Senior Coordinator, Business & Legal Affairs

Job Description

Overview and Responsibilities:

ViacomCBS is looking for an incredible Senior Coordinator, Contracts Management to provide contract management and administrative support to the Nashville Business & Legal affairs department for the MTV Entertainment Group! You'll draft and handle the finalizing of a variety of basic entertainment contracts as well as various types of correspondence with outside parties and internal clients. You'll report directly into the SVP while supporting the VP and will serve in a back-up capacity to the Legal Coordinator.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:
• Review and summarize contracts and correspond with internal clients regarding deal terms
• Review, draft and negotiate basic contracts and deal memos with minimal supervision
• Regularly advise senior management of option exercise dates on contracts, regularly updating the option calendar
• Analyze and track rights for certain programming projects
• Research and analyze data relating to trademarks, contracts, agreements and/or other related items; presenting research and analysis to the department and/or clients
• Provide support to clients, both external and internal, in a professional and courteous manner with emphasis on maintaining excellent relationships
• Actively participate in team meetings
• Stay up-to-date on all systems and programs that are used to perform all functions of this job
• Maintain, follow-up, and distribute bi-weekly contract status report on an as-needed basis
• Step in for the Coordinator as needed

Basic Qualifications:
• 2+ years' experience as paralegal and/or contracts manager
• Proficient in commonly used office software including: MS Word, Excel, Access, and Outlook, with the capability of learning software and systems with proper instruction
• Paralegal certificate or equivalent experience

Additional Qualifications:
• Demonstrated ability for drafting, using standard short-form contract templates
• Understanding of and ability to interpret contract terms and conditions and transfer the information into standard legal documents
• Music/entertainment industry and law firm/legal department experience preferred
• Strong attention to detail, stellar organizational skills, and excellent written and verbal communication
• Demonstrates a sense of urgency regarding understanding and meeting client needs
• Able to build and cultivate positive relationships within the department and with the department's client groups
• Must be flexible, work well under pressure and able to multi-task with a heavy workload and numerous competing priorities
• Must be comfortable working independently with little supervision
• Ability to exercise solid business judgment and maintain confidentiality
• Knowledge of and experience with wide range of entertainment contracts, licensing, intellectual property and general corporate law. Ability to identify and define potential problems and risks and notify supervisor of such.

ViacomCBS is an equal opportunity employer (EOE) including disability/vet.

ViacomCBS believes in creating environments that allow our primary focus to remain on providing entertainment, education and information to our millions of viewers around the world. As part of this commitment to health and safety, ViacomCBS requires COVID-19 vaccines for current US employees, including all newly hired employees, subject to applicable law. Union employees are subject to what is outlined in their applicable collective bargaining agreement.

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-r1ev6v-13-58-39-23-42 in your application.