Manager/Counsel, Business & Legal Affairs - Film, Original Documentary
About The Position
Netflix is one of the world's leading entertainment services, with over 300 million paid memberships in over 190 countries enjoying TV series, films and games across a wide variety of genres and languages. Members can play, pause and resume watching as much as they want, anytime, anywhere, and can change their plans at any time. THE OPPORTUNITY Netflix seeks an intellectually curious and experienced attorney to join as a Manager/Counsel on the Documentary Film team -- the team behind popular and award-winning content like My Octopus Teacher, Tinder Swindler, Icarus, American Factory, Becoming, David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet, and Homecoming: A Film by Beyonce. The successful candidate will be an integral part of the original documentary film team and will oversee all facets of in-house and third-party productions.
Requirements
- The successful candidate should have at least five (5) years of business and legal affairs experience in the development, production and licensing of unscripted television and/or documentary film, with direct experience negotiating and drafting deal terms and all forms of agreements, including production services agreements, above-the-line agreements, license agreements and production forms.
- They should be extremely comfortable dealing directly with productions, producers and talent representatives, as well as communicating across myriad departments within the company.
- They need to be ready, willing, and able to work independently and completely own all business and legal facets of making a documentary film including: negotiating the commercial terms for projects, negotiating and drafting the related legal agreements, and overseeing production-legal and clearance issues for all of their projects.
- Experience providing in-house support and managing outside counsel OR experience serving, as outside production counsel, for a network, streaming service, or a production company that specializes in unscripted and/or documentary programming is required.
- The successful candidate should have knowledge of substantive areas of the law relevant to documentary filmmaking, such as defamation, copyright, and privacy rights and should also be familiar with journalistic standards and practices.
- J.D. (or international equivalent) and membership in good standing in at least one state bar is required.
- Excellent leadership, supervisory, interpersonal and communication skills.
- Strong analytical capabilities and judgment.
- Ability to work proactively, independently, and reliably under tight timeframes in a fast-paced environment.
- Ability to work effectively and collaboratively, think practically and be solution-oriented.
- Willingness to tackle matters outside of expertise.
Benefits
- Netflix provides comprehensive benefits, including Health Plans, Mental Health support, a 401(k) Retirement Plan with employer match, Stock Option Program, Disability Programs, Health Savings and Flexible Spending Accounts, Family-forming benefits, and Life and Serious Injury Benefits.
- We also offer paid leave of absence programs.
- Full-time hourly employees accrue 35 days annually for paid time off to be used 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
Manager
Education Level
Ph.D. or professional degree
Number of Employees
5,001-10,000 employees
