A24 is hiring a
Legal & Business Affairs Executive in Worldwide

Summary

A24 is seeking an executive to join their Legal and Business Affairs team to help oversee legal and business affairs for A24’s scripted film slate. The role is based in New York or Los Angeles and involves strategic partnership, negotiation of various agreements, and maintaining relationships with industry contacts.

Requirements

• J.D. with strong academic performance and membership in good standing in New York or California bar
• 6+ years of transactional experience working in a television or film business affairs department, legal affairs department and/or entertainment law firm
• Experience with distribution-related, financing and/or acquisition agreements and production issues. Expertise with respect to guild and union agreements, contracts, and intellectual property law
• Strong attention to detail, project management, time management, long-term planning skills and creative problem-solving abilities
• Excellent writing and organizational skills, including clear and effective written and verbal communication skills, negotiating skills, strong drafting abilities and a can-do, no job is too small, team attitude
• Professional individual who can build strong relationships, both internally and externally, and is able to comfortably interact with all levels of employees
• Ability to juggle multiple, competing priorities, pivot quickly, think practically and be solution-oriented
• Humble, diligent and resourceful

Responsibilities

• Serve as a strategic thought partner to internal business teams on all legal matters affecting A24 content, distribution, acquisitions and production
• Advise business partners with respect to legal rights and contractual responsibilities, guild agreements, intellectual property matters, claims and other matters arising out of the day-to-day production of film and television productions
• Cultivate established relationships at major talent agencies, networks, law firms, financiers, production companies and other relevant industry contacts
• Structure and negotiate a wide variety of domestic and international media and entertainment-related agreements including development, production, financing and distribution deals, talent agreements, releases, licenses, partnership deals, services agreements, consulting agreements, music licenses, network deals, promotion agreements and option agreements
• Structure, negotiate, document, and manage transactions to acquire and distribute content from 3rd parties and by way of co-productions worldwide
• Maintain familiarity with the requirements of, and relationships with, all the major entertainment guilds (WGA, DGA, SAG-AFTRA, etc)
• Establish and maintain key stakeholder relationships with regular, effective and timely communications concerning deal negotiation and business strategy
• Contribute to relevant internal and departmental process development and management, as well as deal-making resources

Benefits

• Our target salary range for this position is between $200k and $250k
• This role is also eligible for an annual performance bonus, including both cash and equity components
• Competitive healthcare, as well as other employee benefits