Entertainment Legal Assistant - Vancouver, Canada - The District

Description

About the company

The District specializes in music curation and audience development representing labels and tastemakers that reach over 3 billion monthly plays worldwide.

Our content engages, targets and connects fans from around the world. Through these digital communities, we reach an active subscriber base of over 150 million fans.

For Your Ears Only (FYEO) is a subnetwork created in partnership between The District and Sony Music focusing on emerging curators and their respective communities.

Since launching in 2019, FYEO includes niche communities that host a wide variety of reinterpretation of broader pop content such as nightcore and 8D audio.

The District's label division is a dedicated and experienced label management team providing guidance around common record label needs such as distribution, legal, accounting and marketing support.

About the job

The legal assistant will assist the legal manager in the preparation and life cycle of contracts and license agreements for The District, Seeking Blue records and several other record labels.

Roles & responsibilities:

• Assist the legal manager in producing various predrafted license agreements, remix agreements, side artist agreements, artwork agreements & other agreements as needed for multiple record labels.
• Organize and upload documentation to servers.
• Track end dates for label agreements (renewal and termination purposes).
• Other duties as instructed by legal manager.

Required qualifications:

• Minimum 2 years of experience in an administrative role.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office and Google Suite, Excel, Word and Outlook, and general ability to navigate new technological systems.
• High level of attention to detail and problemsolving mentality.
• Excellent written and verbal communication.
• Excellent organization, time management & administrative skills.
• Experience in (or passion for) the music industry
• Minimum one (1) year of legal assistant experience
• A legal assistant diploma or equivalent experience
• The ability to work independently and on a team

Job Types:
Full-Time, Permanent

Benefits:

• On-Site Parking
• Work from Home

Schedule:

Monday to Friday


Benefits:

• Casual dress
• Flexible schedule
• Onsite parking
• Paid time off

Flexible Language Requirement:

• French not required

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Monday to Friday

Experience:

- legal assistant: 1 year (preferred)

Work Location:
Hybrid remote in Vancouver, BC