Vice President, Business and Legal Affairs - Television

Core Responsibilities

• Negotiate all aspects of scripted and unscripted television programming deals with talent agents, attorneys, and third parties, including profit participation, rights agreements, co-production agreements, and overall/first-look deals, in direct liaison with relevant studio stakeholders.
• Draft and negotiate short-form deal memos, long-form agreements, and other talent-related agreements.
• Independently guide television series projects from development through delivery, including advising on production legal, guild, and clearance matters.
• Interface daily with creative, production, marketing, finance, and contract administration teams.
• Review budgets and financial materials associated with the development and production of programming.
• Work closely with internal business and creative executives to implement best practices, formulate new processes, maintain accurate project tracking, retain project documentation, and create and revise agreement templates.
• Oversee production legal and clearance issues during production.
• Review chain-of-title, underlying rights, and access agreements.
• Work closely with production teams to ensure legal paperwork remains compliant with corporate requirements and assist with production-related legal matters as they arise.
• Partner directly with and communicate regularly alongside third-party production companies.
• Provide broader business and legal support across the Wonder Project studio as needed.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5–7 years of experience in scripted television business affairs, with additional unscripted business affairs or legal affairs experience preferred.
• Strong and effective negotiating skills, excellent drafting skills, and solid relationships within the talent community.
• Ability to independently handle all aspects of television business and legal affairs with minimal supervision, including day-to-day production operations.
• Working knowledge of SAG, WGA, DGA Basic Agreements, and the AFTRA Code.
• Significant experience drafting and negotiating contracts.
• Excellent interpersonal, communication, and organizational skills.
• Strong analytical capabilities and judgment.
• Ability to work proactively, independently, and reliably under tight timelines in a fast-paced environment.
• Curiosity and willingness to tackle matters outside areas of expertise.
• JD degree and active bar admission in CA or NY required.

Salary & Benefits

Salary: $210,000 – $225,000 + bonus
Equity participation in management option pool (Series A company)
Benefits, FSA, 401k

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Beverly Hills, CA