What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Director, Business and Legal Affairs position at BBC?
BBC Studios
Bold. British. Creative : that’s BBC Studios. Combining the strengths of the UK’s most-awarded production company with a world-class distributor, we fund, create, distribute and commercialize world-class content for the BBC and other UK and international companies. Our aim is to inspire audiences around the globe with quality content that informs, educates and entertains and to strengthen the BBC, our partners and wider industry both creatively and financially. We seek to be the best British content company in the world; a first-choice partner and employer, where everyone can flourish and do their best work.
Job Purpose
The Senior Counsel, Business and Legal Affairs will provide accurate, timely, and commercially focused legal support to all Global Media & Streaming business units in the Americas. This role will lead business and legal affairs support for standard agreements, including non-disclosure agreements, vendor contracts, and independent contractor agreements. Additionally, the Senior Counsel will support content sales, distribution, and acquisitions for BBC Studios' branded services in the Americas, such as BritBox and BBC Select. The position also involves advising client groups on a wide range of legal matters, including intellectual property rights, fair use, corporate governance, insurance, online and music issues, and other day-to-day business and legal affairs tasks.
Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities
- Structure, draft and negotiate complex contracts (both revenue generating and expenditures) that comply with BBC Studios policies, procedures, guidelines and risk management.
- Advise content sales, distribution and acquisition teams on content-related matters and support cross-functional collaboration (e.g., sales, finance, operations and marketing teams).
- Maintain and develop template forms that implement BBC Studios policies and best practices.
- Handle business and legal interactions with BBC Studios’ offices in other regions and territories as necessary.
- Communicate legal restrictions and requirements to all necessary departments across the organization.
- Ensure all necessary sign offs / approvals have been received in connection with deals being contracted out of the Americas.
- Work with the Americas BLA team to create and implement coordinated approach to deals and agreements across multiple business units and territories to ensure that all the business and legal affairs needs of BBC Studios are being met.
Knowledge, Skills, Training & Experience
Knowledge, Skills and Behaviors
Professional Experience
Compensation
The anticipated annual base salary for this position is $215,000 to $245,000. This range does not include bonus compensation or other benefits that an individual may be eligible for. The actual base salary offered depends on the qualifications of the individual applicant for the position, years of relevant experience, specific and unique skills, level of education attained, certifications or other professional licenses held, and geographic location of the position.
This range is not inclusive of a competitive bonus, flexible, hybrid working schedule & benefits including but not limited to : 100% BBCS covered medical & dental insurance, vision, & 401k match.
Benefits and Perks
About the BBC
We don’t focus simply on what we do – we also care how we do it. Our values and the way we behave are important to us.
Diversity matters at the BBC. We have a working environment where we value and respect every individual's unique contribution, enabling all of our employees to thrive and achieve their full potential.
We want to attract the broadest range of talented people to be part of the BBC – whether that’s to contribute to our programming or our wide range of non-production roles. The more diverse our workforce, the better able we are to respond to and reflect our audiences in all their diversity.
We are committed to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from individuals, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion and / or belief. We will consider flexible working requests for all roles, unless operational requirements prevent otherwise.
Salary : $215,000 - $245,000
