Strong working knowledge and practical experience of the legal and regulatory issues pertinent to television production, having worked in programme making for 15 years across a variety of genres and platforms. Special skills include:• Researching and clearing footage and stills from world-wide archive sources including broadcasters, international news sources, film studios and specialist stock footage agencies • Costing and managing significant archive budgets for one-off productions and across series• Negotiating archive deals to help to reduce overall production spend • Negotiating and clearing underlying rights including scriptwriters and performance• Working well within production teams, problem solving, meeting deadlines and working under pressure to tight deadlines• Strong working knowledge of fair dealing provisions under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988