Business Affairs & Content Rights Specialist (176667)

Overland Park, KS (Hybrid)

$86K/yr – $121K/yrSenior Level3+ years exp

Posted 2 weeks ago

Job Summary

Own rights management for external talent and asset licensing, maintain DAM metadata, and ensure compliance across creative workflows. Lead audits, collaborate with Legal and Procurement, and drive process improvements and automation in rights reviews.

  • Rights management and licensing ownership
  • Asset metadata stewardship in DAM
  • Cross-functional governance and process optimization

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Manage the contracting, tracking, and documentation of all external talent, voiceover, and influencer agreements, ensuring proper usage rights and expiration tracking.
  • Oversee the licensing and compliance of stock photography, video, illustrations, and music, maintaining clear records of permissions and usage limitations.
  • Serve as the primary owner of asset metadata in the Digital Asset Management (DAM) system (Bynder), ensuring accurate tagging, usage rights, and claim data.
  • Partner with the Account Manager and Creative Project Managers to ensure all creative work is properly cleared before delivery or publication.
  • Collaborate with Legal, Procurement, and Brand partners to define and uphold rights management and compliance standards across all creative workflows.
  • Support regulatory and brand audits, maintaining an organized archive of contracts, rights documentation, and compliance records.
  • Act as the SCS team’s subject matter expert on intellectual property, brand compliance, and content rights.
  • Identify opportunities to streamline compliance and rights review processes through automation, documentation, and team education.
  • Conduct thorough quality assurance (QA) reviews of creative assets to verify accuracy, brand consistency, and adherence to project specifications.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Marketing, Communications, Legal Studies, Library Science, or a related field.
  • 3+ years of experience in creative compliance, rights management, talent negotiations, or production operations, preferably within an in-house agency or marketing environment.
  • Prior SAG experience is required

Preferred

  • Experience manager creative assets with copyright, licensing, and intellectual property rights as they relate to creative content.
  • Experience managing and maintaining assets within a Digital Asset Management (DAM) system, such as Bynder.
  • Direct experience with Bynder or a similar enterprise DAM platform.
  • Strong organizational and time-management skills with the ability to manage multiple review cycles simultaneously.
  • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively across creative, legal, and business teams.
  • Proven attention to detail and a commitment to accuracy in fast-paced, deadline-driven environments
  • Familiarity with creative production workflows and asset lifecycle management.
  • Experience working in a regulated industry (CPG, healthcare, or pharmaceutical preferred).
  • Understanding of AI-generated content compliance and ethical usage standards.
  • Experience supporting global or regional teams with centralized governance requirements.

Benefits

  • Benefits: Salaried employees enjoy a comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, vision, basic life insurance, paid parental leave, disability coverage, and participation in the 401(k) retirement plan with company matching contributions subject to eligibility requirements. Additional benefits include a minimum of 15 vacation/PTO days (hourly employees receive a minimum of 120 hours) and 13 paid holidays (vacation days are prorated based on the employee's hire date within the calendar year). Paid sick leave is adjusted based on role and location in accordance with local laws. Detailed information regarding paid sick leave entitlements will be provided to employees upon hiring and may be subject to adjustments based on changes in legislation or company policies.
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Colgate-Palmolive

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Make More Smiles. We are Colgate-Palmolive, a caring, innovative growth company that is reimagining a healthier future for all people, their pets and our planet. For over 200 years, we've poured our care into creating a future where everyone has more reasons to smile. CP People develop, produce, distribute and sell essential health & hygiene products and pet nutrition offerings through brands such as Colgate, Palmolive, elmex, Tom’s of Maine, hello, Sorriso, Speed Stick, Softsoap, Irish Spring, Protex, Sanex, Filorga, eltaMD, PCA Skin, Ajax, Axion, Fabuloso, Soupline and Suavitel, as well as Hill’s Science Diet and Hill’s Prescription Diet.The Company is recognized for its leadership and innovation inpromoting sustainability and community wellbeing, including its achievements in decreasingplastic waste and promoting recyclability, saving water, conserving natural resources andimproving children’s oral health through the Colgate Bright Smiles, Bright Futures program,which has reached approximately 1.8 billion children and their families since 1991.

New York, New York, USA
30K employees (3,461 in marketing)
84% recommend to a friend
93% CEO approval

Salaries

Posted range

$86K/yr – $121K/yr

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Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
3,191 (11% of company)
Median Career Experience
12 years
Median Tenure
5 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
5

Funding

Total Funding
$15.2M
Last Raise
$15.2M
Non Equity Assistance, 3 years ago

Funding History

  • Aug 2023
    Non Equity Assistance
  • Oct 2022
    Post IPO Equity
  • Mar 2021
    Post IPO Equity • $15.2M

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
117.1K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
52%
Direct
38.3%
Referral
7.5%
Social
1.6%
Paid
0.4%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~30K
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Business Affairs & Content Rights Specialist (176667)

Colgate-Palmolive · Overland Park, KS · Hybrid