• Supervise and motivate a team of Business Managers within five offices: Miami, Boulder, Los Angeles, London and Canada• Coordinate all workflow and assign projects to staff• Oversee and manage all business affairs for TV, radio, interactive, industrial and non-traditional media such as outeractive from the inception of the creative process until released for air• Develop and conduct training seminars on all aspects of business affairs and talent for producers, account management and clients• Implemented a separate dynamic team of interactive business managers who work solely on interactive projects (i.e. sweepstakes,user-generated content, made-for-internet commercials, live internet shows, Facebook applications)• Maintain long standing business relationships with talent agents, music publishing companies, film studios, record labels and talent unions (SAG, AFTRA, AFM)• Supervise celebrity procurement and contract negotiation

• Negotiated, drafted, reviewed and approved a variety of talent, production and marketing agreements in connection with the programming, production, on-air promos, online, brand communications, and special events for Nickelodeon Networks• Handled network requests and inquiries regarding rights and restrictions applicable to programming• Coordinated with producers and various support groups including Production Operations, Casting, Creative, Online and Finance to clearly communicate relevant contractual deal points• Negotiated talent fees across all Nickelodeon channels while abiding by applicable AFTRA or SAG guidelines

• Managed talent, music and business affairs for assigned agency accounts• Ensured all legal, talent, music and trademark issues were cleared for TV, radio and online commercial purposes• Negotiated celebrity and overscale talent agreements• Drafted deal memos for original music, stock music and footage licensing• Handled talent contracts, residual payments, holding fees and union claims • Responsible for the day-to-day financial management and cost control of broadcast commercials

• Supervised staff of business managers and insured deadlines were being met• Interviewed, hired, trained and prepared employee evaluations• Organized monthly meetings and participated in semi-annual company wide presentations• Promoted from a Broadcast Business Coordinator to Manager within six months• Duties as a Coordinator included handling all day-to-day aspects of Business Affairs on various clients including all talent issues between agency, talent paymaster, unions and agents. • Prepared and reviewed contracts and estimates between agency and outside vendors relating to production

• Created and developed the Business Affairs department• Assisted the Executive Producer and supervised edits for TV and radio productions• Booked talent for TV shoots and radio records