Temporary Employee - Contract Administrator (Director Level)

LEGEND PICTURES LLC•Burbank, CA

11h•$2,000 - $2,200•Onsite

About The Position

Legendary Entertainment is seeking an experienced Temporary Contract Administrator to support the Film Business & Legal Affairs team. Reporting to the EVP of Business & Legal Affairs, this role will be responsible for administering contractual payments, maintaining key rights and obligations tracking tools, and supporting the BA team with agreement summaries, reporting, and guild-related processes. The ideal candidate will have prior experience in a film or television Business & Legal Affairs or legal affairs environment, with strong attention to detail and the ability to manage multiple contractual obligations and payment workflows.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent professional experience preferred.
5+ years of experience supporting Business & Legal Affairs within a film, television, or entertainment company.
Strong familiarity with WGA agreements, guild payment structures, and entertainment contract administration practices.
Experience processing contractual payments and tracking options, development agreements, and writer agreements.
Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and experience with Avid purchase order systems or similar production accounting tools.
Highly organized with exceptional attention to detail and the ability to manage contractual deadlines, payments, and rights tracking in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

Process writer payments, including calculating WGA fringe costs, submitting purchase orders in Avid, coordinating final payment processing with EP/Sargent Disc, maintaining proof of payment documentation in Business & Legal Affairs files, and distributing payments to representatives.
Process option and purchase price payments, including submitting purchase orders in Avid, coordinating with Accounts Payable, maintaining payment records in BA files, generating transmittal letters, and sending payments to representatives.
Process development payments, including submitting purchase orders in Avid, coordinating with Accounts Payable, maintaining supporting documentation, and distributing payments to representatives.
Maintain and update Option Status Charts, including key dates and payment tracking, the Master Options Excel chart, and actor options tracking.
Prepare agreement summaries for the Business & Legal Affairs team as requested.
Maintain Current Writer Obligations Chart, tracking writing services and related obligations.
Provide quarter close information to the Accounting department, including updated option charts, writer obligations reports, and development fee accrual information.
Submit the WGA worklist at the beginning of each month in accordance with guild requirements.
Request Title Reports and Legal Opinion Letters as needed for projects in development.
Register and maintain MPA titles as required.