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Job Description
We are seeking a talented Corporate Counsel to join our Global Entertainment Legal team. In this role, you will support Amazon MGM Studios' distribution, marketing, and ancillary rights initiatives.
You'll work cross-functionally with internal and external stakeholders, providing subject matter expertise to lawyers and business affairs executives across Studios.
Key Job Responsibilities:
- Navigate and advise on acquisition and distribution-related agreements for Studios' films and other entertainment properties.
- Draft and negotiate various commercial agreements related to distribution, advertising, marketing, promotion, and publicity of Studios' content.
- Draft and revise contest/sweepstakes rules, regulations, and release forms.
- Evaluate, negotiate, and draft agreements for the exploitation of ancillary rights across various product and cross-platform categories.
- Serve as a key legal liaison with Studios' franchise management team.
- Perform and review rights research, advising on rights issues including underlying rights and talent.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:
- 5 years of legal experience.
- Juris Doctor and membership in one state bar or equivalent.
- Legal experience in licensing, marketing, and distribution within an entertainment law firm or in-house legal department of a motion picture or television company.
- Familiarity with motion picture production, financing, distribution, acquisition, and talent agreements.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
- 7 years of relevant legal experience.
- Strong understanding of content distribution, marketing, and ancillary rights exploitation.
- Experience with international entertainment law.
- Demonstrated ability to build strong relationships internally and externally.
