[BET] Legal Assistant

The Business and Legal Affairs division for BET Media Group is seeking a Legal Assistant to support three attorneys. 

RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Drafting correspondence, deal summaries, contract amendments, and legal memos; Preparing, maintaining and updating various contract and deal logs, including tracking status of contracts.

  • Organizing and administering the execution of agreements internally (e.g. centralized document management system) and externally; digitally filing and saving agreements into document database; emailing, photocopying, printing and scanning.

  • Scheduling and booking meetings & conference rooms; coordinating internal and external meetings; booking travel and accommodations; processing T&E reports; ordering supplies; arranging office services; and responding to facility issues

  • Effectively communicating with BET Business & Legal Affairs team members and attorneys, cross-departmental client communication, communicating across Paramount's Business & Legal Affairs Department at all levels within BET and Paramount, including senior executives.

  • Must be able to understand and quickly execute assignments and independently follow through on multiple tasks.

  • Must have the flexibility to work overtime as needed.

QUALIFICATIONS

  • BA or other undergraduate degree

  • High proficiency in MS Word, Excel, Outlook, Adobe Acrobat, DocuSign software

  • Display tremendous attention to detail including exceptional proofreading skills

  • 2+ years of administrative experience required; law firm or agency experience preferred

Role is based in New York.

Salary: $50,000.00 - 60,000.00.

Jaia Thomas