Position: Legal Assistant/Paralegal
Reports To: Associate General Counsel
Key Responsibilities:
· 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
· Other paralegal duties as required
Qualifications/experience:
· Bachelor’s degree with strong academic performance required
· Paralegal certificate
· Proficiency in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
· 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
Bachelor’s degree with strong academic performance required
MS Office
Paralegal Certificate
Telecom experience required
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
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Established in 2000, A Minority Business Enterprise (MBE), LanceSoft Inc. is a pioneer in providing premium end-to-end Professional IT/Non-IT Contingent Workforce Solutions and IT Services to diverse clients across various domains. Core Service Offerings We offer a gamut of services across diverse domains, categories, skill sets with varying lengths of assignments, that include, but are not just limited to: - Temporary Staffing - Permanent Staffing - Payrolling - Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO) - Back-office Services - Application Design and Development - Website Design and Development - Program/Project Management Our Domain Strength With currently over 1000+ staff serving over 49 clients worldwide including “Fortune” companies, LanceSoft serves a wide array of industries including Healthcare/Pharma, Clinical/Medical Devices, Technology, Telecom, Retail and Distribution, Energy & Utilities, Banking, Finance, Insurance, Manufacturing, Automobile, Media, Transportation, and Government Sectors. Geographic Coverage LanceSoft is headquartered in Herndon, Virginia and has a network of branch offices across the US in Chicago (IL), Irving (TX), Basking Ridge (NJ), Atlanta (GA) and San Diego (CA). We also have an International footprint with two country offices in Canada (ON and BC) along with three delivery centers in India- Bangalore, Indore and Hyderabad to further help serve our clients better. We currently operate and recruit in 49 US states catering to diverse Contingent Workforce needs of our clients. Awards and Accolades Following are some of our awards and accolades in the US Contingent Workforce space: - Manpower “Premier Vendor” – 2014 - Kelly’s “Supplier Innovation Award” – 2012 - Kelly’s “Supplier of the Year” Award – 2012 and 2011 - Kelly’s “Service Excellence Award” – 2010 and 2009 - “Stewardship Recognition” from Johnson & Johnson’s (J&J) Kelly Work sense program Specialties IT/Non-IT Contingent Workforce Services, Creative Solutions, Temporary/Permanent Staffing, Recruitment Process Outsourcing, Payrolling, Application Design and Development, Back-office Services, Program/Project Management, Website Design and Development