Director - Business Affairs
Job Description The Director, Business Affairs for Disney Jr. is expected to work in a collaborative fashion with the DC/DXD/DJr Hub members, other departmental members, and members of related departments, including Creative, Production, Production Finance, Programming, Acquisitions, Marketing, Brand Management, and Digital Media.
Responsibilities Structure, negotiate and document agreements for above-the-line talent in all aspects of TV including movies, pilot/series (script, alternative, animation, etc.)
Negotiate network deals (acquisitions, co-productions, licenses, etc.)
Close deals and get to signature on performer test-option deals and short-form contracts
Work hand-in-hand with Legal to get long-form agreements signed within required timeframes
Successful management, coordination and oversight of projects and issues
Successfully liaise with Legal, other departments, other divisions, talent representatives and other 3rd parties (e.g., producers, agents)
Contribute toward best practices by following and improving departmental process and procedures (e.g., deal parameters, getting to greenlight, deal memo templates)
Ability to contribute to innovative and creative problem solving on deals and projects
Continue to develop top negotiating skills and entertainment law related expertise
Team player
Basic Qualifications A minimum of 8+ years of combined experience in a law firm and/or network/studio, with strong preference for studio/production business affairs experience negotiating scripted series television
Exceptional negotiating skills
Strong drafting abilities
Preferred Qualifications 10+ years of business affairs and/or legal affairs experience, with a combination of law firm and network/studio experience
Solid expertise with respect to guild and union agreements, contract, 1st Amendment, defamation, and intellectual property law
In-depth, deal-making experience with respect to live action/scripted series, reality programming, and scripted television movies; network acquisitions, co-productions, production services agreements and animation (series, shorts and interstitials)
Business affairs and/or legal affairs experience within Disney/ABC
Preferred Education CA State Bar Membership
Required Education JD
State Bar Membership (or Registered In-House Counsel)
Additional Information The Walt Disney Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer
Primary Location-City Burbank
Primary Location-State CA
Primary Location-Country US
Auto req ID 4322BR
