Physical Production Legal Associate

This is a Full Time Job

About the Role:

The Physical Production Legal team is seeking a dynamic Associate/Associate Counsel to join our team primarily to support the Eyeline business and scripted live-action series as needed. This role requires a proactive individual with a keen understanding of industry standards and deal contexts who can manage and execute various legal functions related to physical production with moderate oversight. The ideal candidate will have a background in below-the-line production legal matters and be highly collaborative with internal and external partners.

Responsibilities include:
• Serve as point of contact for below-the-line legal matters arising from Eyeline Studio.
• Structure, draft, and negotiate below-the-line production agreements with moderate oversight, ensuring alignment with Netflix and industry standard and deal contexts (e.g., vendor/rental agreements; equipment rental agreements; post-production agreements and visual effects agreements).
• Clearly and succinctly communicate solutions to internal production and business partners as well as external producers and production personnel.
• Efficiently resolve issues without causing delays, adapting to the fast-paced nature of production legal work.
• Exercise sound judgment and curiosity regarding matters of first impression or complex issues.

Requirements:

The successful candidate will have an undergraduate degree (JD or Paralegal certification accepted, but not required) and at least 3 years of proven experience in a similar business/legal affairs role in the film or television industry. This candidate must also be able to work proactively and reliably on multiple projects under tight timeframes in a fast-paced production environment being able to quickly assess risk and exercise strong judgment in the face of ambiguity.

The successful candidate will also possess the following:
• Demonstrated leadership capabilities and a solutions-driven mindset.
• The ability to organize, clarify, and communicate complex ideas quickly, succinctly and accurately.
• Confidence in counseling business partners and making decisions that have legal & business impacts.
• The ability to remain flexible and respond positively to changes.
• Tech-savvy individual, including proficiency with Google Suite and cloud-based document and database systems.
• Ability to flourish in our unique company culture, reflecting our values and leadership expectations.