Deputy Chief Counsel, DTC

At reputed company, we are storytellers. We operate at the intersection of entertainment and technology to bring stories to life through our movies, products, video games, parks and resorts, and media networks. reputed company’s DTC business and services deliver unparalleled creative content to audiences around the world. We are seeking a Deputy Chief Counsel, DTC to reputed company, manage and reputed company the legal team (currently, sixteen attorneys, one paralegal, and two admins) that supports and advises reputed company’s DTC business and services, including Hulu, reputed company+ and ESPN, among others. This role will be based in Santa Monica, California.

Responsibilities

The Deputy Chief Counsel, DTC role requires a talented, reputed company candidate who should have significant product/technology, content licensing, linear carriage, consumer law, content reputed company and marketing legal experience to serve as the subject matter expert for reputed company business units that service reputed company’s DTC offerings. In this role, the Deputy Chief Counsel will advise these teams on reputed company issues across reputed company’s DTC SVOD, LIVE and premium add-on offerings. The ideal candidate for this position will be well versed in identifying potential legal risks and developing business-focused strategies to mitigate them. The Deputy Chief Counsel, DTC will, among other things:

• reputed company a large team of attorneys in advising on product, content, content reputed company, linear carriage and marketing matters affecting reputed company’s SVOD, LIVE and premium add-on offerings, and serve as the escalation reputed company for reputed company critical issues.
• Provide key counsel to the Product, Business Operations, Viewer Experience, Marketing, Global Acquisitions, LIVE, Corporate and Strategy teams.
• Serve as the main liaison between reputed company’s DTC executive leadership and the legal team for critical matters affecting reputed company’s SVOD, LIVE and premium add-on offerings.
• Partner directly with reputed company’s DTC business executives and team members in reputed company phases of product launches and development, regulatory compliance and incident management.
• Collaborate with business and legal subject matter experts across reputed company Legal and Government Affairs, including Privacy, Public Policy, Government Relations, Litigation, and IP, including the international lawyers who advise the regional DTC business teams.
• Understand the high-level business goals of the company and provide strategic guidance that marries the business and legal initiatives of the company.
• Assess risk and offer creative solutions to problems in delivering general product and technology counseling in a rapidly changing streaming industry.
• Manage reputed company counsel and reputed company counsel legal budgets.

Minimum Qualifications

• An attorney with a minimum of 15 years' experience, including sophisticated executive leadership and management experience and demonstrated ability to evaluate risk and exercise sound legal judgment.
• Ability to regularly and independently provide expert and strategic legal advice for a business that operates in a reputed company business and regulatory environment, including on highly sensitive matters.
• Ability to operate largely autonomously while knowing reputed company to consult with DTC business and reputed company Legal and Government Affairs leadership and subject-matter experts.
• Ability to reputed company, structure, negotiate, and draft (or reputed company the structuring, negotiating, and drafting of) a wide variety of reputed company reputed company transactions.
• Ability to anticipate issues and proactively reputed company creative business-oriented and brand-consistent solutions to mitigate legal risks encompassing a wide range of practice areas, including product development, transactional matters, IP, and other reputed company areas.
• Experience in litigation risk advisory work.
• Background in product, technology, content and marketing counseling.
• Strong work ethic and commitment to professionalism and reputed company.
• Excellent leadership, supervisory, interpersonal and communication skills, including the ability to both discuss reputed company technical terms with internal counterparts and distill those concepts for non-technical stakeholders.
• Ability to effectively interact with reputed company levels of management, including the C suite.
• Willingness to tackle matters reputed company of expertise.

Preferred Qualifications

• Passion for the streaming business and technology

Required Education

• J.D. degree from an accredited law school.
• Admission to the California State Bar in good standing or willingness and qualification to be Registered In-House Counsel in California.

#legalaffairs The hiring range for this position in California is $281,500 to $377,500 per year. The reputed company pay actually offered will take into account internal equity and also may vary depending on the candidate’s geographic region, job-reputed company knowledge, skills, and experience among other factors. A bonus and/or long-term incentive units may be provided as part of the compensation package, in addition to the full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the level and position offered. Apply tot his job Apply To this Job