Sr Counsel, Production & Legal Affairs

Starz Entertainment • Santa Monica, CA

6d • $170,000 - $210,000

About The Position

The Senior Counsel position will report to into the production legal function. The Senior Counsel will be responsible for drafting and negotiating development /production related agreements will conduct production clearance review of content, and render legal advice with respect to Starz’s slate of original programming.

Requirements

• Juris Doctor degree
• Member of the State Bar of California
• Minimum 5 years of legal experience gained in a law firm, preferably focusing on entertainment, or copyright/intellectual property; or gained in-house as part of a television network and/or studio
• Knowledge of televisions precedents and industry common custom and practice
• Strong drafting skills
• Excellent interpersonal and verbal communication skills
• Highly motivated, responsible, extremely detail-oriented, organized, and able to handle multiple tasks in a fast-paced, high-pressure environment

Responsibilities

• Drafting and negotiating development agreements and related documentation (e.g. rights acquisition, writer producer, non-writing EP and other similar agreements)
• Drafting and negotiating production related documents (including location agreements, leases, content/clip licenses)
• Rendering day to day production review (including script review and production clearance work, such as title clearance and fair use assessment) and providing legal advice to creative and production and production executives, and other production personnel
• Solid understanding of copyright and issues involve right of publicity, defamation and privacy
• Conducting chain of title review and assessment; reviewing, interpreting and advising business executives about contracts generally
• Other responsibilities at the direction of the VP and SVP of Legal Affairs

Benefits

• Full Coverage – Medical, Vision, and Dental
• Annual discretionary bonus and merit increase
• Work/Life Balance – generous sick days, vacation days, holidays, and wellness days
• 401(k) company matching
• Tuition Reimbursement (up to graduate degree)

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 501-1,000 employees