Provide guidance on SAG-AFTRA obligations as well as non-union talent guidelines and best practices. 

Prepare talent estimates

Draft/Prepare talent contracts including overscale celebrity guarantee talent multiservice agreements

Negotiate with talent agents where needed

Prepare or review casting specs

Process talent contracts with payroll for payment of session and usage

Manage all talent questions/concerns

Prepare final casts

Handle talent renegotiations

Track talent usage

Draft and Negotiate with Social Media Influencers, UGC and found footage for paid and non-paid advertising campaigns.

Consult on social media rules/guidelines and best practices for Influencer or talent posted content. 

Consult on production related matters with influencers regarding content creation, ownership, licensing, insurance considerations, property lending, liability, etc. 

Negotiate and draft music licenses for Recording Artists, stock/library music or work-for-hire composition

Handle AF of M contracts where necessary

Consult and manage talent SAG-AFTRA residuals where necessary

Manage music licensing process with Brand/Account teams and Music producers; advising of issues where necessary. 

Review and consult on re-write, parody, sound alike considerations during creative process

Manage relationship with Musicologist where required. 

Draft and Negotiate all Production related Agreements and Materials in the categories of Video Production, Digital Media and Print Photography.

Draft and manage production agreements, insurance requirements and certs

Draft and manage photographer agreements

Manage or supervise (as required) relationships with Stock vendors and assist in licensing and vendor agreements

Draft and/or review relevant production documents such as location agreements, name releases, props/wardrobe releases, work-for-hire crew contracts, BTS releases, etc.

Intellectual Property review of all scripts, assets and creative materials including preliminary trademark review.

FTC compliance review of scripts, assets and creative materials and consultation on risk related issues.

Consult on third party rights clearances and risks.

Draft and Negotiate 3rd party license agreements, NDAs, clip releases, content agreements including follow through and management of production compliance.

Negotiate, Draft, Review AOR, MSA, SOW and RFP agreements.

Consult on best practices and practical application considerations of SOW and MSA language.