Business Affairs Manager

Magnolia Pictures is seeking a Manager to join our New York Business Affairs team. Applicants should be self-motivated and detail-oriented multi-taskers with 2-3 years of professional experience. While not required, applicants with experience interpreting intellectual property contracts are preferred. Interested applicants should send an email with their resume to businessaffairs@magpictures.com

Initial Responsibilities: The position will provide ongoing legal and administrative support for Magnolia’s Business Affairs department, including but not limited to:

• Updating and maintaining commercial contract folders

• Reviewing contracts to: (i) identify and record rights and availability for Magnolia’s titles; (ii) creating internal licensing reports for existing titles based on rights and availability; and (iii) preparing rights tracking spreadsheets for commercial deal terms

• Organizing Magnolia’s rights management software and metadata databases in order to leverage their functions and provide accurate availability reports/information to the Sales teams 

• Providing administrative and clerical support, including scheduling, attending, and/or preparing notes, if necessary, for Business Affairs and interdepartmental calls and meetings; tracking and coordinating invoices and payments for outside counsel; handling mailing and filing responsibilities; organizing and updating departmental calendars; coordinating the writing and circulation of deal summaries for domestic acquisitions and licensing transactions; and modifying and editing title synopses

• Coordinating with Magnolia’s accounting departments and performing rights organizations to process royalty obligations

• Preparing initial drafts of standard form agreements and analysis of subsequent drafts

• Filing Instruments of Transfer and other documents with the US Copyright Office

• Reviewing and responding to inquiries to the Business Affairs general email account

• Providing support to the Head of Business Affairs and other departments on additional tasks as needed

Qualifications

• 2-3 years of professional work experience

• Proficiency in Microsoft Outlook, Word, and Excel

• Motivated self-starter skilled in multitasking, communication, and time management with

excellent organizational skills

• Reliable and proactive

• High attention to detail

• Humble, diligent, and resourceful

We are looking for diverse perspectives. Magnolia is an Equal Opportunity Employer and encourages applicants of all backgrounds to apply.

Based in NY, Magnolia Pictures is the theatrical and home entertainment distribution arm of the Wagner/Cuban Companies, boasting a library of over 500 titles. Recent releases include THELMA, an action-comedy featuring the first leading performance of esteemed Oscar® nominee June Squibb, as well as the final performance of trailblazing actor Richard Roundtree; Joanna Arnow’s Cannes Directors’ Fortnight breakout comedy THE FEELING THAT THE TIME FOR DOING SOMETHING HAS PASSED, executive produced by Sean Baker; THE PROMISED LAND, starring Mads Mikkelsen; Paul Schrader’s Venice and New York Film Festival crime thriller MASTER GARDENER; JOAN BAEZ I AM A NOISE, a revealing exploration of the iconic folk singer and activist; double Oscar nominee COLLECTIVE, Alexander Nanau’s jaw-dropping expose of corruption at the highest levels of government; Hirokazu Kore-Eda’s Cannes Palmed'Or winner and Oscar-nominated SHOPLIFTERS; Oscar-nominated RBG; Ruben Östlund’s Cannes Palme d'Or winner and Oscar-nominated THE SQUARE; and Raoul Peck and James Baldwin’s Oscar-nominated I AM NOT YOUR NEGRO