Work with Brand Management and Production to ensure legal, union, and non-union compliance for productions. Review talent and vendor invoices to guarantee payments are made correctly and on time. Negotiate talent fees and buy-outs for productions.Draft talent contracts for both union and non-union productions. Track talent usage terms to avoid penalties or late fees for current spots. Review upcoming production requests with Brand Management and Production to correctly estimate talent and production costs. Identify opportunities to minimize costs by shooting overseas and working with local talent and production companies. Review scripts/decks to flag possible legal concerns. Review and draft production agreements for third party production companies/vendors.

Aligned distribution and production teams across international sites, providing operational framework to support developing media and audience engagement strategy. Facilitate processes to identify potential media properties and coordinate delivery of media assets.Organized and facilitated meetings with external partners for global children’s content markets and international summits including Kidscreen, MIPTV and MIPCOM. Collaborated with team to oversee virtual pitch meetings in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, aligning partners across time zones through common processes.Identified and acquired new content and distributors to engage audiences despite pandemic-related production shutdowns.Coordinated with the BLAST development team to implement system adjustments and improvements.Supported the Worldwide Programming Strategy team by facilitating bi-weekly project planning, organizing information related to global rollouts and premieres, and connecting global content teams.

Draft and process talent contracts for producers of commercials and other advertising content; review and negotiate branded content agreements; review decks to ensure legal and union compliance; manage and negotiate talent agreements, along with talent re-negotiation upon expiration of project terms; organize and track music licenses and other third-party agreements; estimate and make talent session and residual payments via Extreme Reach/TEAM payroll; track all active spots to ensure all residual payments have been made; assist producers with business affairs needs, including following SAG guidelines and proper payment for talent.

Manage music licensing for current spots; processing talent contracts; overseeing and handling talent residuals; working with producers and account managers with questions regarding talent and SAG guidelines; providing talent estimates

Reviewing Chain of Title documents; Calculating Director and Below-the-Line payroll deposits; Drafting financial assurance documents such as Security Agreements, etc.; UCC and Copyright filings; Communicate with Director and Below-the-Line crew with any issues on projects

Process DGA Signatory Applications; assist and coordinate with DGA Staff on Projects; act as liason between studios, producers and execs regarding DGA signatory process; research and investigate feature films in development; assist signatory representatives with projects andadditional needs

Assist producer Hawk Koch and associate producer Sarah Platt; created template for scene breakdowns; organize and manage office; roll heavy volume of calls; general office runs and needs; sort and distribute office mail

Assistant to producer Maryann Garger and director Tony Leondis; keep track of Tony Leondis’s daily schedule and meetings; research for a feature film in development; helped coordinate Story Days event with Story Department Manager Traci Mars; communicate with different departments regardingupdates and status of feature film

Assistant to Producer and Graduate Chair Alexandra Rose (Norma Rae, Frankie & Johnny, Overboard) and to Undergraduate Chair Barbara Doyle; rolled calls; managed calendar; research/data entry; acted as liaison between faculty and students; coordinated and managed administrative duties

Covered busy desks and heavy phones for the Business Affairs and Development offices; general office duties; organized account reimbursements; organized daily production reports; call sheets,etc. for production "A Dolphin's Tale;" created/organized production binders