Paralegal - Business & Legal Affairs

This is a Full Time Job

Paralegal - Business & Legal Affairs

Electric Entertainment, a full-service film, television, post production and sales company, is seeking a skilled, proactive Paralegal for its Business and Legal Affairs team to provide business affairs and administrative support for three executives. Must have entertainment business affairs experience to be considered.

Job Responsibilities:
• General contract administration
• Track and review chain-of-title, paid ad statements and other legal deliverables for international and domestic distributors for in-house productions and acquired titles. Correspond with licensees regarding title availability, default and termination
• Register copyrights
• Track development deals, facilitate payments and correspond with writer reps and WGA
• Track talent, crew and writer agreements for perk and credit obligations
• Review distributor artwork for legal compliance
• During production, prepare union project information sheets and notice of tentative writing credits
-Register entities with secretaries of state and file updates as needed
• Input sales contract information into FilmTrack
• File UCC statements
• Assist with all diligence paperwork for loans
• track executive correspondence and follow up as needed
• set meetings and maintain calendars for three executives
• administrative support (filing paperwork, arranging for notaries, covering phones)

Qualifications:
• Minimum 2 years of business affairs experience at a studio, agency, production company or similar law firm experience.
• Paralegal certification preferred
• Familiarity with U.S. Copyright Office filings
• Familiarity with UCC system
• FilmTrack experience highly desirable
• Ability to juggle a varied workload.
• Detail-oriented, highly organized, great attitude