Skilled Negotiator. Review, draft, and negotiate various types of agreements including Pay TV, AVOD/FVOD, vendor, publicity, and event contracts. Collaborate with clients and internal business teams to gather and synthesize information for agreements.

• Reviewed and analyzed Master Service Agreements (MSA), Statements of Work (SOW), and Confidentiality and Non-Disclosure Agreements (CDA/NDA).
• Partnered with contract operations for implementation of AI/automation technology in support of scale and increase in volume.

Children's Media
• Efficient Contracts Manager. Drafted, redlined, negotiated, and managed complex contracts including TV distribution agreements, acquisitions, non-disclosure agreements (NDA), and consumer products agreements. Analyzed customer requirements to ensure compliance with corporate policies and business practices.
• Focus on Best Practices. Drafted strategic provisions to mitigate risk while achieving business goals. Challenged existing legal operations procedures to drive continuous improvement in contracting process. Revised, maintained, and enhanced forms and templates.
• Persuasive Communicator. Successfully negotiated and established strong relationships with key clients and their counsel globally. Built cross-functional relationships with internal teams. Led remote meetings.

• Drafted, negotiated, redlined, and managed Free/Pay TV agreements for motion pictures and series. Guided contractual negotiations, including commercial sales terms and content protection, to completion.
• Led change management initiatives related to contract management, such as process improvements, technology implementations (e.g. DocuSign, Salesforce), and organizational restructuring.
• Assisted with Salesforce implementation and cleanup of old agreements. Created new templates and developed sales/legal support policies.
• Built strong relationships with external clients and internal divisions including sales, content protection, finance, and strategic operations; coordinated efforts across all teams.
• Managed team of paralegals by providing training. Demonstrated leadership with weekly meetings.

• Handled all clip and still licensing, including drafting, redlining, internal approvals, and fee negotiations for library of 10,000+ titles. Reviewed all requests and ensured proper rights were held.
• Drafted, redlined, negotiated, and managed contracts in domestic and international TV licensing.

Patent Filings, Trademarks, and Intellectual Property Matters