Senior Counsel for Global Content Licensing

This is a Full Time Job

Senior Counsel, Global Content Licensing (DTC)

Location: Santa Monica, California, United States; New York, New York, United States

Job Summary:

About the Role & Team

The Legal Department is seeking an experienced attorney to join the Global Content Licensing team supporting Disney's direct-to-consumer businesses. This role will focus primarily on providing strategic advising with respect to operation of the Hulu + Live TV service, other content licensing agreements across Disney's streaming ecosystem, and performing due diligence, with an emphasis on operational excellence and strong cross-functional partnership.

This position offers the opportunity to work at the intersection of media, technology, and entertainment, supporting key distribution partnerships and stakeholders across the business. The role is well-suited for an attorney with a strong foundation in content distribution (specifically, with respect to DMVPDs and/or MVPDs carriage deals) who is interested in deepening their expertise in a fast-paced environment, with the opportunity to gain exposure to more complex deal work over time.

The ideal candidate will be detail-oriented, collaborative, and comfortable managing a high volume of work while exercising sound legal judgment. This individual will play a key role in supporting ongoing distribution initiatives and contributing to the efficiency and scalability of the legal function.

What You Will Do
• Conduct contract diligence and summarize key terms, rights, obligations, and restrictions for legal and business audiences
• Advise internal stakeholders on contractual requirements and legal considerations for live, linear, and distribution-related programming
• Assist in the execution and ongoing management of distribution agreements and operation of Hulu + Live TV, ensuring alignment with business and legal requirements
• Partner with cross-functional teams to support distribution workflows and improve operational efficiency
• Support distribution initiatives for Disney's direct-to-consumer services, including live events and similar offerings
• Exercise independent legal judgment on key initiatives and draft recommendation memos for senior legal and business stakeholders
• Identify and escalate key legal considerations, risks, and issues as appropriate
• Contribute to the development of best practices, templates, and processes to improve legal support for high-volume distribution work

Basic Qualifications & Skills
• At least 5 years of legal experience
• Experience reviewing, drafting, and negotiating content distribution agreements across traditional cable and satellite providers (e.g., MVPDs), new media platforms and/or digital MVPDs, and/or background in a law firm supporting similar clients is strongly preferred
• Strong contract interpretation, drafting and analytical skills, with attention to detail and accuracy
• Ability to manage a high volume of work and multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment
• Excellent communication and organizational skills and ability to effectively partner with cross-functional teams
• Sound judgment and ability to identify and escalate legal risks as needed
• Strong organizational and time management skills
• Interest in developing broader deal-making and negotiation skills over time

Education
• Juris Doctor (JD) or equivalent from an accredited law school
• Strong academic credentials
• Admission to the California State Bar in good standing or willingness and qualification to be Registered In-House Counsel

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