Business Affairs Executive

Job Description

Who We Are:

WME Business Affairs

The WME Business Affairs department utilizes the law, contracts and business judgment to strategize with WME agents to make the best deals for our clients. We also manage contractual relationships between WME's clients and buyers, and advise company executives to effectively balance business and legal risks.

What You'll Do:

We seek a talented and highly motivated junior attorney or experienced contracts executive to join the WME Books Business Affairs team to support the literary agents of WME. The ideal candidate has at least two years' transactional publishing experience in-house (at an agency or publisher) and/or at a top law firm, and expertise in copyright, intellectual property and licensing. This is a high-volume practice supporting agents in the US and UK who operate within tight timeframes and whose author clients include bestselling writers and media personalities with a wide range of literary properties.
• Drafting, reviewing and negotiating US and international book publishing agreements
• Drafting, reviewing and negotiating ancillary agreements including collaboration agreements, audio reader agreements, photography and illustration agreements, releases and NDAs
• Providing real-time advice to agents on business and legal issues, including questions of copyright, intellectual property, contract interpretation and enforcement, through best practices and WME precedent
• Effecting the continuous improvement of standard form agreements and processes
• Undertaking special projects as required

You Have These:
• Admitted attorney or seasoned publishing contracts executive with at least 2-4 years of transactional publishing experience
• Knowledge of, and ideally enthusiasm for, intellectual property rights
• Outstanding drafting, negotiation and organizational skills
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, including the ability to interact with a range of personalities and styles in a dynamic, fast-paced environment
• A genuine commitment to workplace equity
• Sound judgment, a curious mind, a strong work ethic and a creative approach to problem-solving
• Grit, tenacity and flexibility

Working Conditions:
• Permanent, 11 Madison
• Mon-Fri
• 40 hours per week

Endeavor is at the center of sports, media, entertainment, and fashion and is a largely relationship-based business. To foster an environment of collaboration, develop our future talent, and build on relationships across leadership, peers, and teams, we work from the office 4 days per week. We see immeasurable value internally and throughout the core of the businesses we support.

Endeavor unites and brings people together in our love of sport, culture, and entertainment. We understand this can only be accomplished when we lead with a lens of diversity, equity, and inclusion in everything we do. As a global company that drives culture, we strive to reflect the world's diverse voices.  

Endeavor is an equal opportunities employer and encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, or religion or belief.

Per local requirements and in the interest of transparency, the range shown below reflects the prevalent current hiring range for this position. Hiring pay rates are based on a number of factors, including location and may vary depending on job-related qualifications, knowledge, skills and experience. Endeavor strives to provide locally competitive rewards packages, which include base rate along with, as applicable, short- and long-term incentives, growth and developmental opportunities, and robust benefits, such as health care, retirement, vacation and other paid time off, and additional offerings.

Hiring Range Minimum:
$112,500 annually

Hiring Range Maximum:
$150,000 annually

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-rbk42y-18-223-238-150-42 in your application.