What are the responsibilities and job description for the Paralegal position at Tribeca?
Position Overview
Tribeca Enterprises is seeking a detail-oriented and proactive Paralegal with 1–2 years of experience to support our legal team across a dynamic portfolio that includes the Tribeca Festival, Tribeca Studios, and a M ss ng P eces. This role offers hands-on exposure to entertainment, production, and event-related legal matters in a fast-paced, creative environment. We are a hybrid workplace requiring a minimum of 3 days in our NYC office. This is a salaried position at $50,000 and is eligible for overtime.
Key Responsibilities
Tribeca Enterprises is seeking a detail-oriented and proactive Paralegal with 1–2 years of experience to support our legal team across a dynamic portfolio that includes the Tribeca Festival, Tribeca Studios, and a M ss ng P eces. This role offers hands-on exposure to entertainment, production, and event-related legal matters in a fast-paced, creative environment. We are a hybrid workplace requiring a minimum of 3 days in our NYC office. This is a salaried position at $50,000 and is eligible for overtime.
Key Responsibilities
- Contract Support: Draft, review, and manage a variety of agreements, including vendor contracts, talent agreements, production services agreements, sponsorship/brand partnership deals, location releases, and NDAs.
- Production & Event Legal Support: Assist with legal needs related to festival operations, year round live events, and M ss ng P eces commercial productions, including insurance documentation, and compliance tracking.
- Corporate & Subsidiary Support: Provide legal and administrative support across affiliated entities ensuring consistency in documentation and compliance practices.
- Contract Management & Organization: Maintain contract databases, track key terms and deadlines (e.g., renewals, deliverables), and ensure proper filing and version control.
- Research & Compliance: Conduct legal research on entertainment, media, advertising, and event regulations; assist in ensuring compliance with applicable laws and industry standards.
- Rights & Clearances: Support intellectual property processes, including basic rights clearance tracking (music, footage, talent likeness) and coordination with internal production teams.
- Internal Collaboration: Work closely with production, marketing, partnerships, and finance teams to gather information, flag risks, and facilitate contract execution.
- Administrative Support: Assist attorneys with document preparation, redlining, signature workflows, and general legal operations tasks.
- Bachelor’s degree required
- 1–2 years of relevant paralegal or legal assistant experience
- Familiarity with contract terminology and basic legal principles
- Strong organizational skills and attention to detail
- Ability to manage multiple projects and deadlines in a fast-paced environment
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office; experience with contract management tools is a plus
- Exposure to live events, festivals, or production environments
- Experience supporting commercial productions, branded content, or advertising work
- Basic understanding of intellectual property and rights management
- Highly organized and detail-driven
- Proactive, resourceful, and solutions-oriented
- Comfortable working cross-functionally with creative and business teams
- Interest in media, entertainment, and live experiences
- Hands-on experience across festivals, productions, and brand activations
- Exposure to a wide range of entertainment and media legal matters
- Opportunity to grow within a collaborative and creative environment
Salary : $50,000