Executive Director Research Analyst

JACKY OLITSKY

***** ********** *** 310-***-****

Los Angeles, CA 90049 *********@***.***

Analyze, negotiate and mediate to close deals and create solutions to complex issues. Go-to person in a crisis, solving problems by fostering cooperative relationships.

PROFILE

Represented Distribution/Warehouse employees expediting and servicing deliverables globally.

Negotiated agreements and settle disputes while maintaining good relations with all parties.

Analyze laws, regulations, contracts and bargaining agreements for high-level executives and employees.

Representative on Industry-Wide committees, putting a public face to numerous organizations. EMPLOYMENT

LABOR RELATIONS CONSULTANT, Los Angeles, California 2020-

Provide expert advice to various industries’ employers, corporations and labor unions on industry- wide collective bargaining agreements, including working conditions, benefits, and wage rates. ASSOCIATION OF TALENT AGENTS, Los Angeles, California 2019 – 2020 Associate Executive Director

Executive for the lead organization representing the interests of Talent Agent businesses throughout the United States, serving 130 Employers and over 3500 individual talent agents.

Responsible for oversight of the daily operations of the Association, advocating for the interests of talent agencies and providing information to member businesses.

Advised agencies/employers on statutes and regulations at the State and Federal levels and how such laws and rules applied to talent agencies.

Advocated before California and New York State Legislatures and Executive Departments in support of or opposition to legislation or regulations that might have affected agencies and their business operations.

Testified before the California State Senate Judiciary Committee in support of legislation affecting the use of digital images of performers who are agency clients.

Delegate to Hollywood Commission on sexual harassment issues and member of Education and Training Committee.

Interpreted industry employer and union contracts for ATA member businesses.

Mediated commission disputes between ATA member businesses. MOTION PICTURE EDITORS GUILD, Los Angeles, California 2006 - 2019 Business/Labor Representative

Represented employees in post-production, distribution and warehouse facilities.

Negotiated terms and conditions for distribution employees and conditions for shut down of operations.

First Chair in multiple collective bargaining and effects bargaining negotiations.

Filed, litigated and resolved hundreds of grievances, negotiating settlements and payment terms.

Managed staff and trained union representatives on the terms of several bargaining agreements.

Represented Guild in numerous Unfair Labor Practice cases before NLRB.

Represented bargaining unit employees in hundreds of investigatory and disciplinary procedures.

Interpreted contracts and provided rulings to Guild staff, producers, agents and attorneys.

Determined viability of potential grievance claims in light of contractual language, labor law and entertainment industry custom and practice.

Served with Actors Fund of America, Looking Ahead Committee. Directly provided career and professional advice to young employees, artists and filmmakers. MEDIA STRATEGIES INTERNATIONAL, LLC, Los Angeles, California 2005 -2006 Business Affairs Consultant

Handled business affairs matters for networks and various media corporations. NBC TELEVISION NETWORK, Burbank, California 2004

Director, Program Standards & Compliance

Responsible for reviewing scripted and non-scripted entertainment programs in all genres and dayparts to ensure integrity and compliance with NBC network broadcast standards, corporate policy and governmental regulations.

Negotiated and approved product integration in reality and scripted programs. SCREEN ACTORS GUILD, Los Angeles, California 1995-2004 Business Representative Television Contracts

Business Representative Industrial/Interactive

Filed, litigated and resolved hundreds of grievances, negotiating settlements and payment terms with employers/producers.

Managed ten to thirteen staff employees. Trained other professional staff on the provisions of the collective bargaining agreements.

Served on bargaining committees in multiple negotiations.

Negotiated financial assurances and advised employers on budgeting and security interests.

Interpreted collective bargaining agreements, providing rulings to Guild staff, producers, employers, agents, attorneys and union members.

Provided expert testimony in Guild arbitration hearings.

Performed copyright and license research, advised legal counsel of corporate financial matters.

Liaison to the American Film Institute and the SAG Young Performers Committee.

Served on Advisory Committee to Actors Fund of America, providing career and professional advice to young performers.

APPOINTMENTS

HOLLYWOOD COMMISSION ON SEXUAL HARASSMENT

Delegate to Commission. Member, Education and Training Committee.

Design educational programs for professionals and businesses on sexual harassment and unlawful discrimination.

ENTERTAINMENT COMMUNITY FUND, LOOKING AHEAD COMMITTEE

Directly provide career and professional advice to young employees, artists and filmmakers EDUCATION

UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO

Bachelor of Arts, Communications, with Honors May 1992 Research Analyst and Teaching Assistant

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

LOYOLA UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL

AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE

UCLA EXTENSION

Lecturer, Television Production and Talent Issues

VOLUNTEER WORK

Children’s Hospital Los Angeles

Make-A-Wish Foundation, Los Angeles

JACKY OLITSKY

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