Senior Manager, Production Legal Affairs

The Senior Manager, Production Legal Affairs handles day-to-day production legal matters including drafting, reviewing, and negotiating below-the-line production agreements for Disney Entertainment – Studios film banners 20th Century Studios, Walt Disney Pictures, and Searchlight Pictures; and managing other special projects.   Responsible for assigned productions and for supervising assigned personnel.

Job Responsibilities

• Draft, review, and negotiate visual effects agreements, below-the-line production, and third-party agreements, including a wide variety of contracts including location agreements, office space rentals, leases, equipment rentals, manufacture agreements, vendor agreements, aviation and drone rentals, watercraft agreements, prop rentals, among other services.

• Responsible for managing, evaluating, prioritizing, and directing the work of assigned personnel, which will include overseeing and reviewing their work.

• Draft high-budget visual effects agreements, third-party production services agreements, review of international production service company template forms and agreements, animal services agreements, and stage facility agreements.

• Routinely exercise discretion and independent judgment.

• Provide guidance to producers and production personnel for high-risk issues, as needed.

• Partner with Attorneys, Finance, Labor Relations, Physical Production, and Risk Management among other teams to ensure alignment.

• Assess status of productions, on a continuous basis, while making adjustments to an approach or resources, as needed.

• Perform special projects (e.g., master sourcing agreements) and other related duties as needed.

Basic Qualifications

• Minimum five (5) years legal experience with a minimum of two (2) years drafting, reviewing, and negotiating below-the-line contracts at an entertainment company, law firm, or strong motion picture production office experience.

• Experience counseling business partners and making decisions that have legal and business impacts.

• Excellent critical thinking and analytical skills with the ability to analyze complex issues and devise solutions independently.

• Self-motivated and disciplined, with ability to multi-task under pressure, prioritize, and manage a heavy workload in a fast-paced environment.

• Team player with a positive attitude.

• Highly organized, efficient, adaptable, accurate, and detail-oriented.

• Strong communications skills

• Strong computer skills, including proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, and Outlook, as well as proficiency with editing documents and redlining contracts.

Preferred Qualifications

• Minimum two (2) years direct supervisory experience.

Education

• Bachelor’s degree.

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The hiring range for this position in Burbank, CA is $135,000.00 to $181,000.00 per year. The base pay actually offered will take into account internal equity and also may vary depending on the candidate’s geographic region, job-related 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.