Jobs At Netflix – Associate Physical Production Legal In Minneapolis

Overview

Position Title: Associate, Physical Production Legal

Company: Netflix

Location: Minneapolis, MN, US

Job Description

Netflix seeks an experienced legal professional to join the Physical Production Legal team based in our Los Angeles office to focus on day-to-day production matters related to Netflix Original Content productions. The successful candidate will be responsible for overseeing matters that arise throughout the production process and for collaborating with internal teams to coordinate, draft and review agreements necessary to produce the Netflix’s slate of high-profile series and film projects. This is an opportunity to be part of a public company with a great consumer brand and the future of streaming content.

Responsibilities:

• Drafting and reviewing below the line production and third party agreements.
• Drafting agreements used in connection with production issues (locations, equipment, vendors, etc.).
• Work with the producers and production personnel on Netflix’s Original Content productions regarding day-to-day legal issues during prep, principal and post-production.
• Working cross functionally with Netflix’s various internal partners including the Production, Business, Finance, Health and Safety, Tax, Real Estate, Risk Management teams to maintain alignment and facilitate communication between departments.
• Maintaining flexibility and openness to take on additional projects as necessary.

Requirements:

• Exemplify the core Netflix Values.
• An undergraduate degree and at least 3 to 5 years of production or business and legal affairs experience in the film or television industry.
• JD or Paralegal certification preferred, but not required.
• High level of organization, detail orientation and ability to time-manage across multiple deadlines.
• Ability to work proactively, independently and reliably on multiple projects under tight timeframes in a fast­-paced production environment and quickly assess risk.
• Ability to work effectively and collaboratively cross-functionally, think practically and be solution-oriented.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to effectively coordinate between cross-functional teams.
• Tech­-savvy individual, including proficiency with Google Suite and cloud­-based document and database systems.
• Comfortable counseling business partners and making decisions that have legal & business impacts.
• Adept at developing and fostering relationships with counterparts within the relevant production communities, though knowledge of the television and film landscape is a plus but not required.
• Good judgment and strong critical thinking skills.
• Ability to respond positively to change and be respective of new ideas.
• Proven track record of improving team organization and efficiency.
• Research experience a plus, but not required.
• Willingness to tackle matters outside area of expertise.
• Ability to embrace and advocate for cultural diversity.