Manager, Business Affairs

Hello Sunshine is seeking an experienced and versatile Manager, Business affairs to handle a high volume of development and production matters for television (scripted and unscripted) and feature projects, as well as digital/social media content, brand partnerships and experiential events.  Position provides general support and advice to business executives, in-house development and production teams and other departments on various matters. Responsibilities include supporting the business & legal department by tracking options and agreements, as well as drafting and negotiating, with moderate supervision, various development, and production agreements from term sheet to long form This individual will handle a diverse range of legal matters related to the development, production, co-production, licensing, and exploitation of programming and initiatives across the Hello Sunshine slate.

Job Description

• Working with senior business/legal executives to handle legal matters during development, production and delivery of original content, including evaluating rights, managing risk across a broad range of production-related topics and performing other production lawyer duties
• Draft, negotiate, review, analyze and interpret a variety of agreements including NDAs, releases, location agreements, crew deals, rights, talent, producer, director, and other production agreements in an accurate and timely manner
• Liaise with internal business, finance and creative clients, as well as business & legal affairs department contacts and outside counterparties (e.g., talent attorneys and agents, production company counsel)
• Assist in creating, updating, analyzing, and managing internal business & legal affairs tracking systems (deals, options, deadlines), department templates and agreements