Motion Pictures Business Affairs - Assistant

Location: Onsite in New York, NY, United States

Salary: $20.00–$22.00 per hour, plus benefits and discretionary bonus.

Company

hirify.global is a full-service entertainment, media, and sports agency representing professionals and providing strategic and marketing consulting services to corporate clients.

What you will do

• Provide administrative support, including phone handling, calendar management, meeting coordination, note taking, and office organization.
• Manage contracts, client files, databases, and information for pending motion picture and theatrical projects.
• Research contracts and copyright ownership, track drafts, negotiations, deadlines, signatures, payments, royalties, options, and related deal terms.
• Support contract review by comparing drafts, checking precedent compliance, identifying issues, preparing summaries, and suggesting resolutions.
• Coordinate with clients, agents, producers, managers, agent assistants, Contract Administration, and industry guilds and unions.

Requirements

• At least 10 months of administrative assistant experience in a talent agency, management company, entertainment law firm, or comparable environment is preferred.
• Excellent research, organization, written and verbal communication, and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to review and understand contracts, manage confidential information, and maintain strong attention to detail.
• Ability to work under pressure, meet tight deadlines, and manage multiple projects and competing priorities.
• Excellent computer literacy, including PowerPoint, Microsoft Outlook, Word, and Excel.
• JD and BA/BS degree or equivalent work experience are preferred.

Culture & Benefits

• Collaborative environment within a dynamic talent agency.
• Opportunity to develop knowledge of the entertainment industry and entertainment law.
• Benefits eligibility and discretionary bonus.
• Exposure to motion picture, talent, theater, literary, Broadway, and London theatrical business affairs.