Assistant, TV Legal Affairs

Job Description

Summary of Position

Lionsgate Television is seeking an Assistant to support attorneys in the Television Legal Affairs department. The ideal candidate will have a strong interest in the business side of television.

Responsibilities
• Track all deal negotiations, maintain status reports, maintain Legal Affairs department files, and support department operations

• Handle administrative responsibilities for assigned attorneys, including answering phones, rolling calls, scheduling meetings, booking travel, distributing documents, and processing expenses

• Regularly draft correspondence, ensuring all requests (from internal teams such as Business Affairs, Production, and Creative, as well as from external partners etc.), are addressed

• Research guild requirements and historical deal terms to identify precedent

• (As skills permit) Draft or review straightforward legal documents (e.g., certificates, letter agreements, amendments)

Qualifications and Skills
• 1 year of assistant experience preferred, ideally having supported a legal organization

• Bachelor's degree (BS/BA) from a four-year college or university or equivalent experience preferred; JDs from accredited law school welcome to apply

• Candidate should have the ability to multi-task in an occasionally high pressure environment

• Possess strong communication, organizational, and administrative skills

• Proficient at MS Office, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook

• Should have a strong interest in the business side of television

Business Unit Overview

Lionsgate Television

Lionsgate Television is one of the foremost third-party suppliers of premium scripted series to streaming, broadcast and cable platforms alike while also serving as a prolific supplier of premium content to Starz. Drawing upon its production partnerships with many of the top content creators, it supplies dozens of scripted series to more than 20 different network partners. With a reputation for creating ''brand-defining'' shows for a diverse range of platforms, Lionsgate Television has produced and distributed the iconic long-running series Mad Men, one of the most acclaimed shows in television history, the ground-breaking Orange is the New Black, Weeds, Nurse Jackie, Nashville, Dear White People and many others while continuing to develop strong slates of acclaimed new series. Lionsgate also operates a robust in-house unscripted television business partnering with a diverse array of linear and streaming platforms. Lionsgate television series have garnered 238 Emmy® nominations, 38 Emmys®, 66 Golden Globe® nominations and nine Golden Globe® wins.

The Lionsgate Television Group collaborates closely with the Company's other television businesses, including Debmar-Mercury, a leading producer and syndicator of evergreen game and talk shows, Pilgrim Media, one of the top producers of unscripted series, and 3 Arts Entertainment, a leading talent management and production company that has become a major television production partner and a source of top talent for all of the Company's businesses. The Lionsgate Worldwide Television Distribution Group licenses the Company's feature film and television slates, 17,000-title film and television library, one of the largest in the world, and Starz's original programming slate to nearly every major OTT and linear platform through a global network of deep customer relationships.

Compensation

$40,000 - $45,000

EEO Statement

Nearest Major Market: Los Angeles

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-roby3p-3-139-82-23-42 in your application.