Associate Principal Counsel, Hulu Original Content
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Hulu is looking to add to its legal team an Original Content Attorney to negotiate and draft deals bringing original programming to Hulu and support the production and exploitation of that content. The ideal candidate for this position will be able to tackle multiple projects with strong attention to detail, and have significant experience negotiating and drafting production services agreements and license agreements for, and overseeing production on, original programming. The successful candidate should have at least 5 years of on-point legal experience. If you're equal parts leader & doer, who brings an ambitious, efficient, and inclusive spirit to all you do, we'd love you to join our team!
Responsibilities
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• Lead drafting and negotiation of third party produced original series (scripted and unscripted) and film (scripted and documentaries) license agreements, production services agreements, rights deals, occasional talent agreements, and various ancillary agreements in connection therewith (e.g., off-platform distribution, intercreditor and security agreements, professional services agreements).
• Oversee production legal matters on Hulu original programing, including approving above-the-line and below-the-line talent agreements, releases, casting materials, materials licenses, location and vendor agreements, background checks, production and clearance counsel selection, and guild/union matters.
• Assist in improving processes for oversight of production legal matters on Hulu original programming.
• Coordinate with other legal and business teams within The Walt Disney Company to establish efficient processes and workflows to allow content from other divisions to be utilized by Hulu and vice versa.
• Work directly with and counsel Hulu's junior and senior original content business team members in all phases of originals deal making and content production from both a business and legal perspective.
• Seek input and drive consensus across the company's various business units (including content distribution, marketing, technology, product, and finance teams) as deal terms are crafted and finalized.
• Advise internal partners across the company on operationalizing contractual requirements.
Basic Qualifications
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• 5-8 years total experience.
• 3 years original content production or licensing experience at a major studio, network, online video distributor, and/or entertainment law firm is required.
• 2 years at a law firm focusing on media/entertainment transactions or other corporate transactions (M&A, finance, securities) 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.
• Willingness to tackle matters outside of expertise.
Preferred Qualifications:
• Experience in negotiating and drafting production services agreements and license agreements for original content is required. Experience drafting rights and other content development agreements and/or talent agreements is preferred.
• Production legal experience with unscripted and/or documentary programming strongly preferred.
Required Education
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• J.D. degree from an accredited law school and strong academic credentials.
Additional Information
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