The Digital Dept. is seeking a full-time entry to junior level Business and Legal Affairs Specialist to assist its licensed in-house attorneys in reviewing agreements, performing legal research, and organizing and tracking agreements in the company s legal database. The Business and Legal Affairs Specialist will be working in the entertainment and, more specifically, influencer marketing industries, providing support, particularly with:
1) The Digital Dept. s talent management agreements to exclusively represent talent in all aspects of talent s monetization of their social media platforms, on and off platform; and
2) The Digital Dept. s advertiser/brand and talent agreements whereby the talent are contracted to promote, feature, and advertise the brand s products and messages on the talent s social media platforms in exchange for negotiated fees, terms with competitive exclusivity windows and usage of content assets in the brand s ongoing media and advertising campaigns.
Location: This is remote role but can be hybrid if you are located in Los Angeles or New York.
Open to candidates in AZ, CA, FL, MA, NC, NJ, NY, TN, TX
Responsibilities:
- Interface with internal team members regarding their needs for review of talent management and brand/talent agreements.
- Review agreements and other related correspondence to serve as a resource regarding the governing terms of such agreements for The Digital Dept. and exclusive talent represented by The Digital Dept.
- Research and analyze common practices related to entertainment, influencer marketing, talent management and advertiser/brand agreements.
- Organize, manage, and track incoming requests and agreements from internal team members in the company s legal database.
- Work closely with The Digital Dept. s counsel to operationalize The Digital Dept. s legal position and POV during the agreement process, and optimize preferred templates for talent management and brand/talent agreements.
- Liaise with internal team members to best represent The Digital Dept. s legal POV on all legal correspondence and in all meetings related to agreement discussions.
- Raise and escalate potential legal concerns as necessary, including facilitating discussions around The Digital Dept. s best practices.
- Such additional, alternative, removed or changed responsibilities as may be directed from time-to-time by a supervisor.
Basic Qualifications:
- Familiarity with working within a corporate organization.
- Strong PC skills, including proficiency in Google Documents and Microsoft Word to track document changes. Familiarity with document and rights management systems a plus.
- Comfort working in large scale shared documents.
- Interact well with internal team members of all levels with the ability to communicate clearly.
- Must have the ability to be flexible in all work situations.
- Excellent written, verbal, research, analytical, problem-solving, and organizational skills
- Must be detail-oriented, with accurate input and proof-reading skills.
- Strong operational and organization awareness.
- Self-starter with excellent work ethic, sound judgment, discretion and commitment to managing assignments with professionalism and integrity.
- Experience and familiarity with the entertainment, talent management, or influencer marketing industries, and legal concepts related to those industries, is preferred.
Education
- Required: Bachelor s degree.
- Preferred: Qualification to be a contracts or business affairs specialist by certification or education and work experience.
Annual Salary Range: $55,000 - $65,000