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Legal Assistant

Paramount Global
New York, NY Full Time
POSTED ON 3/31/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 4/21/2025
Overview & Responsibilities

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

Responsibilities include but are not limited to

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

Basic Qualifications

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

Additional Qualifications

  • Excellent oral and written communication skills including, without limitation, maintaining composure and a professional demeanor
  • Exceptional organizational skills with ability to multitask, properly prioritize and meet deadlines in connection with a considerable workload from multiple supervisors
  • Highly motivated and resourceful self-starter with excellent follow-through skills
  • Proven ability to maintain positive attitude and work collaboratively in a demanding and fast paced environment
  • Ability to maintain confidentiality
  • Successfully anticipate and properly resolve administrative issues/problems without relying on input or direction, while understanding when input/direction is appropriate and/or required

LI-SJ2

MTV is the leading global youth media brand in 180 countries, reaching 450 million households in nearly 30 different languages across every platform. MTV is the world's premier youth entertainment brand, the cultural home of the millennial generation and a pioneer in creating innovative programming for young people. MTV reflects pop culture with award-winning content built around compelling storytelling, music discovery and activism across TV, the internet and other platforms. A unit of Paramount Global, MTV operations span cable and mobile networks, live events, theatrical films and MTV Studios.

Additional Information

Hiring Salary Range: $50,000.00 - 60,000.00.

The hiring salary range for this position applies to New York, California, Colorado, Washington state, and most other geographies. Starting pay for the successful applicant depends on a variety of job-related factors, including but not limited to geographic location, market demands, experience, training, and education. The benefits available for this position include medical, dental, vision, 401(k) plan, life insurance coverage, disability benefits, tuition assistance program and PTO or, if applicable, as otherwise dictated by the appropriate Collective Bargaining Agreement.

https://www.paramount.com/careers/benefits

Paramount is an equal opportunity employer (EOE) including disability/vet.

At Paramount, the spirit of inclusion feeds into everything that we do, on-screen and off. From the programming and movies we create to employee benefits/programs and social impact outreach initiatives, we believe that opportunity, access, resources and rewards should be available to and for the benefit of all. Paramount is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ethnicity, ancestry, religion, creed, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship status, marital status, disability, gender identity, gender expression, and Veteran status.

If you are a qualified individual with a disability or a disabled veteran, you may request a reasonable accommodation if you are unable or limited in your ability to use or access https://www.paramount.com/careers as a result of your disability. You can request reasonable accommodations by calling 212.846.5500 or by sending an email to paramountaccommodations@paramount.com. Only messages left for this purpose will be returned.

Salary : $50,000 - $60,000

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