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Blue Ant Media is a privately held, international production studio and rights business and channel operator. The company's studio creates and distributes a premium slate of programming, in all content genres, for streaming and broadcasting platforms around the world. Blue Ant Media also operates free streaming and pay TV channels under several media brands internationally, including Love Nature, Cottage Life, Smithsonian Channel Canada, BBC Earth Canada, HauntTV, Homeful, Drag Race Universe, Total Crime, Declassified, Love Pets and Love Drama. Blue Ant Media is headquartered in Toronto, with six international offices in Los Angeles, New York, Singapore, London, Washington and Sydney. blueantmedia.com⼁Instagram⼁LinkedIn⼁X⼁
Our employees are passionate experts in all of our business areas. They are fanatical about creating outstanding content and experiences, and about delivering them on new and evolving platforms. We actively seek new employees who embody our core values. We want them to think big, act with purpose, celebrate creativity, do the right thing, respect one another, and succeed together. We attract creative talents who are optimistic about the evolving future of content and who take pride in recognizing opportunities where others see challenges. At Blue Ant Media, we give them the flexibility to think like entrepreneurs, take ownership of their projects, take risks, and embrace innovation in a rapidly evolving media landscape. Our team members excel at collaborating with internal and external partners by building trusting, respectful working relationships.
Blue Ant Media is an international streamer, production studio and rights business. The company's studio creates and distributes a premium slate of programming, in all content genres, for streaming and broadcasting platforms around the world. Blue Ant also operates free streaming and pay TV channels under several media brands internationally, including Love Nature, Cottage Life, Smithsonian Channel Canada, BBC Earth Canada, HauntTV, Homeful, Total Crime, Declassified and Love Pets. Blue Ant is headquartered in Toronto, with operations in Los Angeles, New York, Singapore, London, Washington, Sydney, Halifax and Ottawa. blueantmedia.com⼁Instagram⼁LinkedIn
Our employees are passionate experts in all of our business areas. They are fanatical about creating outstanding content and experiences, and about delivering them on new and evolving platforms. We actively seek new employees who embody our core values. We want them to think big, act with purpose, celebrate creativity, do the right thing, respect one another, and succeed together. We attract creative talents who are optimistic about the evolving future of content and who take pride in recognizing opportunities where others see challenges. At Blue Ant Media, we give them the flexibility to think like entrepreneurs, take ownership of their projects, take risks, and embrace innovation in a rapidly evolving media landscape. Our team members excel at collaborating with internal and external partners by building trusting, respectful working relationships.
Director, Legal & Business Affairs – Production
The Legal and Business Affairs team in our Toronto office is looking for a new Director of Legal & Business Affairs - Production. Reporting to the Vice President, Legal & Business Affairs, the role will be responsible for working with all of Blue Ant’s production teams, drafting and negotiating development and production agreements and assisting with all legal and business affairs matters on Blue Ant’s numerous productions.
Legal and business affairs experience in unscripted production, scripted development and distribution is imperative. The successful candidate should also be a creative problem solver with the ability to manage competing interests and multiple deadlines while working independently and with supervision.
This role is a hybrid position requiring in-office attendance at our head office in Toronto for a minimum of three (3) days per week.
Core Responsibilities & Duties
Understanding, drafting, reviewing, and negotiating legal agreements in connection with development, production, licensing, and distribution of Blue Ant Studios original scripted, unscripted and/or animated television productions, service productions and treaty co-productions
Knowledge of Canadian and US talent guilds and legal requirements relating thereto
Negotiating terms and drafting/reviewing production, broadcaster and distribution related agreements including: (1) development agreements (e.g. rights acquisition, shopping, collaboration, writer agreements etc.); (2) production agreements for television productions such as chain of title, co-production and treaty co-production agreements, broadcast licenses, agreements with talent; (3) financing agreements and documentation; and (4) distribution related agreements for Blue Ant and third party content
Provide general legal advice to, and liaise with, executives in creative, production, finance, and other key client groups; and manage general legal matters related to relevant projects
Managing all aspects of those matters, including advising on strategy and deal structure from term sheet through execution of agreement
Key Qualifications & Experience
A law degree from a recognized institution and are a member in good standing of the Law Society of Ontario
3+ years of relevant experience and working knowledge in television industry, either in private practice or in-house studio experience (preferred) or experience in a corporate law environment, preferably with some IP experience.
Exceptional communication, negotiation, conceptual thinking, analytical and problem-solving and decision-making skills, with great attention to detail
Excellent ability to prioritize and manage competing deadlines, self-motivated and able to thrive in an energetic, fast paced, high growth environment, managing multiple projects simultaneously
Strong ability to work as a collaborative team member across organizational lines and with all levels of management, as well as autonomously
At Blue Ant Media, we believe promoting equity, diversity, and inclusion is everyone's responsibility. We can all contribute. As a global media company, we recognize our platform and opportunity to influence change and promote a more inclusive world. We know what we create, distribute, and produce is better with a diverse workforce. In recruiting for our teams, we encourage applications from individuals of all backgrounds (who are eligible to work in Canada) and welcome the unique contributions each person brings.
If you have most of the qualifications listed in our posting, but are not sure whether to proceed with your application, we still encourage you to apply. We thank all candidates for their interest in Blue Ant Media and we will reach out to those candidates that are under consideration. If you are contacted for an interview and require an accommodation at any time during the recruitment process, please email our Human Resources team at HR@blueantmedia.com.
At Blue Ant Media, we believe promoting equity, diversity, and inclusion is everyone's responsibility. We can all contribute. As a global media company, we recognize our platform and opportunity to influence change and promote a more inclusive world. We know what we create, distribute, and produce is better with a diverse workforce. In recruiting for our teams, we encourage applications from individuals of all backgrounds (who are eligible to work in Canada) and welcome the unique contributions each person brings.
If you have most of the qualifications listed in our posting, but are not sure whether to proceed with your application, we still encourage you to apply. We thank all candidates for their interest in Blue Ant Media and we will reach out to those candidates that are under consideration. If you are contacted for an interview and require an accommodation at any time during the recruitment process, please email our Human Resources team at hr@blueantmedia.com.
