Do you love sports, entertainment, media, and technology? Are you looking for an exciting new challenge within an innovation-driven company? Come work hard, have fun, and make history as a member of the Prime Video Legal team in Amazon’s world-class legal department.
Prime Video is part of Amazon’s Global Entertainment Legal group, delivering award-winning sports content, movies, TV shows, music, games, audiobooks, podcasts, and streaming entertainment to customers around the world. As a member of the Prime Video Legal team, you will have a unique opportunity to create the future of how customer consume sports and entertainment. We are building an unmatched global streaming service, and creating a home for talent that will nurture creativity, storytelling, and innovation unlike anywhere else.
Key job responsibilities
• Structuring, drafting, and negotiating distribution, licensing, production, marketing, and other commercial agreements
• Evolving a first of its kind and best in class advertising experience for Prime Video customers and advertisers
• Helping launch new sports properties and reinvent the ways that customers consume sports content
• Providing ongoing legal counsel across a range of fields, including intellectual property, digital media, and regulatory compliance
• Some travel may be required
A day in the life
You will provide legal support for various teams within the Prime Video business. Prime Video delights customers around the world by delivering must-see sporting events, movies, TV shows, all within a seamless streaming experience. You will be a legal and thought partner for the business on day-to-day matters as well as long-term strategic imperatives. Working directly with business colleagues, you will serve as lead counsel in drafting, negotiating, and closing commercial agreements with device manufacturers, AI and other technical vendors, other premium streaming services, sports rightsholders, vendors, and other important business partners; and you will work together with other members of the Prime Video Legal team to deliver results across a range of challenging and ambitious projects. Our lawyers solve a constant flow of novel challenges in a growing and exciting business. You will research, advise, and develop expertise on Prime Video's business development initiatives, our advertising experience, and new product initiatives and regulatory matters that impact your business.
About the team
We pride ourselves in accelerating progress and delivering results. We see the big picture, and we obsess over customers. We run to the problem, not away from it. We like to build things and solve problems. We enjoy the camaraderie of working as a team, and with our brilliant and creative business partners. We operate with the highest level of integrity and value character as much as intelligence.
Prime Video Legal is part of the Global Entertainment Legal group, which also includes Amazon MGM Studios, Amazon Music, Audible, Games, and Twitch.
- 2+ years of legal experience
- Juris Doctor and membership in one state bar or equivalent
- Experience in private practice or in house experience at a technology company or equivalent- Experience of a mix of corporate law firm and in-house work
- Experience in web services/cloud computing, software licensing, telecommunications or equivalent
Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.
Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees, supervisors, and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees, supervisors, and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal, state, and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above, as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies, exercise sound judgment, effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others, exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism, and safeguard business operations and the Company’s reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $118,400/year in our lowest geographic market up to $195,700/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit
https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.
