What are the responsibilities and job description for the Business Affairs Consultant position at Cypress HCM?
Location: Burbank, CA
Schedule: Onsite Monday through Friday
Hours: 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM
Overview
Join the Direct to Consumer Business Affairs team supporting Paramount Original Series. This is a senior level Business Affairs role responsible for negotiating high profile content deals, advising internal stakeholders, and partnering across Legal, Finance, Creative, Production, Marketing, and Communications. The ideal candidate brings deep entertainment industry experience from a studio, streaming platform, network, production company, or entertainment law firm and has successfully negotiated complex television content agreements.
Responsibilities
- Structure, negotiate, draft and provide business counsel on all aspects of development, licensing, and production deals for Paramount original series.
- Communicate and summarize key deal terms for internal stakeholders, ensuring clarity and alignment across teams.
- Collaborate with the Legal team on the longform agreements and standard terms.
- Help to establish and maintain internal forms and policies, including with respect to approval rights, on-screen credits, talent requirements, deliverables, exclusivity, advertising and marketing restrictions, and press and promotional obligations.
- Coordinate with affiliate and third party studios on the negotiation of key above the line agreements, underlying rights agreements, and pilot or series development and production documentation.
- Liaise with Creative and Production teams to review, evaluate, and approve production budgets and strategize to address and resolve production related issues.
- Partner with Finance, Marketing, Creative, Communications, Legal, and Production teams to advise on various issues related to Paramount original series.
- Maintain a strong understanding of emerging legal, technological, and industry developments that impact content creation, production, and distribution.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree required.
- Juris Doctor from an ABA accredited law school.
- Minimum 8 years of experience negotiating entertainment deals at a network, streaming platform, studio, production company, entertainment law firm, or similar environment.
- Strong experience negotiating development, licensing, production, and talent agreements.
- Excellent drafting, analytical, organizational, and communication skills.
- Ability to manage multiple high priority negotiations simultaneously.
- Self starter with strong attention to detail and ability to work independently.
Pay Rate
- $160.00 to $170.00 per hour
Requisition ID: PMOUNTJP00001219
Salary : $160 - $170