Senior Counsel, Intellectual Property

Responsibilities

This position resides within the IP Analysis & Insights team, which is responsible for advising NBCUniversal business and legal divisions worldwide regarding exploitation of their entertainment content’s intellectual property rights.

Responsibilities include
Liaising directly with management of legal and business divisions while supervising a team of attorneys and legal analysts to facilitate accomplishment of the below responsibilities
Analyzing agreements at all stages of production to provide advice on issues such as property acquisition (including chain of title and scope of the grant), distribution rights, remake / sequel rights, live stage rights, merchandising / interactive rights, and theme park rights
Analyzing complex copyright and related issues associated with the exercise of rights
Advising NBCUniversal businesses, both verbally and in writing, regarding deal terms and contractual language related to rights
Searching and reviewing corporate files, databases, and other sources for relevant information about titles
Entering rights analyses into NBCUniversal’s proprietary rights database / application as well as developing and implementing conventions to promote efficiencies and simplify database input

Qualifications/Requirements

Basic Qualifications
•Member of California bar or other US state bar
•JD or LLM degree from an accredited law school
•Minimum of 6 years of experience in the intellectual property field, either at a law firm or comparable corporate setting
•History of supervising legal professionals

Eligibility Requirements
•Interested candidate must submit a resume/CV through www.nbcunicareers.com to be considered
•Must be willing to work in Universal City, CA
•Must have unrestricted work authorization to work in the United States

Desired Characteristics

Desired Characteristics
•Outstanding academic credentials 
•Experience analyzing intellectual property rights in entertainment content with special attention to detail
•Highly motivated self-starter with strong track record of successful project management and execution as well as the ability to handle multiple, high priority tasks in a fast-paced, diverse corporate environment
•Excellent communication (oral and written) and interpersonal skills, including the ability to develop strong relationships with multiple business units and their representatives
•Experience managing direct reports and interacting with various audiences and levels of management, including senior management
•Excellent organizational skills with the ability to handle a large workload and meet deadlines under pressure 
•Sound, practical business judgment; adaptability to manage multiple wide-ranging matters and changing priorities, conflicting deadlines, and new areas of expertise as business needs change