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Burbank, Ca, Us

North Hollywood, Ca, Us

New York, New York, Us

• Legal review and approval of documentation (Rights Bible deliverables) for A+E’s networks and entry of deal terms into Rights Management databases. This includes, but is not limited to: insurance, third-party licenses, music licenses, a-level talent agreements, and shot sheets. • Set up initial rights and term for production and programming contracts into a Rights Management system for FAST channels. • Counsel producers on how to cure deficient third-party licenses and coordinate with internal programming executives and other various business units to establish whether rights waivers should be granted. • Analyze all forms of programming agreements to determine exploitation rights (i.e., media rights, term, territories, and broadcast restrictions) contained therein for entry into the Rights Management database.

Los Gatos, Ca, Us

• Coordinate with Legal and Business Affairs teams to ensure timely and accurate delivery of legal documentation to internal and external stakeholders.• Manage the delivery of legal documents throughout the production process and ensure timely delivery to stakeholders.• Liaise with Creative and Production teams to identify and address any legal issues during production.• Maintain detailed records of all legal documentation and ensure proper archiving and organization.• Collaborate with external vendors and partners to ensure legal requirements are met and proactively identify and address potentiallegal issues impacting production schedules or budgets.

New York, Ny, Us

• Successfully managed and negotiated key deal points for legal agreements, product notifications, and schedules for output dealsand volume agreements.• Streamlined the overall process, resulting in the successful management and tracking of over 250 legal documents from inception tofinalization.• Created and maintained tracking grids, master logs, databases, and files related to agreements, ensuring accurate and timely retrievalof critical information for business analysis and decision-making processes.• Facilitated cross-functional collaboration between Sales, Rights, Collections, Finance, Tech Ops, and Legal departments to addresscontract administration issues, ensure compliance and minimize legal and financial risks.• Conducted program rights and avails analysis by running reports in COSMOS, identifying potential opportunities, and increasingrevenue by 20%.

Los Angeles, California, Us

• Maintained compliance to company policies in the negotiation of sales deals within assigned territories {(Africa, Central Europe,Middle East, Scandinavia}.• Streamlined communications to promptly circulate all Sales Deal Memos to Rights Management group for W&R (Windows andRestrictions) Finance, Legal and Servicing teams.• Leverage FilmTrack to efficiently monitor sales & acquisition conflicts, reduce error margins and improve work processes byeffectively managing information databases for rights, license fees, executed agreements, NOAs, exhibits etc. in alignment withspecific territories.• Collaborated with Finance/Accounts Payable teams to ensure invoices were promptly sent to the Licensee for timely payments,reducing past-due payments and ensuring smooth financial transactions.

Culver City, Ca, Us

• Managed contracts across Sales, Services, Licensing, IT, and Purchasing, ensuring legal compliance and accuracy.• Organized and maintained legal files, facilitating efficient retrieval of critical information.• Reviewed and drafted licensing, production, and talent agreements, mitigating legal and financial risks.• Analyzed contract data and implemented a comprehensive filing system for Sony Pictures, improving efficiency.

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Film/Cinema/Video Studies

Master Of Fine Arts (Mfa), Creative Producing