Rights and Clearance Coordinator
ITV America
Sherman Oaks, CAThis was removed by the employer on 11/25/2019 10:27:00 AM PST
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ITV is one of the largest independent producers of non-scripted content in America through its production companies Leftfield Pictures, Sirens, ITV Entertainment, Spoke, Good Caper, ThinkFacotroy Media, and High Noon. ITVA is a reality television powerhouse with hundreds of hours of cutting-edge and innovative unscripted programming, airing on various major networks. We produce leading content including Hell's Kitchen, Love Island, The Four, Love & Marriage: Huntsville, Pawn Stars, Fixer Upper, Marriage Bootcamp, and Real Housewives of NJ, just to name a few.
Based in ITV's Sherman Oaks office this role will report to the Director of Rights and Clearances.
Key Responsibilities:
• Oversees clearance for multiple series or projects at a time.
• Create release packets depending on network or series type and disperse to production.
• Work with production team to obtain releases such as appearance, location and materials releases.
• Modify and manage any release redline requests.
• Research and license footage and images from various sources including stock footage houses, newspaper headlines, film clips, magazine covers, and social media branding.
• Negotiate fees and third party vendor licenses.
• Collaborate with field team to obtain clearances for third party materials.
• Screen multiple series cuts and network requests such as rough cut, fine cut, pic lock, promos, digital, and web content.
• Review series content for legal, copyright, trademark, music and other clearances.
• Track potential clearance issues throughout the edit process.
• Act as a liaison with legal department to review and approve questionable content.
• Create standards and practices logs incorporating network and legal notes including edit, blurs and beeps.
• Disperse rights and clearances notes so items are addressed in timely manner.
• Provide adequate follow-up and follow-through to ensure outstanding clearance issues are resolved.
• Ensure series episodes are fully cleared during allotted time frame prior to air.
• Work closely with various departments including post, production, finance, legal and field teams throughout the pre-production, production, and post production process.
• Manage deadlines, prioritize tasks and complete expectations within a fast-paced schedule.
• Create and manage show deliverables and provide to network for various milestone and final payments.
• Become familiar with various network portals and corresponding deliverable packets based on the needs of the individual production
• Assist the finance team to ensure all rights bibles, wrap bibles, or other deliverables are approved by the network in a timely manner.
Minimum Qualifications:
• 1-2 years of television production experience preferably in rights and clearances
• Mac and Google proficient
• Degree qualified or equivalent experience
Desired Skills:
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Ability to multi-task
• Self-motivated
• Ability to prioritize, organize and establish administrative procedures
• Manage confidential information
• Interact professionally with high-level executives, clients, and talent
• Work as a team player