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　　Following the opening of our office in Warsaw, and with highly successful Polish shows such as “High Water”, “Znachor” and “Sexify” Netflix continues to establish its presence in Central and Eastern Europe and seeks an experienced lawyer to join Netflix’s growing content slate in the region. This role is a unique opportunity to impact Netflix’s expanding business in the region.

　　Based in Warsaw, the role is on the Business & Legal Affairs team and will be focused on supporting the slate of Netflix original scripted series, non-fiction series, and films content produced and acquired in the region.

　　The candidate will work alongside creative partners to structure content production and acquisition agreements and harmonize Netflix objectives within production, business and legal frameworks in Poland and in CEE. In doing so, the candidate will be responsible for understanding the legal and business landscape and production customs, and executing on Netflix’s strategy as necessary to develop, produce and acquire content for Netflix’s global streaming platform.

　　In addition, the candidate will work on acquisition agreements with local producers and distributors across the region. A good understanding of the business and of the industry is essential.

　　In particular, the candidate will be involved in negotiating production deals for programming either with local production and distribution partners or directly with talent and representatives, as well as overseeing business and legal affairs matters during production (review of chain of title, providing support to partners in negotiating talents agreements, etc.). The ideal candidate will have direct experience with deal-making and production legal issues in the CEE film & TV marketplace across the genres. A direct experience in licensing and distribution would be appreciated. The role requires a good knowledge of the legal intricacies in the local media sector, the ability to think out of the box, exercising good judgment, the ability to collaborate strongly within a team, and the flexibility to quickly pivot within a strategy.

　　REQUIREMENTS

　　The successful candidate will be admitted to practice law in Poland or in CEE and will have 5+ years of entertainment experience in the region with both the legal and business aspects of production, licensing and distribution. Fluency in English is an essential requirement for this role - Polish and/or other CEE languages are a big plus.

　　In addition, the ideal candidate will possess the following:

　　Strong communication skills (candor, honesty)

　　Strong sense of the business and ability to negotiate business terms

　　Strong analytical (strategic and creative) capabilities and judgment

　　Curiosity and willingness to tackle matters outside their area of expertise

　　Ability to work proactively, independently and reliably under tight time frames in a fast‐paced environment

　　Ability to work in a small group, tackle all challenges and take initiative

　　Ability to work effectively and collaboratively cross‐functionally, think pragmatically and be solution‐oriented

　　Ability to collaborate effectively with people of diverse backgrounds

　　Adaptable negotiation style

　　Passion for Netflix’s international strategy

　　Comfortable traveling internationally