Description:
Job Summary:About the Role & Team
The Legal Department is seeking an experienced attorney to join the Global Content Licensing team supporting Disney's direct-to-consumer businesses. This role will focus primarily on providing strategic advising with respect to operation of the Hulu + Live TV service, other content licensing agreements across Disney's streaming ecosystem, and performing due diligence, with an emphasis on operational excellence and strong cross-functional partnership.
This position offers the opportunity to work at the intersection of media, technology, and entertainment, supporting key distribution partnerships and stakeholders across the business. The role is well-suited for an attorney with a strong foundation in content distribution (specifically, with respect to DMVPDs and/or MVPDs carriage deals) who is interested in deepening their expertise in a fast-paced environment, with the opportunity to gain exposure to more complex deal work over time.
The ideal candidate will be detail-oriented, collaborative, and comfortable managing a high volume of work while exercising sound legal judgment. This individual will play a key role in supporting ongoing distribution initiatives and contributing to the efficiency and scalability of the legal function.
What you will do:
Basic Qualifications & Skills
Education:
The Legal Department is seeking an experienced attorney to join the Global Content Licensing team supporting Disney's direct-to-consumer businesses. This role will focus primarily on providing strategic advising with respect to operation of the Hulu + Live TV service, other content licensing agreements across Disney's streaming ecosystem, and performing due diligence, with an emphasis on operational excellence and strong cross-functional partnership.
This position offers the opportunity to work at the intersection of media, technology, and entertainment, supporting key distribution partnerships and stakeholders across the business. The role is well-suited for an attorney with a strong foundation in content distribution (specifically, with respect to DMVPDs and/or MVPDs carriage deals) who is interested in deepening their expertise in a fast-paced environment, with the opportunity to gain exposure to more complex deal work over time.
The ideal candidate will be detail-oriented, collaborative, and comfortable managing a high volume of work while exercising sound legal judgment. This individual will play a key role in supporting ongoing distribution initiatives and contributing to the efficiency and scalability of the legal function.
What you will do:
- Conduct contract diligence and summarize key terms, rights, obligations, and restrictions for legal and business audiences
- Advise internal stakeholders on contractual requirements and legal considerations for live, linear, and distribution-related programming
- Assist in the execution and ongoing management of distribution agreements and operation of Hulu + Live TV, ensuring alignment with business and legal requirements
- Partner with cross-functional teams to support distribution workflows and improve operational efficiency
- Support distribution initiatives for Disney's direct-to-consumer services, including live events and similar offerings
- Exercise independent legal judgment on key initiatives and draft recommendation memos for senior legal and business stakeholders
- Identify and escalate key legal considerations, risks, and issues as appropriate
- Contribute to the development of best practices, templates, and processes to improve legal support for high-volume distribution work
Basic Qualifications & Skills
- At least 5 years of legal experience
- Experience reviewing, drafting, and negotiating content distribution agreements across traditional cable and satellite providers (e.g., MVPDs), new media platforms and/or digital MVPDs, and/or background in a law firm supporting similar clients is strongly preferred
- Strong contract interpretation, drafting and analytical skills, with attention to detail and accuracy
- Ability to manage a high volume of work and multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment
- Excellent communication and organizational skills and ability to effectively partner with cross-functional teams
- Sound judgment and ability to identify and escalate legal risks as needed
- Strong organizational and time management skills
- Interest in developing broader deal-making and negotiation skills over time
Education:
- Juris Doctor (JD) or equivalent from an accredited law school
- Strong academic credentials
- Admission to the California State Bar in good standing or willingness and qualification to be Registered In-House Counsel
