Based in our London offices, this role will join SPT’s International Production team in London providing business affairs support for the SPT International production group (SPTIP). In this position you will have specific responsibility for business affairs for the distribution and exploitation of SPTIP scripted and unscripted formats including Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? and Dragons Den into worldwide territories with a focus on the EMEA region and will work closely with internal teams in Sales, global SPTIP Business Affairs, Legal, Finance, Production Consultancy, Asset Management, SPTIP production entities, brands, producers, and broadcasters worldwide.

What you will do:

The management and coordination of a wide variety of business affairs activities in the EMEA region , including:

• negotiating, reviewing and drafting a wide variety of agreements in respect of SPT International Production’s exploitation of unscripted and scripted formats including format acquisition, option and licence agreements, co-development and co-production deals, and technical supplier agreements and consultancy deals

• negotiating, reviewing and drafting agreements with the appropriate Sony divisions with respect to ancillary rights exploitation based on formats from the SPT International Production catalogue including event licence agreements, consumer product and merchandising and interactive product licence agreements

• advising the sales and other commercial teams in respect of the above

The role also has the potential to expand to providing business affairs support for production matters for assigned UK and Irish television productions, including reviewing and drafting a wide variety of agreements for the development and programme production agreements with broadcasters, writers and talent.

What You Need:

• Good solid understanding and experience of drafting and negotiating television format distribution licensing and option agreements including merchandising, publishing, and music licensing, across multiple forms of media including cable, satellite, all forms of VOD, PPV, free tv, DTV, online and mobile technology

• Detailed understanding of contract, copyright, and trademark law

• Experience working in a multinational company, coordinating projects with multiple divisions

Ability To:

• Work in fast paced environment with ever changing landscape

• Adapt negotiations and drafting to meet changing needs of international clients

• Work toward strategic objectives, working closely with tax, transactional legal, corporate legal, music legal and business affairs, and with local offices to manage business affairs issues

• Prioritize work effectively under pressure to optimize results

• Work effectively as a member of the business affairs team, working with internal managers and, where required, the company’s outside counsel.

• Take the initiative to advise on distribution issues as well as take instruction

• Synthesize complex transactional matters and create deal memos and agreements, which are clear and easy to administer.

Requirements:

• University degree or equivalent

• Typically over 2 years experience as a qualified legal professional

• 3-5 years of related television format distribution business affairs experience

• Outstanding drafting skills

• Background in working in or with multimedia international corporations

• Required fluency in English and another language is preferred but not necessary

• Please note that this role is based in the United Kingdom. In order to enable us to meet statutory and regulatory obligations of the United Kingdom immigration system you must have the appropriate immigration permission needed to work and reside in the United Kingdom.

How We Take Care Of You:

• Competitive salary, with annual bonus eligibility.

• A choice of comprehensive health plan options that fit your lifestyle including private medical insurance.

• Rest and recharge during a week off during the winter holidays, in addition to the 25 days of paid annual leave.

• Participate in extensive learning & development opportunities at all levels, including curated instructor-led classes and high impact online resources.

• Build your community by joining our Employee Business Resource Groups, and/or Sony Pictures Action – our racial equity and inclusion strategy.

• Access to an employee online store filled with a variety of discounted Sony products.

• Watch the newest movies and TV shows at our exclusive employee screenings at work.

• Entitlement to apply for an interest-free season ticket loan.

• Automatic enrolment in the Company’s Pension Plan

• Free counselling and advisory service.

• You will be automatically enrolled in the Company’s Life Insurance and Group Income Protection Plans subject to any applicable service requirements.

• The opportunity to attend various social events in our state-of-the-art offices in Paddington.

• In addition to the above we have a range of other optional discounted benefits that are reviewed regularly (e.g., gym memberships, travel insurance, activity passes, car leasing, experience days and many more!)

If you require any reasonable adjustments with any part of the recruitment process, including the application or interview process, please contact us at uk-peopleandorganisation@spe.sony.com. Please put Reasonable Adjustment Request in the subject line of the email.

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