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Business Affairs Intern, Sony Pictures Animation – Fall 2023/Spring 2024

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Sony Pictures Entertainment

Dec 7, 2023

Applications are closed

  • Internship
    Full-time
    Off-cycle Internship
  • Business, Operations & Strategy
  • Los Angeles

Requirements

  • Undergrad, Graduate, or JD Student
  • Must have completed a course in entertainment law and/or have some familiarity with the entertainment business
  • Proficient in Microsoft Excel, Word, and Google suite
  • Able to run pivot tables and read deal memos
  • Strong written and oral communication skills
  • PREFERRED: Prior experience with a business affairs/legal group at a production company, studio, or law firm.

Responsibilities

  • Learn business practices and certain legal issues relevant to entertainment, including union and employment standards
  • Creating/cleaning up a comprehensive spreadsheet of past and current deals
  • Review and track SPA agreements (artist, rights, writing, producing, directing, consulting)
  • Interpret contracts required for the maintenance of databases for rights and term deal management, and management of employee contract terms
  • Gather information in preparation of contingent compensation summaries for productions and coordination of information to Finance
  • Special research projects relating to the Business Affairs department
  • Research past deals and deal memos and compare previous agreement drafts for the department
  • Liaise/coordinate with legal affairs, creative executives, productions and other departments providing/obtaining information in connection with services, rights, and clearances
  • Maintain databases and spreadsheets for dissemination of contractual information
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Sony Pictures Entertainment

Entertainment & Media
Industry
5001-10,000
Employees

Mission & Purpose

Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) is a subsidiary of Tokyo-based Sony Group Corporation. SPE's global operations encompass motion picture production and distribution; television production and distribution; digital content creation and distribution; worldwide channel investments; home entertainment acquisition and distribution, operation of studio facilities; development of new entertainment products, services and technologies; and distribution of filmed entertainment in more than 130 countries.