Senior Manager, Labor Relations

Job Description

ViacomCBS Cable Brands is conducting a search for a Senior Manager, Labor Relations. The role will support and provide union-related guidance across all business units including Awesomeness, BET, CMT, Comedy Central, MTV, Nickelodeon, Paramount Network, TV Land and VH1.

RESPONSIBILITIES:
• Manage administrative and production support functions of the department. Individual will be responsible for tracking union covered programming, contracts and collective bargaining agreements as well as maintaining an internal database of in-house and third party union programming.
• Provide guidance and information regarding collective bargaining agreements covering the production and distribution of content in a timely, diligent, and comprehensive manner to business and legal affairs, production, and creative executives.
• Establish and maintain effective relationships with department colleagues, production teams, union staff, outside labor counsel, and labor executives at other studios.
• Oversight of the preparation, review and submission of union related paperwork such as project information sheets, guild assumption agreements, deal memos, compliance forms, etc.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:
• 3-5 years minimum of experience in labor relations or production at entertainment studios, law firms or unions.
• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent with a strong academic record.
• Strong working knowledge of unions and collective bargaining agreements in the entertainment industry.
• Must be detail-oriented, possess superior drafting, negotiation, organizational and time management skills, and be able to operate independently with minimal supervision.
• Ability to compile and analyze economic data.
• Must have ability to communicate effectively and tactfully.
• Ability to develop and maintain relationships.
• Must have ability to pay close attention to detail and understand written and verbal instructions.
• Must work well under time constraints and able to handle multiple tasks.
• Must be able to organize, prioritize and schedule work effectively.
• Must have excellent computer-related skills and the ability to create well-formatted documents and presentations using MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint and Adobe Acrobat.

ViacomCBS is an equal opportunity employer (EOE) including disability/vet.

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-g3x2pq-18-221-15-15-42 in your application.