Counsel

Skydance; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 139,000 - 174,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Benefits package

Generous paid time off

Streaming subscriptions to HBO Max,/++

Job summary

Skydance is seeking an attorney to join the Legal Department at Paramount Pictures studios in Los Angeles, focusing on themed entertainment and live experiences. The role supports global experiences based on Skydance IPs, including theme parks, hotels, live productions, immersive attractions, and consumer products.

The counsel will close a variety of transactions, provide day-to-day business and legal affairs support to creative teams, and guide projects across development, rights, and marketing

Qualifications

• Licensed to practice law in CA (or eligible to register as in-house counsel)
• 4+ years of transferable legal experience in media/entertainment preferred
• Experience managing transactional matters and direct client interaction
• Experience drafting entertainment or intellectual property agreements
• Excellent written and oral communication, interpersonal, and organizational skills
• Ability to multitask and deliver quick turnaround under high pressure
• Strong business and financial understanding and ability to adapt to changing media landscape

Responsibilities

• Draft and negotiate IP license agreements, service agreements and other agreements in themed entertainment and experiences, including theme parks, hotels, restaurants, live productions and consumer products
• Provide practical, strategic and actionable advice and counsel to business clients on development projects, risk allocation and legal implications
• Coordinate rights analyses and manage rights owner and talent relations for business initiatives
• Analyze motion picture and television production, financing and distribution agreements with talent and producers
• Review and provide guidance on design, creative and marketing materials
• Interact with internal and external counsel on insurance, compliance, rights, enforcement, and other legal areas

Skills

Drafting & Negotiation

Client-facing experience

Communication skills

Organizational skills

Ability to work under pressure

Job description

Storytelling is, and will always be, the heart of what we do at Skydance.

Our vision is to build a thriving entertainment ecosystem where stories and worlds are imagined, brought to life and experienced. We create for every age and audience, anchored by the strength of our content and experiences and the depth of our connection with fans. We are creator-first, audience-focused, tech-forward, globally scaled. Here, you’ll work with talented teams that move fast, think boldly and collaborate with purpose to deliver results. We aim high, champion the best ideas and win together, earning the trust of our employees, creators, partners and audiences every day.

If you’re energized by the opportunity to help build the next-generation global media and entertainment company powered by creativity and technology, we’d be thrilled to welcome you aboard. LET’S GO!

Overview:

We have an exciting opportunity for an attorney to join the legal department at Skydance based at the Paramount Pictures studios in Los Angeles, with a focus on themed entertainment and live experiences businesses. The position will be an integral member of a team that provides day-to-day business and legal affairs services in support of experiences based on Skydance’s intellectual properties and brands worldwide, including in connection with theme parks, hotels, restaurants, live stage productions, immersive attractions and consumer products. The counsel will drive and close a variety of transactions, support a broad array of business and marketing initiatives and provide day-to-day advice to business and creative teams at all levels.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Draft and negotiate intellectual property license agreements, service agreements and other agreements in the global themed entertainment and experiences industry, such as theme parks, hotels, restaurants, live stage productions, concerts, and other immersive attractions and location-based entertainment experiences, as well as consumer products agreements
• Provide practical, strategic and actionable advice and counsel to business clients regarding review of projects in development, risk allocation and legal implications of proposed business opportunities and actions
• Communicate property rights analyses and handle rights acquisitions and third-party rights owner and talent relations where needed to execute business initiatives, including interaction with Broadway and film producers, third party rights owners and their representatives
• Analyze motion picture and television production, financing and distribution agreements, as well as agreements with actors, writers, directors and producers
• Review and provide guidance on design, creative and marketing materials
• Interact with and maintain channels of communication with key legal and business affairs personnel, and outside counsel, in technical areas including insurance/risk management, compliance, production, marketing, rights and clearances, compliance, trademarks and enforcement, unions and guilds, bankruptcy, privacy, standards & practices, and litigation

Basic Qualifications:

• License to practice law in the state of CA (and in good standing); or qualified to promptly register as in-house counsel
• 4+ years of transferable legal experience (ideally with a major media or entertainment company and/or law company)
• Must have experience managing transactional matters and dealing directly with clients
• Excellent drafting and negotiating skills, with experience drafting and negotiating entertainment or intellectual property agreements (ideally in the media or entertainment industries)
• Outstanding communication (written and oral), interpersonal, and organizational skills, with strong attention to detail
• Ability to build strong internal client and colleague relationships at all levels of the business, and successfully advise clients under conditions of uncertainty, high-pressure and/or high-risk and generate strong client satisfaction through quick turnaround, company decision-making and business judgment
• Proficiency at multi-tasking under time strain, managing and prioritizing a varied, high-volume workload efficiently and accurately, and operating autonomously within corporate parameters
• Exemplary time management skills
• Ability to understand numbers in business/financial context
• Ability to adapt legal work to a changing media and business landscape

Additional Qualifications:

• The ideal candidate will be collaborative, positive, and team oriented. A sense of humor is a plus

About Skydance

Skydance is a next-generation global media and entertainment company, comprised of three business segments: Studios, Direct-to-Consumer, and TV Media. Skydance's portfolio unites legendary brands, including Paramount, Warner Bros., HBO and HBO Max, Paramount+, Pluto TV, CBS, CNN, CBS Sports, TNT Sports, Nickelodeon, Cartoon Network, MTV, Food Network, BET, HGTV, and Comedy Central.

Additional Information

Hiring Salary Range: $139,200 - 174,000.

In compliance with local law, we are disclosing compensation, or a range thereof, for roles where legally required. Actual salaries will vary based on a variety of job-related factors, including but not limited to geographic location, external market data, internal equity, skill set, experience, training, education, and/or performance. Base pay is just one component of our total compensation package. Other rewards may include annual bonuses, short- and long-term incentives, and program-specific awards.

This position is bonus eligible.

What We Offer

• Attractive compensation and comprehensive benefits packages. Check out our full list of benefits here.
• Generous paid time off.
• Complimentary subscriptions to HBO Max, Paramount+, and other Skydance streaming services and digital news products.
• Robust employee engagement opportunities, including access to exclusive screenings and events, speaker series, volunteer activities and more.

Skydance is an equal opportunity employer (EOE)

We embrace the opportunity to build a workforce that reflects a wide array of perspectives, backgrounds and experiences. Being an equal opportunity employer means that we take seriously our responsibility to consider qualified candidates on the basis of merit. In line with the laws of the country or region in which the role is based, this includes consideration without regard to race, color, ethnicity, national origin, citizenship status, religion or belief, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, pregnancy, parenthood, physical or mental disability, genetic information, military or protected veteran status, union status or any other category protected by applicable law.

If you are a qualified individual with a disability, you may request a reasonable accommodation during the job application and/or recruitment process. You can request reasonable accommodations by calling 212.846.5500 or by sending an email to [e-mail]. Only messages left for this purpose will be returned.