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Job summary

A leading media company is seeking a Director of Business & Legal Affairs for unscripted content in Bradford. This pivotal role involves leading a team and providing expert legal and business advice to ensure Success across all productions. Ideal candidates will have a proven legal background in media and strong leadership capabilities, while supporting the company's commitment to work-life balance and career growth.

Benefits

Flexible working arrangements
Work-life balance support
Career development opportunities

Qualifications

  • Experienced media lawyer with a strong track record in unscripted production.
  • Deep knowledge of UK rights frameworks and commissioning models.
  • Outstanding leadership, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

  • Leading complex deal negotiations and production risk management.
  • Building and maintaining strategic relationships with creatives and partners.
  • Providing legal and business affairs guidance across unscripted productions.

Skills

Leadership
Negotiation
Stakeholder Management
Legal Expertise
Knowledge of UK Rights Frameworks
Understanding of Commissioning Models

Education

Experience as a Media Lawyer

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DIRECTOR, BUSINESS & LEGAL AFFAIRS, UNSCRIPTED, bradford

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04.06.2025

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Job Description:

Director of Business & Legal Affairs
Unscripted TV
London (hybrid)
Are you a skilled leader in Business & Legal Affairs with a passion for exceptional and world-leading unscripted content?
As the Business & Legal Affairs Director for Unscripted, you will lead a substantial team and work across an unparalleled portfolio of unscripted productions, providing business affairs support to key stakeholders.
This is an instrumental role and an important part of the management team and critical to the delivery of our client’s global growth strategy.
You will manage and inspire a high-performing team, ensuring world-class legal and commercial support across development, production, and distribution.
Key responsibilities include:

  • Leading complex deal negotiations and production risk management
  • Building and maintaining strategic relationships with creatives, talent, commissioners, and global partners
  • Providing high-quality legal and business affairs guidance across a wide variety of unscripted productions
  • Driving operational excellence and fostering a collaborative, inclusive culture
The ideal candidate will be an experienced media lawyer with a strong track record in unscripted production. You must have a deep knowledge of UK rights frameworks and commissioning models, as well as outstanding leadership, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills.
We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and our client offers flexible working arrangements to support diverse working patterns.
This is an exciting, key opportunity in a high-growth business which places real value on employees, work life balance and career development.

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