Droga5 Talent Manager

About Droga5

Droga5, part of Accenture Song, is a creative agency with offices in New York, London, Dublin, Tokyo, and São Paulo. From integrated communications and experience innovation to business design, Droga5 exists to build and sustain the most influential brands of the 21st century through creativity. Founded in 2006, Droga5 has been recognized as Agency of the Year more than 25 times and was named both Ad Age and Adweek’s Agency of the Decade (2010–2019). Visit Droga5.com or follow @droga5 on social platforms to learn more.

Business Affairs — Droga5

Droga5’s Business Affairs Department takes a solution-oriented approach to mitigating risk in content production. The team advises and supports Production teams in matters including contracting with production vendors, content licensing and clearance, talent procurement, traffic, and managing/reconciling production budgets. Business Affairs focuses on helping the agency deliver quality, thought-provoking content that surpasses clients’ core marketing goals with minimal risk to both the agency and the client.

Job Summary

The Talent Manager handles the on-camera and voice-over talent responsibilities for film, radio, print, and interactive productions for assigned clients. The Talent Manager works alongside the Business Affairs Manager and Producer to handle production content from creative concepting through final billing.

Job Responsibilities

• Review creative materials to determine talent needs and create session estimates based on those needs.
• Estimate talent residuals based on the media plan provided by the Account and Media team.
• Manage and monitor talent session and residual payments in collaboration with a third-party vendor.
• Advise on talent casting specifications, appropriate talent hiring categories, zone areas, and exclusivity issues.
• Interpret SAG/AFTRA codes and advise on union requirements.
• Generate union and non-union performer contracts.
• Interface with talent agents for scale talent and negotiate with non-union talent.
• Advise on labor requirements regarding engagement of talent.
• Check union status of performers (Station 12), submit necessary Taft Hartley reports, and generate session and completion reports.
• Review completed contracts, W-4s, CA/NY wage notices, time reports, and related documentation.
• Process talent payments, including appropriate pension and health contributions (where appropriate) and payroll tax deductions.
• Generate holding fee notices and advise on the Maximum Period of Use for union agreements.
• Defend SAG claims and respond to audit requirements.
• Screen final commercials to confirm final cast and ensure appropriate usage.
• Compile completion reports and final cast lists.
• Track all talent rights and manage rights trackers in conjunction with the Business Manager.

Basic Qualifications

• 1+ years of work experience in an agency or related business affairs/legal department.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent training and/or experience.
• Knowledge of performance unions and talent hiring in both the US and abroad.
• Strong organizational, time-management, and negotiating skills.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, ever-changing environment while managing urgent deadlines.
• Strong communication skills (verbal, written, and listening) and ability to interact with all agency departments.

Compensation and Benefits (Accenture)

Compensation varies depending on factors including office location, role, skill set, and level of experience. As required by local law, Accenture provides a reasonable range of compensation for roles that may be hired. For New York City, the range of starting pay for this role is $XX - $XX.

Accenture offers a market-competitive suite of benefits including medical, dental, vision, life, and long-term disability coverage, a 401(k) plan, bonus opportunities, paid holidays, and paid time off. See U.S. Employee Benefits | Accenture for more information.

Role Location — Annual Salary Range

• California: $73,800 to $182,600
• Cleveland: $68,300 to $146,100
• Colorado: $73,800 to $157,800
• District of Columbia: $78,500 to $168,000
• Illinois: $68,300 to $157,800
• Maine: $62,800 to $134,400
• Maryland: $73,800 to $157,800
• Massachusetts: $73,800 to $168,000
• Minnesota: $73,800 to $157,800
• New York: $68,300 to $182,600
• New Jersey: $78,500 to $182,600
• Virginia: $68,300 to $168,000
• Washington: $80,200 to $168,000

About Accenture

Accenture is a leading global professional services company that helps businesses, governments, and other organizations build their digital core, optimize their operations, accelerate revenue growth, and enhance citizen services — creating tangible value at speed and scale. With approximately 791,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries, Accenture combines technology leadership in cloud, data, and AI with unmatched industry experience, functional expertise, and global delivery capability. Its broad range of services, solutions, and assets across Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Operations, Industry X and Song, together with its culture of shared success and commitment to creating 360° value, helps clients reinvent and build trusted, lasting relationships.

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