Counsel, Business & Legal Affairs

This is a Full Time Job

THE MLB NETWORK JOB DESCRIPTION

POSITION TITLE: Counsel, Business & Legal Affairs

POSITION REPORTS TO: Senior Director, Business & Legal Affairs

POSITION SUMMARY: The MLB Network seeks a Counsel, Business & Legal Affairs with strong knowledge and understanding of legal and business issues related to media, and strong negotiation and drafting skills. The Counsel, Business & Legal Affairs, will handle a variety of matters including confidentiality agreements, service agreements, software development/licensing agreements, certain talent agreements, certain affiliate distribution agreements, rights acquisition agreements, third party clearances and general contract matters across multiple platforms.

RESPONSIBILITIES:
•Draft and negotiate a wide variety of agreements and assist with the administration and counseling of various departments on transactional and legal matters.
•Oversee administration and compliance with standards and practices for day-to-day production related matters including analyzing, identifying and resolving any business or legal issues in creative content.
•Track and summarize various agreement terms.
•Advise various departments on interpretations of specific contract terms.
•General contract review.
•Support senior attorneys, as needed.

It is expected that the Counsel, Business & Legal Affairs will maintain and increase knowledge in media law as well as the business on an ongoing basis.


SKILLS & EXPERIENCE: The ideal candidate must have most if not all of the following skills and experiences:
•A minimum of two years legal experience in a media and/or entertainment transactional environment either in-house or with a law firm is required.
•Extensive knowledge of contract, intellectual property, and general corporate law is required.
•Experience and understanding of the legal and business aspects of the television and program production industries is preferred.
•Possess excellent verbal and written communication skills.
•Outstanding drafting, analytical, and negotiating skills.
•Ability to work effectively and collaboratively with individuals and groups both internally and externally.
•Be extremely well organized, self-motivated, and demonstrate initiative and an ability to complete multiple assignments in an efficient, and timely manner.
•Demonstrated success in building internal and external relationships.
•Individual must work well in a dynamic environment and be able to recommend and implement process improvements, work independently and handle multiple tasks simultaneously.
•The ability to effectively take on leadership roles in various functions is required.
•A solid work ethic, resourceful nature, unquestionable integrity, and eagerness to take on new challenges in a demanding, fast paced environment.
•Utilize Word, and Excel.

EDUCATION: Bachelor's and J.D. are required.