Responsibilities:

Maintains current knowledge of substantial range of federal, state, and local laws and of legislative and regulatory developments, analyzes how these might impact ESPN, and conceives and recommends compliance actions
Serves as primary Legal Department representative for assigned ESPN departments or categories
Drafts contracts and other legal documents, recommends approval/modification of contracts proposed by outside parties, and negotiates with outside parties
Possesses and maintains (including through continuing legal education) knowledge in specialized legal areas, including emerging trends, specifically in connection with (1) content (including live event and/or scripted/unscripted audiovisual programming, licensing and production); (2) intellectual property (copyright, trademark, rights of publicity); (3) marketing and promotion; and/or (4) digital (including social) media and platforms
Conceives and recommends strategies and tactics in response to legislative and regulatory developments and other events or anticipated actions
Keeps internal clients (and Legal leadership team) fully informed of relevant legal issues and implications of their current operations and proposed actions, and advises them accordingly of risks and legal consequences of alternative actions
Reviews and edits significant guidelines, policies, letters, work orders and other documents from applicable client departments to ensure that legal implications are appropriately handled
Manages outside counsel in their representation of ESPN on litigation and other legal service matters, and analyzes the approach and effectiveness of such outside counsel
May directly supervise, on a non-exclusive basis, one or more Paralegal and Legal Assistant colleagues
Recommends and may implement Legal Department policy at the direction of Chief Counsel and Deputy Chief Counsel(s)
Operates within the context of defined corporate strategies
Recommends and implements enhancements and improvements to established processes and workflows
Translates corporate strategy into mid- and long-term goals
Translates the analysis and evaluation of trends in ESPN’s legal positioning and compliance into recommended corporate actions
Conceives and recommends strategies and initiatives to minimize the legal risks of current operations and proposed actions
Determines / recommends the language of template legal documents
Analyzes the legal implications of proposed ventures and current operations and proposed actions of internal clients
Analyzes new laws and legislative and regulatory developments for their potential impact on ESPN
Guides or participates in guiding the management of client organizations in the interpretation of complex information
Contributes to ensuring the processing efficiencies at all levels of the organizations supervised
Ensures that internal clients have an adequate understanding of the law as it applies to their operations
Interacts with internal client management