.Job SummaryDo you love entertainment, media, and technology?
Are you looking for an exciting and creative challenge in an innovation-driven, talent-focused company?
Come make history as a member of the Amazon Entertainment legal team in Amazon's world-class legal department.Amazon Entertainment delivers award-winning movies, TV shows, music, games, audiobooks, and podcasts to customers around the world.
When you join the Amazon Entertainment team, you are uniquely situated to create a future of entertainment where creative content, innovation, and commerce come together.
We are building a home for talent that will nurture creativity, storytelling, and innovation unlike anywhere else.This role is within the Prime Video team which is part of Global Media and Entertainment in Amazon and delivers to customers a broad range of must-see film, TV, and sports content around the world.
We are looking for an exceptionally talented lawyer to support our rapidly growing Prime Video sports business.
You will serve as a primary lawyer responsible for advising the sports business teams on a range of issues and be responsible for drafting commercial agreements with sports rights holders and production partners.Key Job ResponsibilitiesPrincipal duties include:Structuring, drafting, and negotiating complex distribution, licensing, production, marketing, and other commercial agreements.Providing ongoing legal advice across a wide range of areas, including intellectual property and digital media.Providing ongoing advice and guidance in relation to regulatory compliance including broadcast licensing, labour and employment matters in the context of the production of live sports events, and content compliance.Providing ongoing advice to the relevant teams about the implementation of the contractual agreements, including advice to marketing, tech, and product teams on rights and production agreements.Assisting with the development of forms, processes, and policies to allow the business to scale and operate efficiently and for the dissemination of relevant information to all key stakeholders.A Day in the LifeYou will serve as one of the primary legal supports for the sports business team within the Prime Video business.
Prime Video delights our customers around the world by delivering must-see movies, series, and premium sports within an utterly seamless streaming experience.
You will be a legal and thought partner for the sports business on day-to-day matters as well as long-term strategic issues.
You will own drafting, negotiating, and closing commercial agreements with sports leagues and federations, as well as other important business partners.Our lawyers get to solve a constant flow of novel challenges in a growing and exciting business.
Working directly with business colleagues, you will serve as lead counsel in strategic rights deals and help manage existing commercial relationships