Corporate Counsel, Amazon Music

Do you love entertainment, media, and technology? Are you looking for exciting and creative challenges in an innovation-driven, talent-focused company? Come make history as a member of the Amazon Entertainment legal team in Amazon’s world-class legal department, supporting Amazon Music.

Amazon Music is part of Amazon Global Media and Entertainment, which also includes Prime Video, Amazon MGM Studios, Audible, Games, and Twitch. Amazon Music re-imagines music listening by enabling customers to unlock millions of songs and thousands of curated playlists and stations with their voice. Amazon Music also offers a wide selection of podcasts at no additional cost, as well as live streaming in partnership with Twitch. We need your passion, innovative ideas, and creativity to help take us to new heights.

Amazon Global Media and Entertainment delivers award-winning movies, TV shows, music, games, audiobooks, and podcasts to customers around the world. When you join the Amazon Entertainment team, you are uniquely situated to create a future of entertainment where creative content, innovation, and commerce come together. We are building a home for talent that will nurture creativity, storytelling, and innovation unlike anywhere else.

Key job responsibilities
- Providing strategic guidance on regulatory matters (in particular compliance with new laws) and new industry and business developments
- Provide strategic guidance and legal counsel on a variety of transactions
- Closely cooperating with business and legal stakeholders across Amazon Global Media and Entertainment
- Some travel may be required

A day in the life
You will be the primary legal support for many Amazon Music business clients in North America and globally. You will directly advise the Amazon Music businesses on a broad range of matters, focusing on regulatory guidance. You will work as the lead lawyer on strategic projects, providing day-to-day advice to the business on a wide range of legal areas and new business initiatives. You will be asked to develop innovative solutions to novel legal questions.

About the team
We pride ourselves in facilitating progress and delivering results. We see the big picture, and we obsess over customers. We run to the problem, never away from it. We like to build things and solve problems. We enjoy the camaraderie of working together as a legal team, and with our brilliant and creative business partners. We operate with the highest level of integrity and value character as much as intelligence.

Basic Qualifications

- 5+ years of post bar admission legal experience
- Juris Doctor and membership in one state bar or equivalent
- Knowledge of the ethical considerations surrounding AI in the legal context, such as confidentiality, accuracy, and bias prevention

Preferred Qualifications

- Experience advising clients on IP, technology, entertainment, and/or consumer law issues
- Excellent analytical and communication skills and the ability to act as business partner
- Ability to develop creative and pragmatic solutions to novel legal questions
- Good judgment in ambiguous and fast-moving situations
- Ability to deliver results independently as well as collaboratively
- Ability to remain nimble, learn, be curious, and adapt to a changing world

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.

The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.

USA, NY, New York - 169,300.00 - 229,000.00 USD annually