Counsel
OVERVIEW OF THE COMPANY National GeographicNational Geographic Partners LLC (NGP), a joint venture between Disney and the National Geographic Society, is committed to bringing the world premium science, adventure and exploration content across an unrivaled portfolio of media assets.
NGP combines the global National Geographic television channels (National Geographic Channel, Nat Geo WILD, Nat Geo MUNDO, Nat Geo PEOPLE) with National Geographic's media and consumer-oriented assets, including National Geographic magazines; National Geographic studios; related digital and social media platforms; books; maps; children's media; and ancillary activities that include travel, global experiences and events, archival sales, licensing and e-commerce businesses.
Furthering knowledge and understanding of our world has been the core purpose of National Geographic for 131 years, and now we are committed to going deeper, pushing boundaries, going further for our consumers and reaching millions of people around the world in 172 countries and 43 languages every month as we do it.
NGP returns 27 percent of our proceeds to the nonprofit National Geographic Society to fund work in the areas of science, exploration, conservation and education.
JOB DESCRIPTION The Counsel position is a generalist role, for someone looking to develop the skills to serve as a general counsel in the future.
Responsibilities include drafting agreements to support the marketing and magazine publishing businesses, researching obligations under applicable law and ensuring compliance with same, maintaining company governance documents, ensuring compliance with obligations under operating agreements, and counseling business clients on miscellaneous legal and business matters.
Responsibilities:
Drafting and negotiating marketing, licensing and other miscellaneous agreements.
Managing corporate governance documents, including, preparing resolutions, motions and amendments.
Analyzing contracts in response to business questions, as well as to provide necessary contractual/research information to department leadership (to assist in business development, litigation, risk assessment, etc.
).
Providing company executives with necessary information (often concerning legal rights and responsibilities) in order to make informed business decisions.
Handle miscellaneous administrative tasks, eg, maintaining litigation docket, handling own T&E, handling team seminar schedule.
Requirements:
JD from top-tier law school and at least 5 years of legal experience at top 100 law firm in corporate or other transactional department.
Must be a member of good standing in at least one state bar.
Strong interpersonal skills (multi-cultural/ written/verbal/negotiation).
Needs to be able to handle advanced level reasoning tasks and have good judgement.
Familiarity with Word, Adobe and Excel.
Must be able to respond to and interact with both internal and external senior level business executives in a professional, articulate, personable and useful manner.
Must be very organized and detail-oriented.
Must be comfortable multi-tasking and working in a fast-paced environment.
We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
We will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with applicable law.
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Estimated Salary: $20 to $28 per hour based on qualifications.
NGP combines the global National Geographic television channels (National Geographic Channel, Nat Geo WILD, Nat Geo MUNDO, Nat Geo PEOPLE) with National Geographic's media and consumer-oriented assets, including National Geographic magazines; National Geographic studios; related digital and social media platforms; books; maps; children's media; and ancillary activities that include travel, global experiences and events, archival sales, licensing and e-commerce businesses.
Furthering knowledge and understanding of our world has been the core purpose of National Geographic for 131 years, and now we are committed to going deeper, pushing boundaries, going further for our consumers and reaching millions of people around the world in 172 countries and 43 languages every month as we do it.
NGP returns 27 percent of our proceeds to the nonprofit National Geographic Society to fund work in the areas of science, exploration, conservation and education.
JOB DESCRIPTION The Counsel position is a generalist role, for someone looking to develop the skills to serve as a general counsel in the future.
Responsibilities include drafting agreements to support the marketing and magazine publishing businesses, researching obligations under applicable law and ensuring compliance with same, maintaining company governance documents, ensuring compliance with obligations under operating agreements, and counseling business clients on miscellaneous legal and business matters.
Responsibilities:
Drafting and negotiating marketing, licensing and other miscellaneous agreements.
Managing corporate governance documents, including, preparing resolutions, motions and amendments.
Analyzing contracts in response to business questions, as well as to provide necessary contractual/research information to department leadership (to assist in business development, litigation, risk assessment, etc.
).
Providing company executives with necessary information (often concerning legal rights and responsibilities) in order to make informed business decisions.
Handle miscellaneous administrative tasks, eg, maintaining litigation docket, handling own T&E, handling team seminar schedule.
Requirements:
JD from top-tier law school and at least 5 years of legal experience at top 100 law firm in corporate or other transactional department.
Must be a member of good standing in at least one state bar.
Strong interpersonal skills (multi-cultural/ written/verbal/negotiation).
Needs to be able to handle advanced level reasoning tasks and have good judgement.
Familiarity with Word, Adobe and Excel.
Must be able to respond to and interact with both internal and external senior level business executives in a professional, articulate, personable and useful manner.
Must be very organized and detail-oriented.
Must be comfortable multi-tasking and working in a fast-paced environment.
We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
We will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with applicable law.
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Estimated Salary: $20 to $28 per hour based on qualifications.
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