Associate Corporate Counsel, Business Affairs
Job Description
DESCRIPTION
MGM+ is part of Amazon Global Media and Entertainment. MGM+ is a pay channel which distributes its content both linearly and via streaming. MGM+ develops and produces its own original series, both scripted and non-scripted, as well as licensing film and television from third parties. MGM+ has built its brand around series that are smart and cinematic, pitched toward a sophisticated adult audience and which are first and foremost highly entertaining. When you join the MGM+ team, you are uniquely situated to create a future of entertainment where creative content, innovation, and commerce come together. We are building a home for talent that will nurture creativity, storytelling, and innovation unlike anywhere else.
Key job responsibilities
The job is a hybrid role of legal and business affairs and requires drafting and negotiating development, licensing, production, marketing, and other commercial agreements while providing ongoing legal and business affairs counsel across a range of fields.
A day in the life
You will serve as primary legal and business affairs support for original programming for MGM+. You will be a legal and business affairs and thought partner for the business on day-to-day matters as well as long-term strategic issues. You will own drafting, negotiating, and closing commercial agreements with production companies, studios and talent. Our team gets to solve a constant flow of novel challenges in a growing and exciting business. Working directly with business colleagues, you will serve as lead counsel in strategic content deals and help manage existing commercial relationships. Our work is intellectually challenging, exciting and fast-paced.
About the team
We pride ourselves in facilitating progress and delivering results. We see the big picture, and we obsess over customers. We run to the problem, never away from it. We like to build things and solve problems. We enjoy the camaraderie of working together as a legal team, and with our brilliant and creative business partners. We operate with the highest level of integrity and value character as much as intelligence.
We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:
Beverly Hills, CA, USA | Los Angeles, CA, USA | West Hollywood, CA, USA
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
2+ years experience practicing law as a transactional attorney, preferably with some of that time spent working in entertainment transactions.
Fully licensed to practice law in the state of California
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
Deep experience structuring, drafting, negotiating, and closing a broad range of commercial contracts within the entertainment industry.
Creativity, self-awareness, and a good sense of humor
Incisive business as well as legal instincts
Sound judgment in ambiguous situations
Prowess in delivering results independently, as well as collaboratively
Passion to embrace challenges and aggressively drive meaningful solutions, including amid complexity and uncertainty
Excellent organizational skills, ability to manage multiple projects at once, and commitment to follow through and meet deadlines
Sharp analytical and communication skills
Expertise in media and entertainment, coupled with an ability to remain nimble, learn, be curious, and adapt to a changing world
Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, please visit https://www.amazon.jobs/en/disability/us.
Pursuant to the Los Angeles Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $105,200/year in our lowest geographic market up to $195,700/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.
