Job Description:

Seven Television is the leading free to air capital city television network in Australia and is part of Seven West Media.

A rare opening exists for a lawyer with experience in television or film production to join our Network Production department for a 12 month maternity cover starting in March 2019. This role is based at our offices in Eveleigh and will be intimately involved in all aspects of Seven’s in-house production and development and will report to our Director of Content and Distribution Rights.

Main Responsibilities Include

• Provide sound legal advice to the various in-house productions in Australia and overseas;
• Drafting and negotiating commissioning agreements and program licence agreements for all of Seven’s platforms, including television and online;
• Drafting and negotiating talent agreements and agreements relating to the distribution and acquisition of content globally;
• Manage legal areas by identifying challenges, obligations and risks within the production units and new programs in development;
• Conducting rights availability searches, managing the registration of program titles and all other aspects of international rights management;
• Respond to ad hoc requests for advice from other departments and Seven Group entities;
• Involvement where required on M&A and other business projects for Seven’s businesses in Australia and globally.

Essential Requirements

• Appropriate tertiary qualifications in Law (LLB)
• Admitted as a solicitor in NSW
• Experience in television and/or film production
• Excellent interpersonal and leadership skills, capable of influencing people of all levels and being able to communicate clearly
• Highly developed problem solving, negotiation and time management skills
• Highly developed oral and written communication skills
• Business and commercial acumen
• Drive, tenacity, attention to detail and results driven attitude
• Assertiveness and ability to work in high pressure, fast paced environment
• Self-starter, capable of working relatively autonomously

Technical excellence in the law is a given and a capacity to provide quick and practical advice and support to our productions department is essential to this role.

The successful candidate will have demonstrated relevant media industry experience.

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