Counsel, Business & Legal Affairs Marketing, MTV Entertainment Group
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ViacomCBS (NASDAQ: VIAC; VIACA) is a leading global media and entertainment company that creates premium content and experiences for audiences worldwide. Driven by iconic consumer brands, its portfolio includes CBS, Showtime Networks, Paramount Pictures, Nickelodeon, MTV, Comedy Central, BET, Paramount , Pluto TV and Simon & Schuster, among others. The company delivers the largest share of the U.S. television audience and boasts one of the industry's most important and extensive libraries of TV and film titles. In addition to offering innovative streaming services and digital video products, ViacomCBS provides powerful capabilities in production, distribution and advertising solutions for partners on five continents.
The MTV Entertainment Group is seeking a hardworking Business and Legal Affairs Counsel to provide day-to-day services with a focus on marketing legal for Comedy Central, MTV, Paramount Network, VH1, Smithsonian Channel, Logo and TV Land. This position is based in New York.
Overview and Responsibilities:
• Negotiating, structuring and drafting marketing-related agreements, including agreements for partnerships, marketing agencies, creative content vendors, talent, live events, influencers, co-branded content and product placements.
• Handle day-to-day production-related legal matters for marketing-related projects (including vetting creative pitches, reviewing scripts and cuts, drafting and negotiating appearance releases, location releases and production services agreements). Ability to issue spot and advise on legal implications, while understanding and furthering business objectives.
• Advise on intellectual property and content clearance issues for trailers/promos, print and online advertising, and other promotional content. Experience in rights and clearances, talent relations, awards campaigns and credits.
• Provide advice regarding contest and sweepstakes, including legal compliance as well as drafting terms and conditions, official rules and release forms.
• Partner with other in-house groups (including Production, Marketing, Labor & Employment, Risk Management, Litigation, Ad Sales, Finance and Programming) on a variety of legal issues, deal-making strategies and corporate policies.
• Participate and contribute to strategic deal discussions as well as researching business and legal issues. Providing practical risk assessment and risk reduction solutions for marketing executives.
• Build and lead internal training sessions for client groups.
• Perform other day-to-day tasks as needed and assigned by senior legal executives.
Basic Qualifications:
• Member in good standing of the New York and/or California Bar(s) (or eligible for Registered In-House Counsel designation).
• At least 4 years of transferable experience (ideally with business/legal affairs experience in a network, studio, entertainment law firm or production company environment), including entertainment marketing contract drafting and negotiation and counseling marketing teams.
Additional Qualifications:
• Be proficient in entertainment industry customs and practices and possess proven ability to effectively negotiate and interact with agents, managers and outside attorneys.
• Working knowledge of television industry agreements, guild and union regulations (WGA, DGA and SAG-AFTRA), contract law and intellectual property rights (as applicable to the entertainment and advertising industries).
• Ability to analyze fact patterns and devise creative solutions that allow network executives to implement their vision in compliance with corporate policies and guidelines, while minimizing overall legal and business risk.
• Ability to build strong internal client relationships at all levels of the business, and effectively advise clients under conditions of uncertainty, fast paced and/or high-risk and generate client satisfaction through quick turnaround and firm decision-making.
• Work as a team in a highly collaborative manner and have a positive team spirit.
• Proficiency at multi-tasking under pressure, managing and prioritizing a varied, high-volume workload efficiently and accurately.
• Excellent communication (written and oral), interpersonal, and organizational skills, with strong attention to detail.
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