Business Affairs Manager

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About The Role

Monks is looking for one Business Affairs Manager to join its in‑house Legal & Business Affairs team, which works closely with our content production teams. The role will strategize and advise on all Business Affairs matters related to the production of work for an iconic automotive brand, helping to create groundbreaking work and a future vision for the account.

Location: Primarily a remote role, but you will work with clients and team members across Canada. Toronto, Vancouver, and Montreal are preferred.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide production support to all Monks entities in Canada, focusing on servicing our automotive client.
• Work alongside agency producers for timely bidding of projects, finalizing client estimates, negotiating production‑related agreements, declaring production insurance, and advising on all network compliance and clearance matters.
• Handle talent for SAG/UDA/AFTRA Union and non‑Union productions—estimating talent session and usage costs, issuing and interpreting talent contracts, advising on usage rights, processing payments, and drafting final completion reports.
• Collaborate with the client, agency partners, and dealers to manage talent & rights approval of local, regional, national, and global asset requests.
• Manage the wrap‑up process for all live‑action productions together with the Lead EP or producer.
• Work closely with our internal legal team, including the VP, Legal & Business Affairs, on production, intellectual property rights management, music rights, talent rights, and other clearance matters.
• Report to the Director of Business Affairs for input regarding day‑to‑day responsibilities.

About You

The essentials:

• At least 3–5 years of professional experience within the advertising production industry.
• Demonstrable skills in strategic Business Affairs and enthusiasm to work both independently and as part of a team.
• Fluent in English; other language skills are a bonus.
• Excellent organizational and administrative skills.
• Experience with content and media production and rights clearance.
• In‑depth knowledge of SAG/UDA/AFTRA commercials contract and talent residual payments.
• Flexibility and willingness to take on tasks in new areas of the industry.
• Confidence in business/commercial awareness.
• Proactive, hands‑on, result‑oriented, and able to work under pressure with tight deadlines and accuracy.

Building your budding Business Affairs experience, this role will allow you to develop your skill set in an international work environment, filled with many of the nicest people in the industry. You’ll join the brightest creative production company this side of the solar system and be part of a successful and super‑fast‑moving (and growing) organization.

Salary Range

$96,000—$120,000 CAD

About Monks

Monks is the global, purely digital, unitary operating brand of S4Capital plc. With a legacy of innovation and specialized expertise, Monks combines an extraordinary range of global marketing and technology services to accelerate business possibilities and redefine how brands and businesses interact with the world. Its integration of systems and workflows delivers unfettered content production, scaled experiences, enterprise‑grade technology, and data science fueled by AI—managed by the industry’s best and most diverse digital talent—to help the world’s trailblazing companies outmaneuver and outpace their competition.

Monks was named a Contender in The Forrester Wave™: Global Marketing Services. It has remained a constant presence on Adweek’s Fastest Growing lists (2019‑23), ranks among Cannes Lions' Top 10 Creative Companies (2022‑23), and is the only partner to have been placed in AdExchanger’s Programmatic Power Players list every year (2020‑24). In addition to being named Adweek’s first AI Agency of the Year (2023), Monks has been recognized by Business Intelligence in its 2024 Excellence in Artificial Intelligence Awards program in three categories: the Individual category, Organizational Winner in AI Strategic Planning, and AI Product for its service Monks.Flow. Monks has also garnered the title of Webby Production Company of the Year (2021‑24), won a record number of FWAs, and earned a spot on Newsweek’s Top 100 Global Most Loved Workplaces 2023.

We are an equal‑opportunity employer committed to building a respectful and empowering work environment for all people to freely express themselves among colleagues who embrace diversity in all respects. Including fresh voices and unique points of view in all aspects of our business not only creates an environment where we can all grow and thrive but also increases our potential to produce work that better represents—and resonates with—the world around us.

At Monks, we believe in fostering an environment where a diversity of perspectives can thrive. We proactively work to design hiring processes that promote equity and inclusion while mitigating bias. We celebrate diversity and are committed to building a team that reflects the communities we serve. We welcome and encourage qualified applicants from all backgrounds, who are excited to contribute to our mission.

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