Director, Commercial Contracts, Marketing and Trademarks, Business & Legal Affairs

About Sony Music Entertainment

At Sony Music Entertainment, we fuel the creative journey. We’ve played a pioneering role in music history, from the first-ever music label to the invention of the flat disc record. We’ve nurtured some of music’s most iconic artists and produced some of the most influential recordings of all time.

Today, we work in more than 70 countries, supporting a diverse roster of international superstars, developing and independent artists, and visionary creators. From our position at the intersection of music, entertainment, and technology, we bring imagination and expertise to the newest products and platforms, embrace new business models, employ breakthrough tools, and provide powerful insights that help our artists push creative boundaries and reach new audiences. In everything we do, we’re committed to artistic integrity, transparency, and entrepreneurship.

Sony Music Entertainment is a member of the Sony family of global companies.

As the Director, Commercial Contracts, Marketing and Trademarks, Business &Legal Affairs:

What you'll do:

Commercial Agreements Responsibilities

• Draft and negotiate a wide range of standard and custom legal agreements and supporting legal documents, in close collaboration with teammates and business colleagues, including agreements with vendors, contractors, and consultants, across a wide range of subject matter, including technology, real estate and intellectual property.
• Support transactional team on an as-needed basis, including in connection with transaction-related due diligence.

Marketing and Promotions Responsibilities

• Advise internal clients on marketing campaigns with contesting/sweepstakes elements, including:
• Draft rules for contests and sweepstakes for internal clients.
• Review, negotiate and draft promotion-related agreements
• Review and revise official rules for contests and sweepstakes with external partners to ensure compliance, including bonding and registration as necessary.
• Keep current with terms and conditions, and promotion guidelines for current and emerging social medial sites (FB, Twitter, etc.), user-generated content sites and influencer campaigns.
• Advise internal clients on influencer marketing campaigns to ensure regulatory compliance, including, but not limited to, FTC guidelines.
• Assist internal clients in reviewing, negotiating, and drafting influencer agreements.
• Presenting to internal clients on current topics relevant to contests and sweepstakes and influencer marketing, including social media platforms’ promotions guidelines and FTC guidelines.

Trademarks

• Supervise management of SME’s global trademark portfolio, including all filings, office actions and enforcement decisions; review watch notices and advise on, and execute, appropriate action.
• Supervise trademark searches and clearances, and analyze and advise on results for internal clients, including providing written risk assessments of trademark usage; advise on, and oversee, filing of new trademark registrations.
• Advise on trademark conflicts and litigation.
• Assist transactional team in reviewing trademark-related transaction documents.
• Assist transactional team in post-closing trademark integration efforts.
• Conduct internal trainings and presentations on the basics of trademark law and the process of trademark search and clearances.
• Sending out C&D and other claim letters related to infringements

Corporate Matters

• Draft intercompany agreements between Sony Music Entertainment and its affiliates.
• Manage Sony Music Entertainment’s internal CLE programming.
• Coordinate distribution of quarterly compliance notices to designated employees regarding insider trading.

Who you are:

• Juris Doctor (JD) degree from an accredited law school and admission to a state bar (New York preferred).
• 5-7 years of relevant experience, ideally in a law firm or in-house legal department, with expertise in commercial contracts, marketing law, and trademark law.
• Proven ability to draft, negotiate, and manage a wide range of agreements, including vendor, contractor, consultant, and intercompany agreements.
• Knowledge of contest/sweepstakes law, FTC guidelines, influencer agreements, and social media platform promotion policies, including compliance and risk assessment.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities, assess legal risks, and provide business-oriented solutions in a fast-paced environment.
• Familiarity with corporate compliance matters, including insider trading notices, and a proactive approach to staying updated on evolving legal guidelines.

What we give you:

• You join an inclusive, collaborative and global community where you have the opportunity to channel your passion every day  
• A modern office environment designed to foster productivity, creativity, and teamwork empowering you to bring your best 
• An attractive and comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, life & disability coverage, and 401K + employer matching 
• Voluntary benefits like company-paid identity theft protection and resources for pets, mental health and meditation resources, industry-leading fertility coverage, fully paid leave for childbirth or bonding, fully paid leave for caregivers, programs for loved ones with developmental disabilities and neurodiversity, subsidized back-up child and elder care, and reimbursement for adoption, surrogacy, tuition, and student loans 
• Investment in your professional growth and development enabling you to thrive in our vibrant community.  
• The space to accelerate progress, positively disrupt, and create what happens next  
• Time off for a winter recess

Sony Music is committed to providing equal employment opportunity for all persons regardless of age, disability, national origin, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, veteran or military status, marital and civil partnership/union status, alienage or citizenship status, creed, genetic information or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.