Business Affairs Exec, Film Sales Agent
20 hours ago
BUSINESS AFFAIRS EXECUTIVE
INDEPENDENT FILM SALES AGENT
CENTRAL LONDON
Our client is one of the leading international sales agents of high-end independent film, representing some of the world's leading auteurs. As a well-established business, they cover all aspects of development, finance, packaging, marketing, PR, productionand distribution of high calibre films throughout their life cycles.
Role description:
You will report directly to the Head of Legal & Business Affairs, working with distributors and producers across a broad range of commercial and legal work. This includes advising on a complete range of matters relating to film distribution and day to day managementof all legal and business aspects of the distribution side of the business.
A sample of responsibilities include:
- Negotiation of commercial/legal terms during and after markets; providing support to the Sales Team at the deal stage negotiation
- Negotiation and drafting of Distribution Agreements
- Drafting various legal documents (Default/Termination Notices, POAs, Instrument of Transfers, Release Certificates, CNC documentation, etc.)
- Managing Pre-Sale Collaterals and NOAs on financial closings
- Approval of distributor's delivery requests submitted to the company's servicing agent
- In charge of the censorship documentation required by distributors
- Managing and tracking the ODDs for distributors
- Managing the NOD process, drafting and sending Notices of Delivery to distributors
- Managing the holdback provisions across the company's Line-Up and managing territorial conflicts
This is a great opportunity for a Legal & Business Affairs executive to work for a collaborative, fun and harmonious film business, which has an inclusive and respectful culture.
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