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Senior Business Affairs Manager

Expedia Group brands power global travel for everyone, everywhere. We design cutting-edge tech to make travel smoother and more memorable, and we create groundbreaking solutions for our partners. Our diverse, vibrant, and welcoming community is essential in driving our success.

To shape the future of travel, people must come first. Guided by our Values and Leadership Agreements, we foster an open culture where everyone belongs, differences are celebrated and know that when one of us wins, we all win.

We provide a full benefits package, including exciting travel perks, generous time-off, parental leave, a flexible work model (with some pretty cool offices), and career development resources, all to fuel our employees' passion for travel and ensure a rewarding career journey. We're building a more open world. Join us.

Introduction to the Team

Expedia Group's Global Marketing Communications team is dedicated to developing and executing innovative and effective global marketing across our family of brands. Within this organization, the Business Affairs team is responsible in supporting the Marketing Communications efforts across film, digital, print, photo, event production, and agency relationships. Today the majority of our work sits with agency partners, however, going forward it will be a mix of external and internal resources.

We are seeking an experienced and passionate Senior Business Affairs Manager . An enthusiastic person who can contribute to a team environment and wants to be part of an evolving organization. In this role, you will report into the Director of Business Affairs and you will play a critical role as a Business Affairs lead to help manage our most important creative opportunities and challenges. You are proactive and collaborative with a focus on bringing manageable solutions to support the creative vision. The role requires a deep understanding of advertising best practices, to help us achieve our marketing communications goals.

This position requires an extremely organized and detail-oriented thinker. Someone who is ambitious, who thinks one step ahead, can see around the corner, and the ability to adjust to frequent changes in a fast-paced and developing environment. Flexibility and problem-solving skills are critical.

In this role you will;

• Be the Business Affairs lead across several projects at a time
• Advise on Business Affairs matters, including, but not limited to : SOW's, Negotiations, Contracts, Licensing, Usage, Commercial best practices, Terms and Conditions, Union vs Non-Union, NDA process
• Review, negotiate and advise across various types of content, while communicating potential risk and legal considerations to cross-functional leads
• Provide guidance and risk assessment across full lifecycle of creative development, from concept through delivery
• Think both Global and Regional, with a deep understanding of international and localization best practices, reviewing the advertising nuances within each market
• Ensure compliance with contract processes, including various agreements, releases & NDA's
• Work directly with our sponsorships and partnerships team in reviewing and providing guidance within contractual oversight
• Work with Director of BA to optimize our current process with the ability to explore, identify and implement new models across brands
• Creative, Brand and Production fluency, comfortability understanding complex briefs, while identifying business and legal considerations
• Foster relationships with cross-functional teams to ensure we're delivering against brief, mitigating risk, and creating an environment delivering innovation
• Be a strong culture role model, leading by example, and further delivering against Expedia's principles
• Guide and supervise Business Affairs Manager in day-to-day project work

Experience and Qualifications;

The total cash range for this position in West Hollywood is $110,500.00 to $155,000.00. Employees in this role have the potential to increase their pay up to $177,000.00, which is the top of the range, based on ongoing, demonstrated, and sustained performance in the role. Starting pay for this role will vary based on multiple factors, including location, available budget, and an individual's knowledge, skills, and experience. Pay ranges may be modified in the future.

If you need assistance with any part of the application or recruiting process due to a disability, or other physical or mental health conditions, please reach out to our Recruiting Accommodations Team.

We are proud to be named as a Best Place to Work on Glassdoor in 2024 and be recognized for award-winning culture by organizations like Forbes, TIME, Disability : IN, and others.

Expedia Group's family of brands includes : Brand Expedia, Hotels.com, Expedia Partner Solutions, Vrbo, trivago, Orbitz, Travelocity, Hotwire, Wotif, ebookers, CheapTickets, Expedia Group Media Solutions, Expedia Local Expert, CarRentals.com, and Expedia Cruises. 2024 Expedia, Inc. All rights reserved. Trademarks and logos are the property of their respective owners. CST : 2029030-50

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