• Negotiate and implement all collective bargaining agreements, including: DGA, SAG-AFTRA, WGA, IATSE, Teamsters and all other crew agreements in US and oversees. Our agreement with the DGA expires in May 2013, and the new hire will be instrumental in that negotiation.
• Provide strategic legal and labor advice to the business affairs, production, and creative departments on labor compliance as well as union and guild compliance matters.
• Provide day-to-day counsel on labor contract interpretation and risk (including, work rules, rates, residuals and other compensation), and communicate that information in a timely, diligent, and comprehensible manner to business affairs, production, and creative executives.
• Negotiate waivers as needed from agreements. Our new WGA overall, for example, will include a few provisions that require WGA notice and waiver to implement on an on-going basis.
• Establish and maintain effective relationships with labor organizations, outside labor counsel, Paramount labor department, and labor executives at other similarly-situated companies.
• Oversee the submission of all guild related paperwork (DGA deal memos, SAG-AFTRA info sheets, Me Too Letters, etc.).
• Oversee the submission of all the residual paperwork and timely payment of residuals

REQUIREMENTS:

• J.D. from Law school with active California Bar or Oregon Bar membership, preferred
• 7 years minimum of experience at Television Entertainment Company with substantial experience in Scripted and Alternative Television Development and Production Contract Law.
  • Expert working knowledge of Guild (WGA, DGA, IATSE, AFTRA and SAG) and union regulations and issues, related legal trends and business practices
• Extensive and in-depth knowledge of Entertainment and Content transactions and ability to operate independently with minimal supervision.
• Must be detail-oriented and possess superior drafting, negotiation, organizational and time management skills.
• Ability to top-line issues for senior network executives on a daily basis and communicate in a clear, concise and succinct manner both verbally and in writing.
• Previously established relationships with key Television Studio, Production Companies, Animation Houses and entertainment lawyer