09-11 14:42:03 Employment Type: Full-time / Hybrid Target Skills & Keywords : Project Management About the job Experience: •7+ years of Business Affairs experience, preferably at an advertising agency Required Skills: •Work across traditional and non-traditional productions (i.e. Broadcast, Radio, Print, Social, Influencer, Digital, Activations and Experiential) •Assess talent requirements, ballpark talent session and usage fees, and when applicable, SAG union session, usage fees and fringes •Demonstrated capacity to understand vague and conflicting union rules and descriptions and apply them to real situations. •Manage talent duties on assigned non-union clients including drafting talent releases, processing session and usage payments through a 3rd party payroll company, partnering with third party SAG signatories for non-union clients when featuring SAG talent and executing talent session and completion reports •Support on-boarding and setting up freelance crew within Extreme Reach Crew Services payroll company, as needed •Create production estimates in our financial system and manage costs through final reconciliation •Advise account team on talent and/or third-party rights agreements that will be coming up for expiration. On assigned clients, part of the role may require tracking rights and expirations for stock, talent, music, etc. •Build and maintain relationships with talent agents, effectively negotiating costs and terms including overscale agreements that serve the best interests of the agency and our clients Qualifications: •Associate's degree or higher a plus Compensation: •$114,425 - $125,000 / year Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!