Paralegal

• Providing day-to-day legal support for the content legal team in connection with cable affiliation, retransmission consent, and original content negotiations and drafting

• Assisting with drafting of agreements, such as cable affiliation agreements, new media agreements, digital content licensing agreements, local sporting event agreements, letter agreements, etc.

• Researching and summarizing provisions in content licensing agreements

• Maintaining physical contract files and electronic database

• Interfacing with personnel in key parts of Verizon organization, including content acquisition team, finance and network operations

• Developing presentations using PowerPoint, Excel and Word and preparing and updating of applicable meeting materials

• Bachelor’s degree with strong academic performance required

• Minimum 3-5 years of experience as a paralegal supporting transactional work

• Requires excellent file management and organizational skills

• Requires strong written and oral communication skills and strong attention to detail

• Strong preference for candidates with knowledge of cable and entertainment industry

B achelor’s degree with strong academic performance required MS Office Paralegal Certificate Telecom experience required