Business Representative (San Francisco - Northern California Local)

Responsibilities

• Responsible for administration and enforcement of collective bargaining agreements, including researching, processing and resolving claims on behalf of performers under SAG-AFTRA contracts.
• Interpret contractual provisions for performers, talent agents, and production personnel.
• Handle signatory procedures and monitor production paperwork which may include payroll and post-production documentation.
• Conduct set visits for production in the SFNC Local and other areas, as necessary, to enforce agreements and monitor safety on sets.
• Participate in outreach and educational events and assist with organizing initiatives.

Qualifications

• Excellent listening, verbal and written communication skills in order to effectively articulate complex contract issues and compose original correspondence and reports.
• Ability to communicate persuasively and effectively with performers and production personnel.
• Must have high level of initiative to handle work that is largely unsupervised.
• Proficiency in PC applications and Internet-based systems.
• Ability to work under pressure in a very high-paced environment.
• Ability to prioritize, organize and coordinate multiple tasks under daily deadlines.
• Demonstrate interpretative and analytic ability, as well as possess comprehensive mathematical knowledge.
• Superlative interpersonal skills: high degree of patience and tact.
• Maintain regular and acceptable attendance at such level as is determined at SAG AFTRA’s sole discretion.
• Available and willing to work extended hours per day or per week (and/or overtime for applicable non-exempt positions), including weekends and holidays, as SAG AFTRA determines is necessary to meet its business needs.
• Available and willing to travel to such locations and with such frequency as SAG AFTRA determines is necessary or desirable to meet its business needs.