September 2015
1.855.MMG.CREW

payroll services (employer of record) | camera crews worldwide | production staffing | managed services| government services | creative

"A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty." 
-Winston Churchill

At MMG, we deal with challenges and opportunities daily, and it enhances our growth as a business. We are always challenged and never bored.

Enjoy the beautiful fall, and again, we would like to recognize our wonderful clients and freelancers that keep MMG growing.

  All the best,

Linda Maslow
Founder & CEO

Traveling to Nigeria for a shoot... wait, are you covered?

Christine Sadofsky, Integro
Filming internationally requires lots of planning for the production teams and especially if the trip is to an area where there is civil unrest and security is necessary. It would be tragic for the trip to occur and for someone to be injured to discover that no one notified the international insurance underwriter and the domestic insurance policy is excluding the loss. It is so important to notify your international insurance company underwriter about the trip BEFORE you leave to be certain everyone is covered. The international insurance or foreign insurance policy provides for Foreign General Liability (injury to third parties), Foreign Workers Compensation (injury to your workers) and Foreign Auto (when you rent vehicles). DON'T WAIT until you return because in most cases, coverage will not be backdated and especially if there was a loss.
MMG continues to grow!


Maslow Media Group is pleased to announce that it has been named one of Washington Business Journal's Fastest Growing Companies of 2015!
How to Leverage Technology to Alleviate ACA Reporting Requirements

Adam Moise, Barney & Barney

For most companies with more than 50 full-time or full-time equivalent employees, 2016 will bring significant new Internal Revenue Service employer reporting requirements.

The goal of the IRS: To ensure that your employees maintained health insurance coverage in 2015, in addition to verifying that required employers offered coverage to full-time employees, as mandated by the "Affordable Care Act" (ACA).

Preparation is the key to managing this additional workload brought on by the ACA, which impact your HR, finance and payroll teams. Planning is critical if you want to avoid a potentially sizable penalty. Employers may be fined up to $1.5 million for failing to report the proper information to the government.

Read the full article here.
Summer Celebration!

MMG brought its lively spirit to the Spirit of Washington for our annual summer outing.  (MMG staff pictured above)
Congratulations to the winner of September's  "SNAPSHOT" photo contest, Randy van der Kleut. Randy took this beautiful picture with his iPhone 6 in Burano, Italy, a small, quiet island outside of Venice known for its homemade lace products, while on vacation with his family. 

If you'd like to be featured in next months photo contest, here's how you do it:

Snap the perfect photo and send it to us for a chance to be featured in next month's newsletter!

Who may enter? Everyone. The contest is open to amateur and professional photographers. Each month's winner will voted on by the MMG staff. If there is a draw, YOU will decide.

When to submit? Please submit before the 10th of every month.

Where to submit? All submissions should be sent to [email protected] with the subject "SNAPSHOT" 

Contest Rules: Contestants are permitted to submit one photo per month. All images must be original. Please send the photo in JPEG format and include the location of the photo and any supplemental description. 

Except as set forth herein, all entries and accompanying material become the property of the sponsor and will not be returned. Although the contestant retains copyright to the entries, MMG may use, reproduce and display the images without compensation to the contestant.




with Maslow Media's Online Database of   Freelancers & Production Companies
WHERE IN THE WORLD?

MMG books crews worldwide. See below for locations we have recently booked:
  

Australia   

Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Canberra

Belgium 

Dusseldorf, Antwerp, Brussels

Bosnia 

Brazil 
Rio de Janeiro, Sau Paulo, Caetite, Extrema

Canada

China 

Hong Kong, Shanghai, Beijing

Chile 
Santiago, Easter Island
Dominican Republic 
Punta Cana, other locations
Finland
France
Paris, other locations

Germany 

Hungary

India

Bangladore

Ireland

Dublin, Belfast areas

Italy

Rome, Milan

Japan

Tokyo

The Netherlands
Nigeria 
Lagos

Peru

Lima

Poland

Gdansk

Romania

Russia

Moscow, St. Petersburg

Rwanda

Saudi Arabia

South Africa 

Caledon

Spain
Cabena, Madrid

Sri Lanka

Switzerland

Morges

Turkey

Dogubeyazit

Ukraine

Kiev

United Kingdom

London and suburbs

 

Call or Email Beth Posada for your worldwide crews!

 

Client Kudos


 

"The Maslow Media Group experience will save you time and lots of grief. MMG serves the television industry here in DC quite well and has earned its place."

 

-Writer/Producer,

Washington, DC

 

"I arrived in Hollywood without having my nose fixed, my teeth capped, or my name changed. That is very gratifying to me."

 

-Barbra Streisand

MMG takes pride in its Executive Search Division. Our specialty:  Media Managers, Execs in charge of Production, and of course, all levels of technical and creative production talent below the line.  We have been doing this for 27 years and we know where these professionals are when you need one.

 RECENT assignments


 

London, UK

Production Company

 

Albuquerque, NM

Director of Photography

 

Topeka, KS
Still Photographer
  
Jersey City, NJ
Camera Crew

Huntsville, AL
Camera Crew

Monterey, CA
Audio Engineer
  

 MMG MVP

Our own, Mary Jane Boyle, starring as Nickie in the show,
Sweet Charity.

 

Production Manager, Mary Jane Boyle, has been with MMG for 8.5 years. Recently, she has gone back to her early roots in theater production as a way to have some fun. She is a part of an energetic theater group in her active adult community where she has performed in both Sweet Charity and Grease. MJ sings in reviews and monthly programs frequently. This summer, she will sing the part of Tessa in Gilbert & Sullivan's The Gondoliers. When not singing and acting, MJ enjoys spending time with her two granddaughters.


Linda MaslowCEO 202-965-1100 x 105 | [email protected]
 
Andrea SimsNew Business |202-965-1100 x 113 | [email protected]

Vija Udenans | Managed Services & Staffing 202-965-1100 x 104 | vudenans@maslowmedia.com

Joan Fiddle-FerderScript-to-Screen | 202-965-1100 x 102 | [email protected]

Beth Posada |Camera Crews Worldwide|202-965-1100 x 114 | [email protected]

Mary Jane Boyle | Production | 202-965-1100 x 101 | [email protected]

Nevitt Greene | Media Payroll Services |202-965-1100 x 121 | [email protected]
 
ABOUT US

Maslow Media Group was named a "Top 5 Leading Payroll Company" by The Hollywood Reporter, the #1 Media Production Company and #4 Leading Women's Businesses by the Washington Business Journal, and one of America's fastest growing businesses by Inc. 500/5000. 
 
Maslow Media Group provides crews worldwide, video production staffing, payroll services and script to screen video production to corporations, government agencies, corporate media, cable networks, and production companies nationwide. 
 
The Maslow Media Group is a 100% woman-owned business certified by the WBENC. 
 
MMG oversees several multi-million dollar contracts. Government clients find them on GSA Schedule #541 for Advertising & Integrated Marketing Solutions.