Executive Director, Business & Legal Affairs

OVERVIEW OF THE COMPANY

FOX Entertainment

With a legacy spanning more than 35 years, FOX Entertainment is one of the world’s most recognizable media brands and a prolific content producer across its iconic broadcast network and both owned and third-party streaming platforms. Known for its independent, innovative spirit and provocative, groundbreaking storytelling, the company was reinvented in 2019 with the formation of FOX Entertainment. While maintaining its leadership in broadcast television (9-1-1: Lone Star, The Simpsons, The Cleaning Lady, Hell’s Kitchen, LEGO Masters), the company is actively building a portfolio of businesses and library of owned original content. To date, FOX Entertainment’s long-term growth strategy has included the acquisitions of award-winning animation studio Bento Box Entertainment (Bob’s Burgers, The Great North, Krapopolis, Grimsburg), entertainment platform TMZ, and global production studio MarVista Entertainment (The Way Home, Rescuing Christmas), as well as the formation of the culinary and lifestyle content venture Studio Ramsay Global (Next Level Chef, Gordon Ramsay’s Food Stars) in partnership with Gordon Ramsay. The company also established its in-house unscripted studio FOX Alternative Entertainment (The Masked Singer, Snake Oil, I Can See Your Voice, Name That Tune), FOX Entertainment Studios (Animal Control) to develop scripted content, and worldwide content sales unit FOX Entertainment Global.

JOB DESCRIPTION

FOX Entertainment has a great opportunity for an Executive Director, Business and Legal Affairs! We’re looking for a dynamic and experienced legal professional to join our team and provide support across all facets of scripted television production. In this pivotal role, the Executive Director, Business and Legal Affairs will engage in complex deal negotiations, manage high-level talent agreements, and advise on a wide range of legal and business affairs issues. The Executive Director, Business and Legal Affairs will support FOX’s network and studio scripted development and production.

A SNAPSHOT OF YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES

• Negotiate a variety of production and development deals and negotiate and finalize agreements, including all above-the-line talent agreements, rights agreements, below-the-line production agreements, and other contracts as necessary
• Provide ongoing legal advice on strategic and complex matters around production, clearance, and other issues
• Analyze agreements in response to business questions, and provide information as necessary
• Manage relationships with agents, lawyers, and studio executives throughoutthe entertainment industry
• Create and maintain departmental resources and actively participate in the establishment of departmental policies for scripted programming

WHAT YOU WILL NEED

• Active member of the California bar or Registered In-House Counsel status
• Seasoned executive with a minimum of 7 years of prior legal experience, with significant prior entertainment production and/or distribution experience
• Extensive hands-on experience with complex contracts
• Strong interpersonal and negotiation skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication and presentation skills
• Effective manager of others, adept at supervising, providing feedback, and mentoring other members of the team
• Established relationships within the entertainment community
• Proven ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, high-volume environment and to remain composed under pressure

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