Legal Advisor

Legal Advisor - Media & Entertainment

Media & Entertainment

Permanent role

ITV London, White City + Hybrid (Successful candidate will be expected to attend the office 2-3 days per week)

Hiring range: £55,000 - £75,000

Your work matters to millions.

Shaping culture is in the DNA of ITV. So, it’s not surprising that you’ll find us in every home in the UK, our productions are famous all over the world and we’re at the forefront of the digital streaming revolution.

When you join us, you enter a fun working environment. With opportunities to learn, to grow and make a real difference. Small enough that your impact’s felt in the business, but big enough that your impact reaches millions of people.

Come develop your skills, change TV and the course of your career. Don’t just watch it. Be part of it. Join ITV.

The team…

At ITV, the M&E legal team sits at the heart of ITV’s commercial business, advising on legal matters across the Media & Entertainment division, enabling you to have a real impact on your career, on our viewers and our strategic ambitions.

The role…

Our super talented M&E team has an opportunity to recruit a Legal Advisor to cover a member of the team's Maternity leave. Reporting to the Senior Legal Advisor, (M&E Legal & Business Affairs, Interactive & Commercial) you will sit within ITV’s UK focused Media Entertainment division. This role will provide first class legal support to both the Interactive team, who look after competitions, voting and charitable appeals, and the Commercial team, who look after airtime, sponsorship, creative partnerships and ad-funded entertainment.

You will provide first class legal advice and support to all the areas of revenue activity at ITV within the Media & Entertainment division in relation to content/programming including:

• airtime
• sponsorship
• product placement
• brand partnership
• ad based commercialisation of digital content on third party platforms (e.g. social media platforms)
• advertising strategy, planning and measurement

Key responsibilities include:

• Drafting, negotiating and advising on high value and/or high materiality contracts in the areas above.
• Supervising paralegal.
• Staying abreast of legal and commercial developments to remain at the cutting edge of this fast moving area. This will involve developing and ensuring continual familiarity with the airtime trading market, industry dynamics and challenges faced by the ITV Commercial team and ITV Media and Entertainment.
• Ensuring compliance with sector specific and general regulation such as the Bribery Act, Modern Slavery Act, Broadcasting Code and BCAP Code. This will involve assisting with the formulation and implementation of documented compliance processes and procedures in conjunction with ITV’s central legal team where appropriate.
• Being a key contact to the lead individuals in ITV Commercial team delivering revenue in relation to content, as well as providing support to any new and emerging areas of content exploitation from time to time.
• Please note that this role will not have oversight of any area of ‘rights in’ M&E activity in relation to programming or carriage arrangements in relation to channels and services but will need to form a close relationship with the legal heads in those areas.

Skills you’ll need (minimum criteria)...

• A commercially minded lawyer with experience of working in a busy, deadline driven environment, managing a high number of competing priorities.
• Comfortable providing complex and time critical legal advice in a user friendly way.
• Some knowledge of the way in which commercial airtime is traded and the CRR mechanism would be an advantage.
• A collaborator with key ITV teams, including compliance, other ITV legal and business affairs teams, finance, HR, Cyber, Risk, Data and Technology.
• An understanding of commercial drivers for the ITV businesses.
• The role would be suitable for a lawyer with 1-3 years’ PQE.

Other things we’re looking for (key criteria)...

• An exceptional team player who can command respect at all levels of the business areas they support.
• An excellent communicator who can develop and maintain effective internal and external relationships.
• This role would not suit anyone with purely content acquisition/ commissioning experience.

ITV is for everyone.

ITV strongly encourages applications for this role from disabled people. As a Disability Confident Leader, if you meet the minimum criteria for a role and you have declared that you are disabled, we’ll guarantee to take you to the next stage* (minimum criteria above).

We're happy to discuss any support/personalisation you may need during our application and selection process as part of our reasonable adjustments. Drop us a line if you require anything at talkingcareers@itv.com.

Because those who make an impact deserve to be rewarded for it.

ITV offers some great rewards and benefits including:

• Flexible working with a range of options to suit everyone.
• Generous holiday allowance, plus you can buy more.
• Annual bonus opportunity.
• Competitive pension contribution.
• Save as you earn - with an opportunity to buy ITV shares.
• Wellbeing and volunteering days plus a wide range of opportunities to help you live balanced and healthy life.

More about our benefits

Closing date: 6th March 2025

Please note, on occasion we may receive a very large volume of applications which means applications for a role may close earlier than the referenced closing date. We’d encourage you to apply as soon as possible if interested.