Senior Paralegal, Warner Bros Discovery
Entertainment company
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Entertainment company
1001+ employees
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1001+ employees
Company mission
To take the world’s greatest possibilities and make them a reality - creating impact, inspiring imagination, and building connections.
Role
Who you are
- 3 years of experience
- Preferably with both private practice and in-house experience
- Technology and/ or media and entertainment industry experience preferred
- BA/BS degree required
- Paralegal certificate preferred
- Must have excellent organisational, interpersonal, IT analytical, negotiation, and drafting skills with strong attention to detail, as well as the ability to manage client demands appropriately and work in a fast-paced environment where meeting deadlines is priority and handling multiple matters simultaneously is the norm
- Must be proactive and have strong initiative and the ability to work autonomously, but remain a strong, supportive, and collaborative member of the team
- Must have strong verbal and written communication skills, communicating directly with clients and counsel
- Knowledge of iManage preferred
What the job involves
- This position will require an experienced transactional paralegal to provide paralegal support to the international Legal, Technology and Commercial legal team. This team provides legal services and support to WBD’s international businesses
- The primary areas supported by the Legal, Technology and Commercial legal team include the enterprise, broadcast and DTC technologies for WBD’s business, channels and platforms, as well as a number of other general corporate and commercial activities across the group, including the P&C and finance functions, M&A activities and the international sports business
- This position will be a key member of the team, working closely with legal colleagues and business stakeholders
- Assisting the activities of the international Legal, Technology and Commercial legal team across a variety of technology and other transactional agreements, which will include drafting, negotiating and contract management. The types of documentation regularly encountered include, master services agreements, SAAS or software licence or development agreements, professional services and consulting agreements, support agreements, production services, orders and statements of work, non-disclosure agreements, amendments and renewals
- Assisting the team with the creation of contract templates
- Working directly with internal clients, legal and corporate colleagues and vendors and their legal counsel
- Assisting the team with project based workstreams, including global intra-group arrangements, M&A activities, or business line lead initiatives such as HBO Max launches
- Other activities based on business needs and responsibilities as assigned, or as may evolve over time
- Hybrid Working - This role is advertised as a Hybrid work model, that combines remote and in-office work, following our current company policy and to be agreed with your Line Manager. Subject to any applicable laws, WBD / your Line Manager reserves the right to change this working agreement where this is essential to business needs and upon reasonable notice to you
Salary benchmarks
Our take
Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) is an entertainment company formed from the 2022 merger of Warner Bros and Discovery. It is a leader in the creation, production, distribution, licensing, and marketing of content, with Warner Bros alone boasting a huge library – more than 100,000 hours of programming – before the companies were joined. WBD’s portfolio includes Discovery Channel, Warner Bros. Entertainment, Discovery+, HBO Max, and franchises like “Batman” and “Harry Potter”.
Both of the company’s previous businesses have operated throughout the digitisation of the media space. David Zaslav, CEO of WBD, headed Discovery during its expansion into digital media, to make it a “content company” over a “cable company”. The recent focus for Warner Bros has been on next-gen distribution efforts, expanding the availability of its content across platforms and devices to reach the modern viewer. The new company has plans to migrate to one tech stack, which will require extensive retooling, as well as exploring cost-saving automation opportunities for its operations.
Since the merger, the new giant that is Warner Bros Discovery has had a shaky start, forcing the company to wind down operations and cut back on content, which included the very public scrapping of the “Batgirl” movie. However, it now seems the company may have been ahead of the curve, as a wider trend of cutbacks has been seen from peers in the space. This early move, combined with a hyper-focus on cash generation, seeks to establish WBD as an outperformer in an industry on the downturn.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
-1% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company HQ
Midtown Manhattan, New York, NY
Leadership
David Zaslav
(CEO, not founder)Spent 17 years at NBCUniversal including as President of NBC Cable LLC and NBC Media LLC.
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