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Brown Bag Films - In house Counsel

Department: Art/Back office

Type of Position: Full-time Permanent

Job Description:

In-house Counsel required for Brown Bag Films animation studio, Smithfield, Dublin! 

This is a permanent contract, onsite in our Dublin studios. 

Who are we? 

At Brown Bag Films, we live by our motto; We Love Animation®. 

We also love teams that make great animation, and one of our key support teams in-house is now looking to find their newest colleague. 

Are you looking to step away from a stuffy legal office and move somewhere that you can: 

• Bring your dog to work or enjoy the studio dogs who come to work with us every day 
• Work in a highly creative environment with artists who have created and been part of major children’s animation series and features 
• Become involved in our many committees, including Social, Charity, and our Creative Councils 
• Take part in-studio and web events. From go-karting to charity boxing matches, to haunted house tours, charity cycles across the country, enjoying JustEat vouchers from sushi to pizza, competing with your fellow colleagues in growing your own sunflower - loving animation means loving our crew 

These are day to day parts of our culture here in Brown Bag Films – to take a glimpse of our studios, you can sneak a peek here: 

HTTPS://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/WATCH?V=SJN9-8ZEEOE&FEATURE=YOUTU.BE (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjN9-8zEeoE&feature=youtu.be) 

About the role: 

This role offers an experienced in-house Counsel/Solicitor the opportunity to do something different in an exciting and growing arena. Whether you come from practice or have experience as an in-house Counsel, this role will offer the challenge of working with the Animation, Film, and Media industry in Ireland, and precisely what it means to work with major clients and partners of global repute while handling all legal requirements for our studio. You will get to work cross-functionally over areas such as development, production, post-production, and corporate affairs.

Key Responsibilities (The ideal profile of the successful candidate): 

• Handles an abundant volume of work independently with multiple shifting priorities without losing key attention to detail. Strong experience with drafting contracts, GDPR, and the key soft skills to promote collaboration and partnership in-house will all be strongly valued in this role 
• An individual who is a strong communicator who also appreciates the power of the face to face conversation 
• A standout colleague, a hand that aims to support with utmost efficiency and planning. Keen to act as a key legal voice for the studio 
• Friendly, hardworking individual with a ground-breaking attitude to establish relationships with staff and clients

Key Requirements (What we are looking for): 

• Qualified Solicitor with a minimum of 2/3 years PQE, ideally working in intellectual property and corporate law in a reputable law firm or within Film/TV/Media industry environment 
• Versatile and technically strong solicitor with a proven understanding of intellectual property law 
• Proven commercial drafting experience, excellent attention to detail, and a forward-thinking teammate 
• Capable of acting on own initiative, prioritising tasks, multitask, working to tight deadlines, and bringing transactions from start to completion 
• Strong interpersonal skills and experience in interacting directly with clients, international transaction experience is an advantage 
• Committed to proactively improving the quality and standard of work. Advanced Microsoft Office skills 
• Company secretarial and regulatory compliance experience will be an advantage 

Please submit a full CV and outline all equivalent experience, including any existing Media industry experience and why you would like to work with Brown Bag Films, in your Cover letter. 

All applicants must be eligible to work in Ireland! 

Brown Bag Films is an equal opportunities employer that takes diversity and inclusion seriously. As a company, we provide high-quality kids' content, and we aim to have diverse characters so that all our audience feels represented. We also want the same for our own workforce, and Brown Bag Films is committed to looking for all kinds of talent to build a diverse workforce in which all social groups are represented. 

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided a reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process to perform essential job functions. 

Please get in touch with us to request accommodation.

Click here to apply.