Senior Counsel, Global Content Licensing (DTC)

Senior Counsel, Global Content Licensing (DTC)

Job ID10155314 Location Santa Monica, California, United States / New York, New York, United States Business The Walt Disney Company (Corporate)Date posted Jul. 16, 2026

Job Summary:

About the Role & Team

The Legal Department is seeking an experienced attorney to join the Global Content Licensing team supporting Disney’s direct-to-consumer businesses. This role will focus primarily on providing strategic advising with respect to operation of the Hulu + Live TV service, other content licensing agreements across Disney’s streaming ecosystem, and performing due diligence, with an emphasis on operational excellence and strong cross-functional partnership.

This position offers the opportunity to work at the intersection of media, technology, and entertainment, supporting key distribution partnerships and stakeholders across the business. The role is well-suited for an attorney with a strong foundation in content distribution (specifically, with respect to DMVPDs and/or MVPDs carriage deals) who is interested in deepening their expertise in a fast-paced environment, with the opportunity to gain exposure to more complex deal work over time.

The ideal candidate will be detail-oriented, collaborative, and comfortable managing a high volume of work while exercising sound legal judgment. This individual will play a key role in supporting ongoing distribution initiatives and contributing to the efficiency and scalability of the legal function.

What You Will Do

• Conduct contract diligence and summarize key terms, rights, obligations, and restrictions for legal and business audiences

• Advise internal stakeholders on contractual requirements and legal considerations for live, linear, and distribution-related programming

• Assist in the execution and ongoing management of distribution agreements and operation of Hulu + Live TV, ensuring alignment with business and legal requirements

• Partner with cross-functional teams to support distribution workflows and improve operational efficiency

• Support distribution initiatives for Disney’s direct-to-consumer services, including live events and similar offerings

• Exercise independent legal judgment on key initiatives and draft recommendation memos for senior legal and business stakeholders

• Identify and escalate key legal considerations, risks, and issues as appropriate

• Contribute to the development of best practices, templates, and processes to improve legal support for high-volume distribution work

Basic Qualifications & Skills

• At least 5 years of legal experience

• Experience reviewing, drafting, and negotiating content distribution agreements across traditional cable and satellite providers (e.g., MVPDs), new media platforms and/or digital MVPDs, and/or background in a law firm supporting similar clients is strongly preferred

• Strong contract interpretation, drafting and analytical skills, with attention to detail and accuracy

• Ability to manage a high volume of work and multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment

• Excellent communication and organizational skills and ability to effectively partner with cross-functional teams

• Sound judgment and ability to identify and escalate legal risks as needed

• Strong organizational and time management skills

• Interest in developing broader deal-making and negotiation skills over time

Education

• Juris Doctor (JD) or equivalent from an accredited law school

• Strong academic credentials

• Admission to the California State Bar in good standing or willingness and qualification to be Registered In-House Counsel

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The hiring range for this position in Greater Los Angeles area is $174,600 to $225,800 per year and in New York area is $182,900 to $236,600 per year. The base pay actually offered will take into account internal equity and also may vary depending on the candidate’s geographic region, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience among other factors. A bonus and/or long-term incentive units may be provided as part of the compensation package, in addition to the full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the level and position offered.