Legal Affairs Coordinator

Job Description

Your Role Accountabilities…
• Maintains and manages the legal department's records, including its document management system (eDocs) including adding to the underlying validation tables (Property, Contracting Party, Talent Name, Title, etc.) as needed, deleting and maintaining a record of deleted documents, approving new users and making sure all users' level of access is appropriate to their business needs.
• Performs chain of title research, including confirming character first appearances, identities of creators, locating pertinent copyright registrations and applicable talent agreements, and generating COT reports.
• Prepares and distributes various reports throughout the company, including key-date reports, reversion reports, and media exploitation reports to ensure that the company takes appropriate actions within specific time frames.
• Scans and enters signed agreements, and memoranda into eDocs.
• Track status of contracts and requests and draft responses to comments and changes proposed by outside parties.
• Generate draft agreements including but not limited to services agreements for talent (writers, artists, consultants), NDAs, name and likeness releases, copyright assignments, unsolicited submission responses, custom publishing statements of work, and other miscellaneous documents.
• Serve as back-up for pre-publication review of comics and various publicity materials for standards and practices, legal, and other concerns as needed.
• Serve as back-up for scanning and entering signed agreements, and memoranda into eDocs.
• Other projects/duties as assigned and general support for Legal Department

Qualifications & Experience…
• Proficiency in MS Office/Outlook or MAC equivalent
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Prioritization and follow up skills – ability to handle multiple tasks/projects concurrently
• Ability to work with minimal supervision
• Candidates for the position should be prepared to demonstrate initiative
• 2+ years working in a legal or contracts department (Preferred)
• Experience in a brand management environment a plus (Preferred)
• Paralegal experience, particularly intellectual property and contract preparation experience a plus (Preferred)
• Proofreading and grammar experience (Preferred)

How We Get Things Done…

This last bit is probably the most important! Here at WBD, our guiding principles are the core values by which we operate and are central to how we get things done. You can find them at www.wbd.com/guiding-principles/ along with some insights from the team on what they mean and how they show up in their day to day. We hope they resonate with you and look forward to discussing them during your interview.

The Legal Bits…
In compliance with local law, we are disclosing the compensation, or a range thereof, for roles in locations where legally required. $54,600.00 - $101,400.00 salary per year. Other rewards may include annual bonuses, short- and long-term incentives, and program-specific awards. In addition, Warner Bros. Discovery provides a variety of benefits to employees, including health insurance coverage, an employee wellness program, life and disability insurance, a retirement savings plan, paid holidays and paid time off (PTO).

Warner Bros. Discovery embraces the opportunity to build a workforce that reflects the diversity of our society and the world around us. Being an equal opportunity employer means that we take seriously our responsibility to consider qualified candidates on the basis of merit, without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, mental or physical disability, and genetic information, marital status, citizenship status, military status, protected veteran status or any other category protected by law.

If you're a qualified candidate with a disability and you need a reasonable accommodation in order to apply for this position, please contact us at recruitadmin@warnermedia.com.

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-rn4pyk-18-221-165-246-42 in your application.