Senior Counsel, Digital and TV Distribution

Senior Counsel, Digital and TV Distribution

               

Sony Pictures Entertainment seeks an exceptional attorney who thrives in a collaborative team environment to join its Corporate Legal Department in Culver City, California, supporting Sony Pictures’ digital and television distribution organizations. Working with senior business executives in Sony Pictures Television and Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, both domestically and internationally, the Senior Counsel 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 successful candidate will join an experienced, collaborative and supportive legal team. In addition to working with senior business executives, the Senior Counsel 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 3+ 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:

• At least 3 years of relevant transactional experience with a law firm, studio or network
• Excellent negotiating and drafting skills
• 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, and able to accommodate tight deadlines
• Provide a high level of client service, including excellent communication and interpersonal skills; ability to work with creative and corporate team members
• JD required
• Member of California State Bar

*Sony Pictures Entertainment is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, veteran status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, or other protected characteristics.

                  

* Sony Pictures - CA - Culver City Area & Studios