Contracts Manager - LDN

We're searching for a Contracts Manager to oversee the end-to-end commercial contract process across our group entities.

...do you have strong knowledge of Intellectual Property law?

...are you a confident adviser who can lead contract negotiations?

...do you have experience working in either a creative, advertising, digital or marketing agency?

If so, get in touch!

ABOUT US:

Offering unrivalled creativity at global scale, Bulletproof is the world’s largest independent brand agency. Across eight studios, 400 liked-minded individuals create desire through disruption, delivering Growth, Standout and Fandom for our clients. Truly independent, we pride ourselves on shunning convention and getting sh*t done; above all, we march to the beat of our own drum. 

As a business, we blur the lines between insight, innovation, strategy, design, digital, and environmental; all the while bringing our clients the very best of the best. 

At Bulletproof we have three core beliefs:

WE BELIEVE GREAT IDEAS CHANGE THE WORLD

We believe in the power of creativity to influence human behaviour, affect change and pierce conventions.

WE BELIEVE PEOPLE MAKE THE DIFFERENCE

We celebrate human connectivity and culture, and believe diversity delivers richer, deeper thinking with an infectious energy.

WE BELIEVE NAÏVEity breeds brilliance

We believe remaining relentlessly curious and open to new possibilities leads to purer, more interesting and uncharted creative solutions. 

ABOUT YOU:

As Contracts Manager you will be responsible for managing all contracts and legal processes across our group entities, as well as supporting the senior team in negotiations where required. You will demonstrate a solid understanding of commercial contracts, intellectual property and be a confident adviser who can lead negotiations, spots risks and find solutions.

ABOUT THE ROLE:

Your main duties will include:

COMMERCIALS:

• Drafting and marking-up a wide range of commercial contracts.
• Managing the end-to-end contract process, including negotiations, re-negotiations and renewals of client and supplier agreements.
• Researching, managing and tracking contractual obligations and ensuring compliance with those obligations internally.
• Reviewing and negotiation of office leases and business rates.
• Implementing and refining policies and procedures to ensure efficient contract-administration and document-management processes.
• Leading our IP education and compliance.
• Mitigating operational risks, ensuring industry compliance and best practices.
• Driving policies that promote our corporate social responsibility and B Corp certification.
• Driving data protection compliance in line with GDPR and global data protection laws.
• Researching the legal landscape when entering new markets and supporting the set-up of new entities.
• Managing the Bulletproof trademark, alongside our existing external IP lawyers, to ensure it remains active within the relevant markets, as well as suggesting strategies when entering new territories.
• Managing and tracking the global legal budget.
• Participating in ad-hoc projects and day-to-day legal matters as they arise.

CLIENTS:

• Drafting, marking-up and advising on MSA’s, service level agreements, financial terms, NDA’s and SOW’s etc.
• Negotiating complex MSA’s alongside the senior team when required.
• Developing a global visibility of clients’ insurance requirements, potential risks and client conflicts.
• Providing comprehensive and commercially sound advice to the wider teams on various client contractual and obligatory matters.
• Creating contract synopsises and inducting new team members on those key terms.
• Ensuring client contractual terms, such as rate, payment terms and travel policies are shared with the relevant teams.
• Collaborating with the new business team on the completion of RFI’s.
• Providing daily legal support across a wide variety of client engagements, including IP, font usage, image licencing, copyright, production agreements, releases etc.

CREATIVE:

• Working alongside Creative, Client Services and Creative Services to advise on the legal validity of third-party IP use including imagery, fonts, footage, music etc.
• Working alongside outside counsel to produce new clauses or agreements when entering new areas and disciplines.
• Producing content for and conducting annual global IP and confidentiality training.
• Adapting and ensuring the proper use of disclaimers across the agency.
• Suggesting new ways of working and building out a perspective on new challenges, such as AI.
• Working alongside the Creative Services team to:
• Review supplier contracts, providing advice and markup to the relevant teams or negotiating directly with the suppliers when required.
• Reviewing, advising and consolidating a preferred supplier list that is B Corp compliant and in line with our DEI strategy.
• Ensuring policies and processes are adhered to internally, as well as identifying areas of improvement and development.
• Ensuring IP knowledge and practice is up to date.
• Working alongside IT to ensure our software licenses align with client contracts and ways of working.

COMMUNICATION:

• Remaining aware of changing law and obligations to ensure our contracts remain up to date and enforceable, consulting with outside counsel when necessary.
• Continually identifying risk and educating internally to increase ownership and awareness of potential legal issues.
• Pro-actively collaborating with and supporting the wider team to ensure best practice and knowledge is understood, shared and utilised.
• Working alongside the creative services, people and finance teams to ensure we remain IR35 and GDPR compliant.
• Ensuring we maintain positive partnerships with businesses that are aligned to our Bulletproof vision and standards.

CULTURE:

• Leading with positivity, decisiveness, direction and warmth.
• Driving Bulletproof's vision and standards across all areas of the business and championing through interactions at all levels.
• Building unbreakable bonds and working collaboratively with the wider Bulletproof team.
• Being a creative force at Bulletproof, bringing ideas and perspectives to the agency in general.
• Rolling up your sleeves and going the extra mile to set us apart from our peers and competitors.

Requirements

WHAT YOU SHOULD HAVE:

If you tick all of the boxes below, we could be a perfect match!

· Strong interpersonal and communication skills

· Exceptional attention to detail

· Excellent organisational and time-management skills

· Natural problem-solving skills

· Proven ability to design clear process delivery and to facilitate effective change

· Ability to work to deadlines with efficiency and accuracy

· Commercial acumen with the ability to navigate risk and create commercially viable solutions

· A solid understanding of commercial contracts

· Strong knowledge of intellectual property

In line with our three core beliefs, we’re looking for people that share our community spirit and are curious enough to question the status quo. Could this be you? If so, apply below!

Benefits

Competitive benefits package