Company Description
Join our NBCUniversal EPIC Legal Team! EPIC symbolizes key foundational principles as we strive to be extraordinary partners to our businesses in an evolving environment. Here at NBCU Legal, we are Expert Partners who provide Inspiring and Creative solutions to our clients. We are subject-matter experts who collaborate with our legal colleagues and clients to guide, solve and push for our collective success. We inspire by bringing optimism and positivity to our work, and apply strategic and innovative thinking to support our businesses.
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Job Description
Role Purpose
The Counsel/Senior Counsel, Business & Legal Affairs will serve as a legal point of contact and provide legal support for all aspects of content acquisition by NBCUniversal’s broad portfolio of television entertainment networks (NBC, USA, Bravo, Syfy, E! and Oxygen) and innovative new direct-to-consumer streaming service Peacock – including a wide range of issues relating to the production and licensing of film, television, news, sports, live events and original programming. This role will report to one of the team’s Vice Presidents.
Job Duties
- Independently draft, review, negotiate and interpret a range of licensing agreements and other legal documents
- Provide timely and thorough legal advice on potential risks and issues, as well as propose practical, responsive solutions
- Identify and implement improvements to forms and processes
- Partner with NBCUniversal business executives, as well as colleagues across the Finance, Marketing, Product, Legal and other departments, to discuss and implement best practices and formulate new processes in connection with business needs
- Other matters as needed at the direction of the division’s General Counsel and its Senior Vice President
Qualifications
Basic Requirements
- Member of New York, California or other U.S. state bar
- JD or LLM degree from an accredited law school
- Minimum 4+ years for Counsel / 7+ years for Senior Counsel of law firm or in-house legal experience
Desired Characteristics
- 3+ years of experience in the entertainment industry, with title and salary dependent on years of experience, including a thorough understanding of and demonstrated proficiency with the acquisition of video programming for exploitation on television and/or digital mediaStrong academic credentials
- Outstanding analytic, communication and organizational skills, including excellent drafting and negotiation skills
- Collaborative, team-oriented approach
- Comfortable making legal decisions and advising on business risks
- Sound business judgment, and flexibility/adaptability to manage multiple, wide-ranging matters, conflicting deadlines, and new areas of expertise as business needs change
- Proactively identify, prioritize and resolve legal issues quickly and effectively
- Demonstrated ability, in a positive and practical manner, to approach complex legal scenarios in a thoughtful and analytic fashion
- Ability to explain complex legal concepts to business and creative executives, build consensus across business units, think creatively, and collaborate with other executives to address business needs
Additional Requirements
- Interested candidates must submit a resume/CV online to be considered
- Must have unrestricted authorization to work in the United States
- Must be willing to work in Los Angeles, CA or New York, NY
- This position has been designated as hybrid, generally contributing from the office a minimum of three days per week
- This position is eligible for company sponsored benefits, including medical, dental and vision insurance, 401(k), paid leave, tuition reimbursement, and a variety of other discounts and perks. Learn more about the benefits offered by NBCUniversal by visiting the Benefits page of the Careers website. Salary range: $140,000-$170,000 for Counsel / $165,000-$200,000 for Sr. Counsel; both bonus eligible
Additional Information
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