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Senior Counsel, Legal

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Activision Blizzard is seeking a Senior Counsel to join its team in support of Activision’s Call of Duty franchise, including Call of Duty: Warzone and Call of Duty premium games.

Your mission

• Review, negotiate and draft a wide variety of commercial agreements, including content development and acquisition, distribution, influencer, talent, consulting, and professional services agreements

• Assess legal risk and advise on legal issues and risks for product, production, marketing, PR, publishing, and other teams across the business

• Provide legal guidance to the business teams to support them in mitigating risk and developing business strategies

• Work closely with and act as point of escalation for legal clearance teams

• Respond promptly to a wide range of requests from across the business and legal teams

• Collaborate with international and cross-functional legal colleagues to provide global guidance on diverse legal issues

Player profile

• Juris Doctorate and admission to California State Bar in good standing or admission to another State Bar and willingness and qualifications to be “Registered In-House Counsel”

• 3+ years experience as a practicing lawyer at a reputable firm and/or in-house department

• Extensive experience and knowledge in drafting and negotiating complex commercial agreements

• Strategic and creative thinking, exercising excellent, balanced and practical business judgment

• Outstanding written and oral communications, with the ability to effectively communicate with colleagues across the business

• Strong drafting and negotiating skills

• Attention to detail

• Common sense, good judgment, and desire to work hard in a fast-paced environment

• Team player and ability to independently handle multiple, diverse projects simultaneously and under deadlines

• Demonstrated ability to proactively identify and explain legal risks and creative solutions

• Capacity to understand Activision’s games, business and strategy and apply it to proactively managing legal risks

• Ability to thrive in a dynamic industry and where there is ambiguity and flex in the business and legal environment

• Strong ethics, collaboration and influencing skills

• Experience in a games, entertainment, technology or media company

• A passion for video games