Senior Counsel, Digital and TV Distribution

Job Description

SENIOR COUNSEL, DIGITAL AND TV DISTRIBUTION

SENIOR COUNSEL, DIGITAL AND TV DISTRIBUTION

Sony Pictures Entertainment seeks an exceptional attorney as Senior Counsel who thrives in a collaborative team environment to join its Corporate Legal Department in Culver City, California. The attorney will support Sony Pictures' digital and television distribution organizations. Working with senior business executives in Sony Pictures Television, both domestically and internationally, the attorney will manage a wide range of legal affairs pertaining to the digital and linear distribution of Sony Pictures TV and motion picture content, as well as the acquisition of programming. The attorney will structure, negotiate, draft and provide advice on new and existing distribution agreements with Sony's digital and broadcast partners across various media, including subscription-video-on-demand (SVOD), transactional-video-on-demand (VOD), free/advertiser supported video-on demand (FVOD/AVOD) and digital home entertainment, as well as traditional broadcast media, namely premium, basic and free broadcast television. In addition, the attorney will work closely with Sony's digital sales teams to help develop innovative digital opportunities exploiting new technologies and markets. The role will report into the SVP, Distribution, Legal.

The successful candidate will join an experienced, collaborative and supportive legal team. In addition to working with senior business executives, the attorney will work closely with all other commercial and legal experts within Sony Pictures, including production, marketing, music, finance, digital security, government affairs, litigation, tax, antitrust and labor. The successful candidate will have outstanding academic credentials and 4+ years' relevant experience with a major law firm, major studio and/or network. Valuable areas of expertise include international transactions, program licensing and distribution, intellectual property and regulatory affairs, particularly with respect to television and new media.

Qualifications
• 4 or more years of relevant experience with a law firm, studio or network
• Excellent negotiating and drafting skills
• Strong understanding of the shifting dynamic of entertainment consumption, specifically digital services and devices, and its impact on the content distribution business
• Ability to balance working independently while being a collaborative team player
• Assertive, detail-oriented, proactive and able to accommodate tight deadlines
• Experience, ability and desire to provide a high level of client service, including excellent communication and interpersonal skills; ability to work effectively with creative and corporate team members
• JD required
• Member of California State Bar

*As part of our commitment to health and safety, all US non-union and O.P.E.I.U. Local 174 applicants and employees must submit proof of vaccination against COVID-19 or request and obtain approval of a reasonable accommodation based on disability or a sincerely held religious belief, practice or observance. To request an accommodation for purposes of participating in the hiring process, you may contact us at SPE_Accommodation_Assistance@spe.sony.com.
* Sony Pictures - CA - Culver City Area & Studios

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-gx972q-3-135-200-211-42 in your application.