About this role
About the Role As part of Paramount's broader Consumer Products legal team, this attorney role provides strategic legal counsel and services to support Paramount Global Publishing’s mission to deliver diverse, high-quality storytelling across print, digital, and audio platforms. The position focuses on enabling content that spans multiple genres and engages audiences of all ages—from children and families to adult readers. What You'll Do
- Serve as a strategic legal business partner to the Paramount Publishing team, supporting the launch and ongoing operations of a new publishing imprint developing franchise-based and original literary IP.
- Negotiate, draft, and review a broad range of publishing agreements, including rights acquisitions, author and illustrator agreements, collaborations and co-author agreements, adaptations, inbound and outbound licensing agreements, distribution agreements, and vendor/production services agreements.
- Advise on intellectual property matters related to publishing, including copyright ownership, rights, chain-of-title, derivative works, and exploitation across formats and platforms; support content that spans multiple genres and engages audiences of all ages—from children and families to adult readers. What We're Looking For
- Juris Doctor (JD) degree and active license to practice law.
- Experience providing strategic legal counsel to a publishing team or similar media/entertainment environment.
- Demonstrated experience negotiating, drafting, and reviewing publishing agreements, including rights acquisitions, author/illustrator agreements, collaborations and co-authorships, adaptations, licensing (inbound and outbound), distribution, and vendor/production services agreements.
- Strong knowledge of intellectual property matters related to publishing, including copyright ownership, rights, chain-of-title, derivative works, and exploitation across formats.
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with ability to advise and partner with business teams.