Senior Licensing Associate, Competitive Gaming and Entertainment

Requisition Number: 171845

Position Title: Senior Legal Specialist I

External Description:

Electronic Arts Inc. is a global leader in interactive entertainment. We develop and deliver games, content and online services across platforms. We have a broad portfolio of brands that span the most popular genres.

We exist to Inspire the World to Play. We create extraordinary new game experiences for our millions of players everywhere by bringing together talented people that combine creativity, innovation, and passion. We immerse our employees into an inclusive culture and provide opportunities for learning and leading that allow our employees to do the most impactful and rewarding work of their careers.

We are looking for a passionate, collaborative, and motivated Legal Licensing Associate to join our team. This is a non-attorney role and can be based in Los Angeles, Seattle, Austin, or Orlando. We are flexible as to which EA office you work from.

Join us in driving the next revolution in games. 

Responsibilities

• Under the guidance and support from Legal Counsel and following EA’s standard templates and guidance, draft and review a wide range of commercial agreements, including license agreements, master services agreements, consulting agreements, talent agreements, music composer agreements, influencer and promotion agreements.
• Adapt templates for different needs under the direction of Legal Counsel.
• Regularly attend meetings with key legal and business stakeholders to build a knowledge of the business, support partners and determine how to prioritize work. 

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
• Paralegal certificate from ABA approved program preferred, but not required.
• 5+ years of experience as a paralegal with a law firm or in-house providing services for technology or entertainment clients.
• Able to work effectively with cross-functional business and legal teams.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to establish working relationships with business owners.
• Able to manage the entire contract process from initial contract, negotiation, and through execution, under the direction of Legal Counsel.
• Able to handle a high volume of work with the ability to multitask and prioritize workload.
• Desire to learn and grow in the role.
• Experience in the video game or other entertainment industry is a plus. 

We love to celebrate our great perks like comprehensive health and benefit packages, tuition reimbursement, 401k with company match, free video games and more!

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Company Profile:

Electronic Arts Inc. es una empresa de software de entretenimiento interactivo líder a nivel mundial. EA distribuye juegos, contenido y servicios en línea para consolas, ordenadores personales, teléfonos móviles y tabletas conectados a Internet.

EEOText: EA ofrece igualdad de oportunidades. Nuestras decisiones de empleo se hacen independientemente de raza, color, nacionalidad, ascendencia, sexo, género, identidad o expresión de género, orientación sexual, edad, información genética, religión, discapacidad, condición médica, embarazo o estado civil, familiar o de veterano, o de cualquier otra característica protegida por ley. También consideramos candidatos cualificados con antecedentes penales, de acuerdo a la ley aplicable. EA también lleva a cabo ajustes de espacios de trabajo para individuos cualificados con discapacidades, de acuerdo con la ley aplicable.

Days Open: 107

Can this position be remote?: 0

EEO Employer Verbiage:

EA ofrece igualdad de oportunidades. Nuestras decisiones de empleo se hacen independientemente de raza, color, nacionalidad, ascendencia, sexo, género, identidad o expresión de género, orientación sexual, edad, información genética, religión, discapacidad, condición médica, embarazo o estado civil, familiar o de veterano. EA también lleva a cabo ajustes de espacios de trabajo para individuos cualificados con discapacidades, de acuerdo con la ley aplicable.