EA is looking for a motivated, skilled, practical, and well-rounded Legal Counsel who will serve as the primary legal partner supporting a wide variety of commercial transactions for multiple business groups within EA including, (i) the marketing communications team that manages EA’s influencer relationships, (ii) EA’s partner program, which works with both established and indie developers outside of EA to bring their games to players, (iii) EA’s North American real estate and physical security teams, (iv) commercial transactional support for operations teams in EA’s studios and mobile organizations, and (v) other commercial transactional support as needed. This position can be based in Playa Vista, Austin, Seattle or Vancouver.
Responsibilities include:
- Draft and negotiate marketing services agreements, influencer agreements, and influencer agreement templates.
- Support EA’s partner program agreements with third party game developers.
- Draft and negotiate complex equipment lease agreements, professional services and consulting agreements, and construction agreements.
- Manage outside counsel’s work on significant real estate leases and related transactions; draft and negotiate simple lease extensions, option exercises, and other real estate agreements.
- Work with legal colleagues to develop and maintain policies, contract templates, training, and guidelines to ensure legal compliance and operational efficiency.
- Provide legal advice on a wide range of legal matters in the areas of marketing, publishing, and real estate.
- Develop creative solutions to support business needs and objectives while mitigating risk.
Required skills and experience:
- B.A/B.S., J.D. degrees and State Bar membership with 5+ years of experience with a law firm or relevant in-house experience supporting commercial transactions. Experience with marketing service providers, and/or publishing agreements a plus.
- Solid understanding of privacy issues arising in the context of commercial transactional support, including GDPR and COPPA requirements and privacy policy compliance, as well as familiarity with negotiating data protection agreements.
- Ability to manage outside counsel actively and effectively.
- Ability to work with cross-functional business and legal teams.
- Excellent communication skills and ability to establish strong working relationships with business owners.
- Ability to work independently to manage entire contract process from initial contact, negotiation, execution.
- Ability to handle a high volume of work with minimal supervision with the ability to multi-task, assess business and legal risk in a focused and efficient manner, and prioritize workload efficiently and effectively.
As part of our hiring process, we may ask candidates to answer written questionnaires, demonstrate the ability to spot relevant issues, or provide writing samples.
About EA
At Electronic Arts, we exist to Inspire the World to Play. We create extraordinary new game experiences for our millions of players everywhere by bringing together talented people that combine creativity, innovation, and passion. We know that our strength lies in the diversity of our people. We immerse our employees into an inclusive culture, and provide opportunities for learning and leading that allow them to do the most impactful and rewarding work of their careers. We put our people first. We provide comprehensive benefit packages with a focus on health and wellbeing to support your needs and help you balance your career and personal life. We provide access to dynamic and collaborative work environments, opportunities to connect and contribute through our Employee Resource Groups, and support for a balanced life with paid time off and maternity and paternity leave, plus free video games and so much more! Electronic Arts is an equal opportunity employer. All employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, genetic information, religion, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, marital status, family status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Electronic Arts also makes workplace accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities as required by applicable law.
