Manager, Business and Legal Affairs, Live & Alternative Details

Manager, Business and Legal Affairs, Live & Alternative

MRC - Beverly Hills, CA

Employment Type : Full-Time

Who We Are:

MRC is a diversified global entertainment company with divisions including Film, Television, Live & Alternative, and Non-Fiction, as well as joint ventures in data and publishing.

The Role:

MRC Live & Alternative is looking for a Business and Legal Affairs Manager to support the development, production, and distribution of MRC’s Live & Alternative event programming and projects. The position is based in Beverly Hills, and reports to the Head of Business and Legal Affairs, of MRC’s Live & Alternative division.

What you’ll do:

• Working within the Business and Legal Affairs team, you will structure, negotiate, and manage business deals for MRC’s Live & Alternative event programming and television projects
• Draft, review, and comment on a wide variety of agreements, including above-the-line talent deals (including directors, producers, and on-screen talent), development deals, production deals, as well as marketing and event-related agreements
• Provide day-to-day legal support on MRC Live & Alternative programming and projects
• Prepare internal documents related to tracking and updating the status of various aspects of the business and legal affairs process
• Work closely and collaboratively with other departments such as Creative, Production, Marketing and Finance
• Ad hoc Business and Legal Affairs support as needed

Your experience and skills:

• The successful candidate will have 2-4 years of business and legal affairs experience in the entertainment field
• J.D. and membership in good standing with The State Bar of California required
• Major studio, production, or entertainment law firm experience strongly preferred
• The ability to effectively, efficiently, and professionally negotiate and interact with talent agents, managers, outside counsel, internal executives of all levels, and in-house legal and business affairs executives at other studios and distributors
• Clear, concise communication skills
• Strong analytical capabilities and judgment
• Ability to work proactively, independently, and collaboratively under tight timeframes, in a fast-paced environment.
• A strong sense of urgency and the ability to juggle multiple, competing priorities.
• Ability to pivot quickly and fluidly, think creatively as well as practically, and be solution-oriented.

Please note that COVID 19 vaccination is a condition of employment at MRC.

About MRC

MRC is a diversified global entertainment company with divisions including Film, Television, Live & Alternative and Non-Fiction as well as joint ventures in data and publishing.

MRC Live & Alternative is one of the largest global producers of live televised event programming. Tentpole live event series through its dick clark productions include the “Golden Globe Awards,” “Academy of Country Music Awards,” the “American Music Awards,” the “Billboard Music Awards,” “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest,” “Streamy Awards,” and 16-time Emmy Award-winning series “So You Think You Can Dance.”

MRC Television is the largest and most award-winning independent TV studio in North America with a current slate that includes: “Ozark” on Netflix; “The Great” on Hulu; the upcoming Amazon series “The Terminal List” starring Chris Pratt; for Apple TV+: “The Shrink Next Door” starring Will Ferrell and Paul Rudd and “Shining Girls” starring Elisabeth Moss.

MRC Film is known for championing singular filmmakers and emerging directors to make high-quality distinctive films. Projects include one of the highest grossing original comedies of all-time, “Ted,” the Oscar and Golden Globe nominated “Knives Out,” written and directed by Rian Johnson and produced by Johnson and Ram Bergman, starring an ensemble cast including Daniel Craig, Chris Evans, Ana de Armas and Jamie Lee Curtis, the Oscar nominated “Baby Driver,” Oscar winning “Babel,” and the comedy “The Lovebirds,” directed by Michael Showalter and starring Kumail Nanjiani and Issa Rae, currently on Netflix.

MRC Non-Fiction works with a diverse group of artists to develop, finance and produce feature documentaries and docuseries for global audiences. Projects includes: Edgar Wright’s debut documentary feature “Sparks Brothers” about the legendary American rock/ pop duo, which premiered at Sundance Film Festival and was acquired by Focus Features; “The Last Rider,” which chronicles the story of cyclist Greg LeMond, from acclaimed director Alex Holmes; and the “Untitled Sly Stone” project, which follows the story of groundbreaking artist Sly Stone, from director Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson.

MRC and PMC have formed a publishing joint venture and a strategic content partnership with brands The Hollywood Reporter, Variety, Billboard, Rolling Stone, Vibe and Music Business Worldwide. MRC and PMC’s data venture brings together MRC Data, Alpha Data and Variety Business Intelligence. MRC owns a majority stake in Civic Center Media, A-Major Media and has minority investments in A24, Fulwell 73, Sugar23 and T-Street.

For more information on MRC Entertainment™ please visit: www.mrcentertainment.com.

No Phone Calls. No agencies please.

Due to the volume of resumes that we receive, only those candidates selected for consideration will be contacted.

MRC is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, religion, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, medical condition (including genetic characteristics), mental and/or physical disability or handicap, marital status, sex, age, veteran status, citizenship status, sexual orientation, gender identity, political party preference, political belief, socioeconomic status, familial status, registered domestic partner status, military service, pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions and any other characteristic or activity protected by federal, state or local law

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