Job Title:  Assistant, TV Legal Affairs

Summary of Position

Lionsgate Television is seeking an Assistant to support attorneys in the Television Legal Affairs department. The ideal candidate will have a strong interest in the business side of television.

Responsibilities

• Track all deal negotiations, maintain status reports, maintain Legal Affairs department files, and support department operations
• Handle administrative responsibilities for assigned attorneys, including answering phones, rolling calls, scheduling meetings, booking travel, distributing documents, and processing expenses
• Regularly draft correspondence, ensuring all requests (from internal teams such as Business Affairs, Production, and Creative, as well as from external partners etc.), are addressed
• Research historical deal terms to identify precedent
• Draft or review straightforward legal documents (e.g., certificates, letter agreements, amendments)

Qualifications and Skills

• 1 year of assistant experience preferred, ideally having supported a legal organization 
  
• Bachelor's degree (BS/BA) from a four-year college or university or equivalent experience preferred; JDs from accredited law school welcome to apply
  
• Candidate should have the ability to multi-task in an occasionally high pressure environment
  
• Possess strong communication, organizational, and administrative skills
  
• Proficient at MS Office, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook
  
• Should have a strong interest in the business side of television

About Lionsgate

Lionsgate (NYSE: LION) is one of the world’s leading standalone, pure play, publicly traded content companies. It brings together diversified motion picture and television production and distribution businesses, a world-class portfolio of valuable brands and franchises, a talent management and production powerhouse and a more than 20,000-title film and television library, all driven by the studio’s bold and entrepreneurial culture.

Business Unit Overview

Lionsgate Television
Lionsgate's Television Group is a leading supplier of premium programming to buyers around the world. With a rich history of acclaimed television series such as Mad Men, Weeds, Nurse Jackie, Orange is the New Black, Nashville and The Studio, Lionsgate Television series have earned 396 Emmy Award nominations and 47 Emmys. Lionsgate's Television Group includes nearly 100 series spanning 40+ networks from Lionsgate Television, Lionsgate Alternative Television, Lionsgate Worldwide Television Distribution, 3 Arts Entertainment and Debmar-Mercury.

Our Benefits

• Full Coverage – Medical, Vision, and Dental
• Work/Life Balance – generous sick days, vacation days, holidays, and Impact Day
• 401(k) company matching

Compensation

$45,000 - $50,000

EEO Statement

Lionsgate is an equal employment opportunity employer. All employees and applicants are evaluated on the basis of their qualifications, consistent with applicable state and federal laws. In addition, Lionsgate will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities. Lionsgate will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and federal law.