Business Affairs Director

Business Affairs Director

Overview

Hearst Media Production Group (HMPG)is seeking a Business Affairs Director to join our team. This position willprimarilyfocus on compliance with FCC-mandated rules for Educational/Informational (E/I) television production and distribution and oversight of rights clearances and general production documentation in addition to business issues surroundingHMPGsgeneral market entertainment. Will work with leadership to maintain HMPG brand integrity of all current series and to manage day-to-day business affairs for development and production. TheBusiness AffairsDirectorwill also draft review and close various short-form business and production documents.As such a legal background and/or related experience in the media and/or entertainment industry is required.

The position reports to the Vice President Business Affairs.

The position is on-site for four (4) days at our Hearst offices in either Glendale CA or Charlotte NC.

Responsibilities

• Review negotiate and draft short-form business production and vendor documents including location third-party acquired materials and appearance releases production services agreements permits letters of intent NDAs coordination with the production management team Rights & Clearances team and in-house and external counsel.

• Partner with management sales production post-production regulatory counsel and network partners to ensure content compliance with applicable FCC FTC COPPA and other regulations while maintaining HMPG brand integrity and industry standards.

• Assist Vice President Business Affairs in overseeing Rights & Clearances and Standard & Practices.

• Support Standards & Practices team responsible for content review with an emphasis on compliance with E/I regulations legal clearance and appropriate execution of branded content.

• Assist on rights management efforts via the RightsLine database.

• Engage in logistics and issues surroundingprogramsponsorships schedules content and contractual obligations.

• Collaborate with internal and external counsel when necessary.

Experience

• Minimum of 5 years of experience working in television business affairs department legal affairs department and/or entertainment law firm.

Qualifications

• Precision in reviewing annotating and drafting agreements.

• Familiarity with FCC FTC and COPPA (and related online privacy) regulations.

• Familiarity with copyright and trademark laws and regulations.

• Previous experience in performing legal and/or clearance review of episodic or long form audio/visual content.

• Experience with market-leading enterprise rights management systems.

• Skilled at maintaining positive relationships with showrunners and sales executives while enforcing standards and decisions and protecting HMPGs interests.

• Ability to make judgement calls on sensitive topics removing personal opinions from decision-making process.

• Proven ability to manage a high volume of projects with competing deadlines.

• Excellent organization and time management skills.

• Superior written and oral communication skills with proven ability to communicate effectively and collegially with C-Suite and all colleagues as well as with outside parties in negotiations.

• Detail-oriented with strong analytical capabilities and judgement.

• Familiarity with music rights and cue sheets production insurance and union issues a plus.

• Working knowledge of project management software preferably .

Education

• Law degree (J.D. or LLM) a plus.

• HMPG is a proud supporter of military veterans. Related military training and experience will be considered.

The estimated base salary range for this role is between $125000and $175000. The actual base pay offered is dependent upon many factors such as transferable skills work experience business needs market demands and conditions including geographic location where the work will be performed and other factors permitted by law. The base pay range is subject to change and may be modified in the future.

Values in Action

At Hearst Television we tell stories every day. Stories about people of all cultures backgrounds perspectives and identities. Thats why behind the scenes we believe in being an organization as diverse and varied as the audience we reach ensuring that the content we create is more compassionate and more representative of the communities we serve.

Benefits

Hearst Televisions benefit programs are modern flexible and designed to focus on you. As a Hearst Television employee you and your spouse or partner or dependents would have access to the following benefits.

• Medical Dental Vision

• 401(k) matching

• Emotional Wellness Support

• Paid Time Off

• Paid Parental Leave

• LGBTQ Health Services

• Additional benefits to meet your and your familys needs

About Hearst Media Production Group

Hearst Media Production Group(HMPG)a business unit of Hearst Television is an independent producer and distributor of original programming for TV stations broadcast and cable networks and streaming services. HMPG produces hundreds of hours of programming annually across linear streaming digital and social media platforms for domestic and international distribution in nearly 100 countries. Its popular shows include the Emmy Award-winning educational/informational (E/I) programming blocks airing weekends nationwide including Weekend Adventure on ABC stations; CBS WKND on the CBS Network; The More You Know on the NBC Network; One Magnificent Morning on the CW Network; Mi Telemundo on the Telemundo Network and Go Time on independent stations. HMPG also produces and/or distributes a diverse slate of other programming and content including Matter of Fact with Soledad OBrien Americas #1 nationally syndicated public affairs news magazine; Consumer Reports TV and the companys dedicated FAST channels Xplore The Jack Hanna Channel and Rovr Pets available on some of the most popular smart TVs and streaming platforms. HMPG has offices in New York Los Angeles Washington D.C. and Charlotte. HMPG is represented by United Talent Agency.