Legal Analyst, TRACK-IP

About the role

The Intellectual Property team’s TRA©K-IP Group is hiring a Legal Analyst who will perform rights analyses of entertainment agreements, including distribution, acquisition, co-financing, co-production, multi-picture, network license, and talent agreements. The Analyst will also research, enter, update, and manage data in various systems used by the department and the Company. The TRA©K-IP Group serves clients across SPE’s divisions worldwide, including domestic and international sales/distribution, motion picture and television production and acquisitions, local language productions and acquisitions, and consumer products and other ancillary exploitation groups.

Responsibilities

• Determine and internally communicate the company’s rights and associated restrictions and obligations in its currently owned properties:
  • Research and locate all relevant agreements
  • Review, analyze, and prepare summaries of agreements, including literary rights acquisition, co-production, finance, distribution, network license, digital rights, and talent agreements
  • Analyze and enter complex distribution rights in relevant systems (e.g., media, term, territories, holdbacks, windows) as well as associated restrictions and obligations
  • Analyze remake/sequel and ancillary rights as needed; apply relevant copyright and Guild principles to analyses; handle other miscellaneous rights-related assignments
• Draft emails and memos to clients
• Enter information into various Company databases
• Understand business practices and legal issues relevant to this work
• Proactively communicate with clients and supervisors to resolve issues

Requirements

• BA/BS or equivalent experience
• Experience with entertainment industry contracts, including analyzing distribution and other rights
• Experience working with complex databases (for research, analysis, and data entry) strongly preferred
• Ability to analyze, interpret, and summarize complex contract language and communicate complex issues clearly
• Excellent analytical and issue-spotting skills
• Strong written and oral communication skills
• Demonstrated attention to detail
• Excellent judgment and common sense
• Strong organizational skills, ability to manage project flow and work processes, and follow-up effectively
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work collaboratively in a team environment
• Ability to work independently, prioritize work, and meet deadlines
• Flexibility to work in a fast-paced environment where priorities may shift based on business needs

Paralegal certificate a plus.

Pay

$80,000 - $92,000