Whether you are producing a thirty second commercial, creating a branded entertainment project that spans several media, or designing a product for the ever-growing video gaming market, TEAM Advertising & New Media will collaborate with you through the entire process. We help estimate costs, offer options for cost efficient use of talent, music, & crew and identify potential challenges you might face for a particular use.
We offer these additional services to help you be more effective in managing the business affairs of your project:
- Customized educational seminars on budgeting, union agreements, labor issues, and talent and payroll cost management.
- Interpretation of SAG, AFTRA, ACTRA, AFM, Equity, DGA, IATSE, WGA Teamster labor agreements.
- Negotiation of union waivers – SAG, AFTRA, ACTRA & AFM.
- Talent Negotiations for initial terms of employment, reinstatements, maximum period of use, or new use.
- Contract preparation.
- Cast Clearance, Union Security, Taft-Hartley, Preference of Employment for SAG & AFTRA agreements.
- Talent Advice Reports – Holding Fee & Residual Notices.
- Union Signatory Status set-up – SAG, AFTRA, ACTRA & Equity.
- Final edit review for Final Cast List determination.
- Outgrade, Downgrade, or Upgrade notifications.
- Holding Fee & Use Cycle notifications.
- Tracking of over-scale guarantees.
- Customized handouts, rate cards, & contract summaries.
- Act as Employer of Record for talent, crew, and musicians.
- Review and maintain necessary INS (I-9) forms for talent, crew, and musicians paid by TEAM.
- Make applicable Federal and State employer and employee payroll tax contributions on client’s behalf.
- Withhold state mandated Minor Trust deductions and deposit to personal Minor Trust (“Coogan”) Accounts.
- Withhold and remit garnishments, tax liens, and court-ordered collections.
- Workers Compensation & Disability insurance coverage and claims administration.
- Respond to state agencies on behalf of unemployment claims filed by talent who appear and perform in your advertising or new media project.
