Counsel/Manager, Business & Legal Affairs - Original Stand-Up, Sketch & Comedy Formats
About The Position
Netflix seeks an attorney to join the Original Stand-Up, Sketch & Comedy Formats business and legal affairs team. The role handles responsibilities related to licensing, development, production, and distribution of Netflix’s original stand-up, sketch, and comedy formats content initiative. Based in Los Angeles, California, the successful candidate will work closely with the cross-functional team—including Content, Production, Finance, IP, and Labor—and with the broader Comedy business and legal affairs team. The attorney will draft, structure, and negotiate agreements for licensing, developing, and producing live and live-to-tape stand-up comedy specials, variety shows and specials, sketch comedies, the Netflix Is A Joke Comedy Festival, video podcasts, and the Netflix is a Joke Radio SiriusXM initiative. The role also involves counseling business partners and making decisions with legal and business impacts. The position requires an attorney with development and production business and/or legal experience in film or television, including experience negotiating and drafting development, licensing, production, and/or distribution agreements. The candidate should be able to collaborate across functions, provide practical and solution-oriented guidance, and manage multiple deadlines and time zones in a fast-paced environment. The candidate may also support the broader BLA Comedy team in kids non-fiction, animation, and/or original scripted series as needed.
Requirements
- At least seven years of development and production business and/or legal experience in the film or television industry.
- Experience helping to negotiate and draft development, licensing, production, and/or distribution agreements.
- J.D. and membership in good standing in at least one state bar.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
- Strong analytical capabilities and judgment.
- Ability to work proactively, independently, and reliably under tight timeframes in a fast-paced environment, interacting with internal and external parties across time zones.
- Ability to work effectively and collaboratively cross-functionally, think practically, and be solution-oriented.
- Commitment to embrace and advocate for inclusion.
- Willingness to tackle matters outside the candidate’s area of expertise.
- High level of organizational skills, attention to detail, and ability to prioritize and time-manage across multiple deadlines and time zones.
Nice To Haves
- Familiarity with the development, production, and multi-platform distribution of stand-up comedy, variety shows, late night programming, and/or non-fiction programming.
- General entertainment industry knowledge.
- Familiarity with production services agreements, talent agreements, license agreements, EP/writer agreements, standard terms, and related intellectual property issues.
Responsibilities
- Draft, structure, and negotiate agreements related to licensing, developing, and producing Netflix original stand-up, sketch, and comedy formats content.
- Support production of live and live-to-tape stand-up comedy specials, variety shows and specials, sketch comedies, the Netflix Is A Joke Comedy Festival, video podcasts, and the Netflix is a Joke Radio SiriusXM initiative.
- Work closely with the Original Stand-Up, Sketch & Comedy Formats cross-functional team, including Content, Production, Finance, IP, and Labor, and with the broader Comedy business and legal affairs team.
- Counsel business partners and make decisions with legal and business impacts.
- Work with the broader BLA Comedy team in kids non-fiction, animation, and/or original scripted series as needed.
- Work cross-functionally to maintain alignment between departments and teams.
- Prioritize and manage multiple deadlines and time zones in a fast-paced environment.
Benefits
- Health Plans
- Mental Health support
- 401(k) Retirement Plan with employer match
- Stock Option Program
- Disability Programs
- Health Savings and Flexible Spending Accounts
- Family-forming benefits
- Life and Serious Injury Benefits
- Paid leave of absence programs
- Full-time hourly employees accrue 35 days annually for paid time off for vacation, holidays, and sick paid time off.
- Full-time salaried employees are immediately entitled to flexible time off.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
Ph.D. or professional degree
