LN Media & Sponsorship - - Associate Counsel

Live Nation; New York (NY); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

HEALTH : Medical, vision, dental and精神

YOURSELF : Free concert tickets

WEALTH : 401(k) program with company

FAMILY : New parent programs

CAREER : Tuition reimbursement

OTHERS : Volunteer time off

Job summary

Live Nation Entertainment in New York seeks an Associate Counsel to manage a high volume of commercial agreements for the Media & Sponsorship division, including sponsorship, promotion, artist and licensing deals. You will draft, review, and negotiate contracts, coordinate with sales, rights, and operations teams, and help build templates and playbooks for new relationship types.

JD with bar in NY/CA/TX and 4+ years of in-house or live entertainment experience is required; strong communication

Qualifications

• Juris Doctor degree and active Bar in TX, CA or NY.
• At least four years as a practicing attorney.
• In-house or business-side experience in live entertainment or comparable industry.
• Experience negotiating and structuring complex commercial agreements.
• Knowledge of AI ethics in legal context (confidentiality, accuracy, bias).

Responsibilities

• Draft, review and negotiate commercial agreements for sponsorship, promotion, and related rights.
• Coordinate with sales, rights, experiential teams and other Live Nation legal teams.
• Provide in-house legal advice on contracting structure, risk management and policies.
• Create and update templates and playbooks for new relationship types.

Skills

Negotiation

Contract drafting

Communication skills

In-house experience

AI ethics knowledge

Education

Juris Doctor degree and Bar admission (TX/CA/NY)

Job description

Job Summary:

Live Nation Entertainment is the world's leading live entertainment company, comprised of global market leaders: Ticketmaster, Live Nation Concerts, and Live Nation Media & Sponsorship. Ticketmaster is the global leader in event ticketing with over 620 million tickets sold annually and approximately 10,000 clients worldwide. Live Nation Concerts is the largest provider of live entertainment in the world promoting more than 50,000 events annually for nearly 7,000 artists in 40+ countries. These businesses allow Live Nation Media & Sponsorship to create strategic music marketing programs that connect more than 1,200 sponsors with the 145 million fans that attend Live Nation Entertainment events each year. For additional information, visit www.livenationentertainment.com.

WHO ARE WE?

Live Nation Entertainment is the world's leading live entertainment company, comprised of global market leaders: Ticketmaster, Live Nation Concerts, and Live Nation Media & Sponsorship. Ticketmaster is the global leader in event ticketing with over 620 million tickets sold annually and approximately 10,000 clients worldwide. Live Nation Concerts is the largest provider of live entertainment in the world promoting more than 50,000 events annually for nearly 7,000 artists in 40+ countries. These businesses allow Live Nation Media & Sponsorship to create strategic music marketing programs that connect more than 1,200 sponsors with the 145 million fans that attend Live Nation Entertainment events each year. For additional information, visit www.livenationentertainment.com.

WHO ARE YOU?

Passionate and motivated. Driven, with an entrepreneurial spirit. Resourceful, innovative, forward thinking and committed. At Live Nation Entertainment, our people embrace these qualities, so if this sounds like you then please read on!

THE JOB

We are seeking an Associate Counsel-level attorney to oversee and manage a large volume of commercial agreements for the Live Nation Media & Sponsorship division, focusing on sponsorship, promotion, artist, influencer, vendor, and event production agreements.

WHAT THIS ROLE WILL DO

• Draft, review and negotiate commercial agreements based on the needs of the Live Nation Media & Sponsorship division, including sponsorship, promotion, artist, content, social media, and licensing relationships


• Communicate regularly with the division's sales teams, artist rights team, experiential team, venue and operational stakeholders, as well as other legal teams within Live Nation


• Provide general in-house legal services to and advise the Live Nation Media & Sponsorship division's sales and other operational units regarding legal prudency, contracting structure and enforcement, risk management, and corporate policies and interests


• Create and update templates, legal playbooks and other relevant in-house documents for new and existing relationship types

WHAT THIS PERSON WILL BRING

• Juris Doctor degree and member of the Texas, California or New York State Bar in good standing


• Minimum of four (4) years as a practicing attorney


• Prior in-house or business-side experience in concert or other live entertainment business


• Significant transactional experience negotiating and structuring a variety of live entertainment-relevant commercial agreements


• Strong knowledge of the ethical considerations surrounding AI in the legal context, including confidentiality, accuracy, and bias prevention


• Excellent communication skills; strong ability to build and maintain relationships


• Must work effectively in a fast-paced environment, interacting regularly with team and peer attorneys, sales teams and senior management


• Must be able to organize and manage a large volume of assignments with a high degree of quality

BENEFITS & PERKS

Our motto is 'Taking Care of Our Own' through 6 pillars of benefits:

• HEALTH : Medical, vision, dental and mental health benefits for you and your family, with access to a health care concierge, and Flexible or Health Savings Accounts (FSA or HSA)


• YOURSELF : Free concert tickets, generous paid time off including paid holidays, sick time, and personal days


• WEALTH : 401(k) program with company match, stock reimbursement program


• FAMILY : New parent programs including caregiver leave, plus fertility, adoption, foster, or surrogacy support


• CAREER : Career and skill development programs with School of Live, tuition reimbursement, and student loan repayment


• OTHERS : Volunteer time off, crowdfunding match

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

We aspire to build teams that reflect and support the fans and artists we serve. Every day we aim to promote environments where everyone can be themselves, contribute fully, and thrive within our company and at our events. As a growing business we will encourage you to develop your professional and personal aspirations, enjoy new experiences, and learn from the talented people you will be working with.

Live Nation strongly supports equal employment opportunity for all applicants regardless of age (40 and over), ancestry, color, religious creed (including religious dress and grooming practices), family and medical care leave or the denial of family and medical care leave, mental or physical disability (including HIV and AIDS), marital status, domestic partner status, medical condition (including cancer and genetic characteristics), genetic information, military and veteran status, political affiliation, national origin (including language use restrictions), citizenship, race, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding and medical conditions related to pregnancy, childbirth or breastfeeding), gender, gender identity, and gender expression, sexual orientation, intersectionality, or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state or local law, r