Counsel, Business & Legal Affairs, Original Comedy
Netflix
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Counsel, Business & Legal Affairs, Original Comedy (EMEA)
THE OPPORTUNITY
Netflix seeks an experienced attorney to join its Amsterdam office as a Counsel, Business & Legal Affairs on the Original Comedy team -- the team behind popular and award-winning stand up specials from Ellen DeGeneres, Dave Chappelle, Jerry Seinfeld, Ali Wong, Ricky Gervais, Jimmy Carr and many other top comics, and other variety and unscripted comedy content such as Def Comedy Jam 25 and Seth Rogen's Hilarity for Charity. The successful candidate will lead negotiations and transactions related to the acquisition, development, and production of Netflix's original comedy content in countries specifically in and around Europe, and will be an integral part of setting strategy for and scaling Netflix original comedy content in the US, Europe and throughout the world. This role will work closely with the US-based team.
REQUIREMENTS
The successful candidate will have at least 5 years as a business and legal affairs attorney handling content development, production and licensing, with a significant portion of such experience spent specializing in stand-up, sketch, unscripted and variety comedy programming, with direct experience negotiating and drafting all forms of production, talent, acquisition and licensing agreements for union and non-union productions. Passion for, and extensive knowledge of, comedy content is desired. The successful candidate should be extremely comfortable counseling creative partners, working closely with internal cross-functional partners in production, finance and other departments, communicating with talent representatives and productions, and making both business and legal decisions. The candidate will also have deep existing relationships with talent representatives and producers in the comedy industry.
The ideal candidate will have a strong production background (including international production experience) and vast experience dealing with talent, plus a broad understanding of television distribution (including digital distribution). Experience providing in-house support and managing outside counsel is strongly preferred.
A successful candidate will also possess the following:
• Excellent leadership, interpersonal and communication skills.
• Strong analytical capabilities and judgment.
• Ability to work proactively, independently, and reliably under tight time frames in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to work effectively and collaboratively, think practically and be solution-oriented.
This is an opportunity to be a part of a public company with a great consumer brand as well as an opportunity to help Netflix shape the future of television.