The Challenge:

The selected candidate will be responsible for business affairs legal work for a dynamic entertainment company and will work closely with internal business clients and senior in-house counsel. This position will negotiate, draft, and track a high-volume of legal agreements relating to entertainment, technology, intellectual property and related matters. This is a unique opportunity within the Business Affairs team to work across multiple practice areas and gain a broad knowledge of the videogame business. This position is an in-person role based in our New York City office.

What You'll Take On:

• Draft, analyze and negotiate commercial agreements for all aspects of entertainment content creation, production, marketing and distribution.
• Support senior attorneys across practice groups that include music, entertainment, sports, technology, advertising, and all aspects of console, online and mobile gaming.
• Structure and analyze deals within a matrix of rights held by third parties, such as content distributors, hardware manufacturers, sports leagues, record labels, music publishers, actors and other talent, technology licensors, software developers, entertainment companies, advertising agencies, ancillary merchandise vendors, data analytics providers, information technology vendors and similar entities.
• Advise internal clients regarding general business and contract issues, as well as copyright, technology, corporate, regulatory and related matters.
• Provide day-to-day legal and business affairs counsel to highly creative business units.
• Assess risks associated with highly complex legal issues in a fast-paced environment.
• Serve as part of the Legal team helping Take-Two's publishing labels create the most innovative and creative products in the most efficient way possible.

What You Bring:

• 3-5+ years experience in-house or within a law firm.
• Expertise in contracting issues, with excellent drafting skills.
• Experience with complex corporate or intellectual property transactions, including content creation, production, clearance, marketing and distribution.
• Experience with entertainment or technology matters, or significant corporate experience with a strong desire to transition to entertainment and technology matters.
• Must have the ability and desire to evaluate and advise on complex agreements and contractual issues.
• Must possess common sense, patience, good humor, and a commitment to teamwork.
• Strong communication skills; ability to convey complex matters in clear terms to clients and colleagues.
• Enthusiasm for the videogame industry.
• Remains calm and confident despite deadlines and challenging priorities.
• Qualified and in good standing with the State Bar of New York.

The pay range for this position in New York at the start of employment is expected to be between $133,900 and $198,160 per Year. However, base pay offered is based on market location, and may vary further depending on individualized factors for job candidates, such as job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and other objective business considerations. Subject to those same considerations, the total compensation package for employees in regular roles may also include other elements, including a bonus and/or equity awards, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, provided that temporary or intern roles will not be eligible for many of these payments or benefits. Details of participation in compensation and benefit plans (if applicable) will be provided if an employee receives an offer of employment.If hired, employee will be in an ~at-will position~ and the company reserves the right to modify base salary (as well as any other discretionary payment or compensation or benefit program) at any time, including for reasons related to individual performance, company or individual department/team performance, and market factors.

Please be aware that Take-Two does not conduct job interviews or make job offers over third-party messaging apps such as Telegram, WhatsApp, or others. Take-Two also does not engage in any financial exchanges during the recruitment or onboarding process, and the Company will never ask a candidate for their personal or financial information over an app or other unofficial chat channel. Any attempt to do so may be the result of a scam or phishing exercise. Take-Two's in-house recruitment team will only contact individuals through their official Company email addresses (i.e., via a take2games.com email domain). If you need to report an issue or otherwise have questions, please contact [email protected]