Entertainment Lawyer [Prodco]

3 Months ago • 4-10 Years • Legal

Job Summary

Job Description

The Entertainment Lawyer at Spin Master will work directly with the Entertainment's Development, Production, and Licensing/Distribution teams. Responsibilities include drafting and negotiating contracts, securing legal clearances and insurance policies, managing contractual obligations, ensuring tax credit compliance, conducting financial reviews, and negotiating service provider contracts. The role also involves union compliance management, rights management, creative negotiations with third parties, and advising on rights and restrictions. This is a temporary position with benefits, potentially leading to a full-time role.
Must have:
  • JD or LLB degree
  • Licensed to practice law in Ontario (or another Canadian province)
  • 4-10 years experience in film/TV legal and business affairs
  • Contract drafting and negotiation
  • Rights management and clearances
Perks:
  • Flexible Work Hours
  • Comprehensive Benefits
  • Growth and Career Opportunities
  • Other fun Perks!

Job Details

Please Note: If you are a current Spin Master employee with access to Workday, apply to this job via the Workday application.

Are you a kid at heart looking to build a career with a leading global children's toy, entertainment and digital gaming company?

At Spin Master, our unwavering commitment to open mindedness, integrity and innovation is a great part of what has made us an industry leader. How do we stay ahead of the pack? By hiring the best and brightest minds—and that’s why we want you!

Job Description:

What will you work on?

The Entertainment Lawyer works directly with Entertainment’s Development, Production and Licensing/Distribution Teams to ensure all legal and business affairs issues – from negotiations and agreements to copyright protections, insurance policies, rights management matters, credits and clearances – are resolved professionally, optimally and efficiently.

This role is a temporary position with benefits, tied to production timelines and deliverables. Opportunity to turn into full time regular role.

How will you create impact?

  • Draft and negotiate contracts, legal clearances, obtain insurance policies, track and advise on contractual obligations.
  • Liaise regarding tax credit compliance and eligibility, financial review of contracts, internal financing and structuring of productions.
  • Service Provider Contract negotiations, drafting and tracking.
  • Union compliance management and signatory process.
  • Rights Management, creative negotiations with multiple third parties to achieve necessary split of rights. Advising leaders of rights and restrictions.
  • High volume of contracts required on urgent basis.


What are your skills and experience?

  • J.D. or LL.B. degree Licensed to practice law in Ontario (or another Province of Canada) and in good standing
  • 4-10 years working in a film or television legal and business affairs department and/or entertainment law firm.


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What you can expect from us:

Our mission is to Make Life More Fun with a vision to push the boundaries of innovation, creativity, and fun.

  • Growth and Career Opportunities
  • Flexible Work Hours
  • Innovation, Collaboration and Fun
  • Comprehensive Benefits
  • Other fun Perks!

What’s it like to work here?

Spin Master is a fast-paced, hands-on organization that provides many great opportunities for impactful decision-making; though our challenging start-up atmosphere isn’t for everyone, we have a proven record of opportunities for future advancement and internal transfers for our passionate and results driven team.

Everyone is welcome in our sandbox and we are committed to an accessible and inclusive hiring process that provides reasonable accommodation to all applicants.

Spin Master strives to create an accessible and inclusive application and selection process and is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to job applicants who may require provisions to participate in the recruitment, selection and/or assessment processes. Should you require an accommodation, please contact our Talent Acquisition team, by email at or by phone at and we will work with you to meet your accessibility needs.

Follow us on Instagram and Twitter @SpinMaster to stay up to date on Spin Master career opportunities.

We do appreciate all interest; however only those selected for interview will be contacted.

Are you a kid at heart looking to build a career with a leading global children's toy, entertainment and digital gaming company?

At Spin Master, our unwavering commitment to open mindedness, integrity and innovation is a great part of what has made us an industry leader. How do we stay ahead of the pack? By hiring the best and brightest minds—and that’s why we want you!

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