Job Title Vice President, Business Affairs, International Studios
Business Segment Global Distribution and International
Responsibilities Position Overview
The Vice President, Business Affairs, NBC International Studios, is a U.S. and global television business expert that will represent the studio in its negotiations with third party providers and talent representatives for a variety of programming. This individual will advise and assist our international business and legal counterparts in developing, producing and exploiting global content. In addition, the individual will be responsible for coordinating with various departments in connection with legal, finance and intercompany issues.
The ideal candidate will be a confident expert in U.S. television business matters that actively pursues creative business solutions to complex international matters.
Responsibilities - Negotiate script development, talent hold, first look and rights agreements for scripted pilot/series, mow's and mini-series, and provide expert U.S. market insight for our international partners.
- Negotiate U.S. above-the-line talent to render services for international and global productions. writer, producer, director, performer, talent hold, first look and rights agreements
- Handle the day-to-day business affairs issues for scripted pilots, current scripted programming, including managing talent, legal and financial issues.
- Interface and coordinate with the following departments: creative, legal, finance, production
- Resolve intercompany issues with our various joint ventures and affiliated studios, and work closely with business & legal affairs units for affiliated companies such as Carnival, Lark, WTTV, Matchbox, etc.
- Review budgets and other financial data associated with the development and production of aforesaid programming
- Draft short-form deal memos, reviewing agreements for accuracy of terms negotiated and coordinating the processing of invoices based on required contractual obligations.
Job Number 38942BR
Posting Category Legal & Business Affairs
Country United States
Sub-Business International Studios
About Us NBCUniversal International Studios is headed by Michael Edelstein, President, and headquartered in London. The division's mandate is to identify and collaborate with cutting edge creative talent around the world to produce high-quality scripted and unscripted drama, comedy, entertainment and factual entertainment programmes.
International Studios has significantly expanded its stable of production companies via acquisition and strategic partnerships, and works with a range of leading and award-winning producers and production companies to develop programmes that appeal to local and global audiences.
International Studios' UK-based production companies include: Carnival, maker of The Last Kingdom for BBC2 and creator of the Emmy and Golden Globe award-winning drama sensation Downton Abbey, one of the UK's biggest TV exports of all time; Monkey Kingdom, which specialises in entertainment programmes and produces the hit UK reality series Made in Chelsea; Chocolate Media, a factual/entertainment production company; Lucky Giant, a comedy label and maker of the forthcoming series Quacks for the BBC; and Working Title Television, a joint venture with Working Title Films' Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner, producer of shows such as London Spy for the BBC and You, Me and the Apocalypse for Sky.
International Studios announced the founding of Heyday Television in 2015, a joint venture with award winning film producer David Heyman (Harry Potter, Gravity, Paddington) which is intended to produce premium, long-form scripted programming for both UK and US markets.
International Studios has a first look deal with Hardy Son & Baker (led by Tom Hardy, an international film actor, and his producing partner, Dean Baker) and owns Tellycopter, a research and development resource that sits alongside its production companies.
Outside the UK, NBCUniversal International Studios owns Australia-based Matchbox Pictures, producers of critically-acclaimed drama series The Slap, and co-owns LARK Productions in Canada, producer of long-running procedural Motive and Real Housewives of Vancouver.
International Studios also operates NBCUniversal Formats - a global format sales team which represents the international rights to a broad slate of programming, including reality, lifestyle, entertainment and scripted shows produced by NBC, Bravo, E!, Oxygen, Style, Syfy, G4, Carnival, Chocolate, LARK, Lucky Giant, Matchbox, and Monkey Kingdom.
State/Province California
Career Level Experienced
Qualifications/Requirements Basic Qualifications
- Minimum of six years of experience in relevant transactional/entertainment matters
Additional Job Requirements
- Interested candidate must submit a resume/CV through www.nbcunicareers.com to be considered
- Must be willing to work in Universal City, California
Desired Characteristics * Prior experience negotiating script development agreement, pilot/license agreements, digital rights agreements, talent agreements and rights deals for scripted programming and specials
- The ability to review and digest complex business matters for intercompany use.
- Strong and effective negotiating skills and excellent drafting skills
- Working knowledge of the SAG, WGA and DGA basic agreements and the AFTRA Code.
City Universal City
Notices NBCUniversal's policy is to provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, gender identity or expression, age, national origin or ancestry, citizenship, disability, sexual orientation, marital status, pregnancy, veteran status, membership in the uniformed services, genetic information, or any other basis protected by applicable law. NBCUniversal will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with relevant legal requirements, including the City of Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative For Hiring Ordinance, where applicable.
