Junior Contracts Manager

Job Description

Unleash your potential in a place you belong!

At Paramount International (part of ViacomCBS), we have an iconic portfolio of brands, like Paramount, MTV, Nickelodeon, Channel 5, Comedy Central and many more, reaching more than 3.8 billion subscribers in 180+ countries and territories, via more than 200 locally programmed and operated TV channels and more than 550 digital media and mobile TV properties, in 40 languages.

Come and join a culture where content, people and ideas merge. An exciting and open place where your talents can truly thrive and where our employees make it unique. You could be the next addition to our incredible team!

Is this the role for you?

A key legal role within the Business and Legal Affairs Team (CP BALA), the Junior Contracts Manager is responsible for drafting and negotiating contracts for licensing deals and ensuring a fast, efficient, and consistent turnaround time for the department's Consumer Products contracts. This role works across all international territories whilst providing the business with a high level of professional service at all times. You will also provide other support to the BALA Manager, Legal Counsel, Vice President, and Senior Vice President as/when required.

What will you be doing?
• Managing, drafting, reviewing, and negotiating contracts and other legal correspondence for licensing deals (for example merchandise, digital, publishing and promotions) for business groups across the international region for the Legal Counsel's review and approval
• Maintaining templates and suggesting updates for senior team members' review and approval
• Assisting with admin tasks including but not limited to research, counterfeit sightings, debt collection, customs letters, due diligence, and litigation matters
• Maintaining relationships with internal stakeholders, external agents, and licensees
• Assisting other Junior Contracts Managers as required
• Maintaining and circulating BALA reports as required
• Assisting VP and SVP of BALA on special projects as/when instructed; and
• Any other tasks/legal correspondence as required

What are we looking for?
• Experienced paralegal
• Experience working in-house preferred, but will consider applicants from private practice backgrounds that have had experience managing their own caseload and dealing directly with clients
• Confident and proven drafting skills (including free drafting) and negotiating a variety of agreements and amendments
• Ability to manage own caseload of 50-100 deals at any time
• Excellent attention to detail and time management skills
• Ability to track and look after their own workload and report to management on a regular basis regarding the status of a deal
• Accuracy and speed to ensure fast and efficient turnaround times
• Experience working under pressure and in a fast-paced environment
• Able to work well with other team members, other internal departments, agents, and licensees
• Willing and able to assist other team members with drafting contracts/amendments as/when required; and
• Providing excellent and professional service at all times
• ​​​​​​​Bachelor's degree in Law

Everything else!

We offer an inclusive environment where you can really be yourself and find your niche. You'll get to work alongside streaming platforms you can be proud of, with content that touches millions of lives. Plus, you can learn about the things we're doing to make the industry more sustainable, and enjoy lots of perks:
• A monthly streaming fund
• All the health and financial benefits you'd expect, and some you wouldn't
• Flexibility to own the way you work
• Mental health activities and support
• All manner of BBQs, socials and events

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Our Values:
Our values are intertwined and work together to drive the business outcomes we seek, and once combined we believe these will power our company forward.
• Optimism & Determination | We share a positive belief that we can navigate and thrive in the landscape ahead
• Inclusivity & Collaboration | We embrace new and diverse voices, act with care and work together to capture opportunities and manager through challenges
• Agility & Adaptability | We think entrepreneurially, are resilient in change and move quickly to anticipate and create what's next

Paramount is an equal opportunity employer

At Paramount, the spirit of inclusion feeds into everything that we do, on-screen and off. From the programming and movies we create to employee benefits/programs and social impact outreach initiatives, we believe that opportunity, access, resources and rewards should be available to and for the benefit of all. We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer and we take our responsibility in safeguarding children and adults seriously. We work hard to ensure that everyone with whom we engage receive equal protection from all types of harm or abuse, regardless of age, disability, gender, racial heritage, religious belief, sexual orientation or identity; an obligation we take very seriously.

To ensure, we are an exemplar in the field of safeguarding individuals, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria of the role applied for and for those who are successful in receiving an offer for roles that interact with children, completed background checks will be required prior to joining.

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-r72mep-216-73-216-0-42 in your application.