Business Affairs Associate

Snap Inc. is a technology company. We believe the camera presents the greatest opportunity to improve the way people live and communicate. Snap contributes to human progress by empowering people to express themselves, live in the moment, learn about the world, and have fun together. The Company's three core products are Snapchat, a visual messaging app that enhances your relationships with friends, family, and the world; Lens Studio, an augmented reality platform that powers AR across Snapchat and other services; and its AR glasses, Spectacles.
The Creative & Marketing team at Snap brings our brand to life in culture so more people understand who we are and why we are here.
We're looking for a sharp, strategic Business Affairs Associate to join Team Snapchat and hit the ground running! You're a solutions-oriented, creative-first Business Affairs expert who can collaborate across the Creative & Marketing dept and xfn teams, including creative, production, legal, and finance to ensure efficient and legally cleared final delivery of Creative & Marketing's key work streams and initiatives. You are operationally minded and ready to roll up your sleeves to help build our scaling Business Affairs infrastructure and support capabilities.
What you'll do:

• Advise on all Business Affairs matters across creative development, production, post-production, and distribution for priority Creative & Marketing endeavors from a strategic risk mitigation perspective.
• Partner with xfn stakeholders including: Legal, Finance, Sourcing, Partnerships, Music and Privacy.
• Assist with providing support for and/or directly handling the evaluation, structuring, negotiating and implementing of a wide range of agreements; will work closely with C&M team members throughout all stages of a deal, including to compile and help prioritize the deal points.
• Communicate and champion best practices, including supporting C&M teams on the practical implementation of guardrails, both in service of the creative outcome and Snap's compliance of legal obligations.
• Act as liaison between C&M teams and multiple Legal teams on production legal, privacy, copyright/trademark, music and rights/clearance matters through the lifecycle of a project (including digital production, photoshoots, animation, partnerships and non-creative work).
• Review creative materials and advise stakeholders on talent, copyright and intellectual property considerations/ solutions.
• Draft, review, structure and negotiate/manage deal points for talent contracts (including celebrity and influencer agreements) and music licensing agreements.
• Build strong partnerships and collaborate with xfn stakeholders to identify areas of improvement, create efficiencies, and provide creative solutions to ensure and enable best-in class Content Production.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Experience in driving risk escalations and ensuring executive-level sign off on risk assessments.
• Effective in communicating, implementing, and championing best practices.
• Ability to manage multiple complex work streams.
• Proven ability to drive process improvement efforts to scale Business Affairs workflows/ processes.
• Proven track record of providing solutions to creative concepts that satisfy legal guardrails.
• Excellent relationship management skills, as well as the ability to work collaboratively with suppliers, and internal business teams.
• Strong understanding of legal concepts as related to contract negotiations for marketing.
• Strong understanding of creative risk consult best practices, and partnering with a creatively-driven team.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree
• Minimum of 4+ years of experience working in a legal, procurement, sourcing, and/or business affairs role.
• Experience with Data and Privacy regulations and compliance management (CCPA, EMEA/GDPR etc).

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience working with marketing and/ or advertising teams partnering to ensure regulation and process requirements are implemented.
• Proven ability to drive positive change and build strong stakeholder relationships.
• Experience with social networking, platform integrations, publishing platforms, broadcast & new media.
• Understanding of Union requirements, agreements, and negotiations

"Default Together" Policy at Snap: At Snap Inc. we believe that being together in person helps us build our culture faster, reinforce our values, and serve our community, customers and partners better through dynamic collaboration. To reflect this, we practice a "default together" approach and expect our team members to work in an office 4+ days per week.
At Snap, we believe that having a team of diverse backgrounds and voices working together will enable us to create innovative products that improve the way people live and communicate. Snap is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, and committed to providing employment opportunities regardless of race, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, childbirth and breastfeeding, age, sexual orientation, military or veteran status, or any other protected classification, in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws. EOE, including disability/vets. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please don't be shy and contact us at [email protected] .
Our Benefits : Snap Inc. is its own community, so we've got your back! We do our best to make sure you and your loved ones have everything you need to be happy and healthy, on your own terms. Our benefits are built around your needs and include paid parental leave, comprehensive medical coverage, emotional and mental health support programs, and compensation packages that let you share in Snap's long-term success!
Compensation
In the United States, work locations are assigned a pay zone which determines the salary range for the position. The successful candidate's starting pay will be determined based on job-related skills, experience, qualifications, work location, and market conditions. These pay zones may be modified in the future.
Zone A (CA, WA, NYC) :
The base salary range for this position is $114,000-$171,000 annually.
Zone B :
The base salary range for this position is $108,000-$163,000 annually.
Zone C :
The base salary range for this position is $97,000-$145,000 annually.
This position is eligible for equity in the form of RSUs.