Experience

BOAT ROCKER

• Canada
• Entertainment Providers
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Director, Business and Legal Affairs

  • Jan 2022 - Present

• Senior Manager, Business and Legal Affairs

  • Jan 2019 - Jan 2022

  Extensive experience with business affairs and legal matters for all phases of Canadian scripted and unscripted productions, including: - Drafting and negotiating a variety of development and production legal agreements, including above-the-line talent agreements, shopping agreements, production releases and licenses; - Guild agreements with Canadian talent unions (WGC, ACTRA, AFM/CFM); - Exceptional music knowledge, including in relation to union (CFM/AFM) and non-union productions… Show more Extensive experience with business affairs and legal matters for all phases of Canadian scripted and unscripted productions, including: - Drafting and negotiating a variety of development and production legal agreements, including above-the-line talent agreements, shopping agreements, production releases and licenses; - Guild agreements with Canadian talent unions (WGC, ACTRA, AFM/CFM); - Exceptional music knowledge, including in relation to union (CFM/AFM) and non-union productions, as well as music exploitation via streaming platforms/DSPs, and royalty collection. - Extensive experience structuring, negotiating and drafting music legal agreements, liaising with music industry talent, engaging composers, performers, music supervisors, and completing music licensing for productions; - Ability to build and execute music exploitation plans as an additional revenue stream; - High level of skill in project management, including re-licensing of lapsed music agreements for old television series’, allowing for new distribution possibilities; - Experience negotiating and drafting legal agreements, digital funding applications, and rights relating to games, channel management and Content ID systems; - Analytical thinker, creative problem solver, extremely detail oriented, and able to work effectively in a fast-paced environment while prioritizing and managing competing interests and deadlines; - A self-starter who is resourceful and able to pivot quickly, think practically and be solution-oriented.

• Manager, Business & Legal Affairs

  • Jan 2016 - Dec 2018

  - Experience administering and advising teams on requirements for co-production and financing opportunities for television, music and digital projects (Telefilm, CMF, OMDC/Ontario Creates (OMF, IDM), Bell Fund, Shaw Rocket Fund, Rogers Cable Network Fund); - Negotiating and drafting production related agreements, for scripted, unscripted, digital and animation, both union and non-union; - Negotiating and drafting music agreements for productions (licenses, composers, performers, music… Show more - Experience administering and advising teams on requirements for co-production and financing opportunities for television, music and digital projects (Telefilm, CMF, OMDC/Ontario Creates (OMF, IDM), Bell Fund, Shaw Rocket Fund, Rogers Cable Network Fund); - Negotiating and drafting production related agreements, for scripted, unscripted, digital and animation, both union and non-union; - Negotiating and drafting music agreements for productions (licenses, composers, performers, music supervisors), and interfacing with composers and music supervisors regularly; - Managing music digital exploitation and royalty collection matters; - Providing support on general corporate matters, diligence and acquisitions for the SVP of business and legal affairs; - Assessing and advising on insurance needs for productions and distribution; - Interfacing on a day-to-day basis with various internal groups and production personnel on the legal issues for television, including union and guild matters, clearances, credits, and insurance requirements; - Completing general tasks for the production legal team, including creation and maintenance of agreement templates.

• Coordinator, Business & Legal Affairs

  • Apr 2015 - Dec 2015



Independent Legal services

• Licensed Paralegal

  • Sep 2014 - Apr 2015



Miles Backhouse LL.B, Business and Corporate Law

• Paralegal Candidate

  • Dec 2013 - Sep 2014



Filmblanc

• Media Production
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Assistant Producer

  • Jan 2009 - Jun 2012

  Worked as part of a two-person team to develop, finance and successfully produce documentary films: - Teaching the Life of Music , 2011 (Documentary) - Desert Riders, 2011 (Documentary) Worked as part of a two-person team to develop, finance and successfully produce documentary films: - Teaching the Life of Music , 2011 (Documentary) - Desert Riders, 2011 (Documentary)