The Corporate Counsel, Content Acquisition and Business Development role at Philo is a full-time position in Brooklyn, New York, with a hybrid schedule that requires three onsite days each week. The annual salary ranges from $210,000 to $275,000 based on experience and location. The counsel negotiates content licenses, platform deals, production agreements, and vendor contracts.
Philo seeks a lawyer with five to ten years of legal experience, television licensing experience, and an active New York Bar membership. The work covers content acquisition, business development, intellectual property questions, takedowns, technology agreements, and SaaS matters. The role also creates legal templates, playbooks, and best practices for the business. The projected start date is ASAP.
Role: Corporate Counsel, Content Acquisition and Business Development
Location: Brooklyn, New York, hybrid with three onsite days each week
Pay:
$210,000 to $275,000 annually, plus stock options
Candidates prepare for a media and entertainment legal role that combines agreement work with business advice. An active New York Bar membership and a J.D. from an ABA-accredited law school are part of the professional credentials for the hire.
Content Licensing and Business TransactionsThe counsel drafts and negotiates content license agreements, platform agreements, production agreements, vendor master services agreements, statements of work, and insertion orders. Each contract type carries its own business terms, rights package, delivery obligations, and risk allocation. The legal work connects deal structure with the operating needs of a streaming company.
The position advises on releases, clearances, intellectual property questions, takedowns, technology agreements, and SaaS contracts. Legal templates and playbooks turn recurring issues into consistent review steps. The counsel also develops best practices that help business teams identify legal questions early.
Content licenses and platform deals
Production agreements and vendor contracts
Master services agreements, statements of work, and insertion orders
Releases, clearances, intellectual property, and takedown advice
Legal templates, playbooks, and best practices
Television, FAST, and Platform DealsTelevision licensing experience forms a central qualification for the position. The role calls for work involving network affiliation or free ad-supported television, known as FAST. Platform-deal experience adds a useful connection between content rights, distribution terms, and the products that carry programming to viewers.
Philo's legal team works close to content acquisition and business development. The counsel evaluates agreements with business judgment, explains legal exposure in operational language, and helps transaction teams close deals without losing track of rights, approvals, or delivery requirements. Media and entertainment interest supports the subject matter of the work.
Experience and New York Bar MembershipThe role requires five to ten years of legal experience and a J.D. from an ABA-accredited law school. Active membership in the New York Bar is required. Practical judgment, strong drafting, negotiation skill, and the ability to work with business teams support the daily legal workload.
The counsel builds legal systems as well as reviewing individual agreements. A successful hire works across acquisition, production, technology, and commercial questions while keeping the legal advice clear for colleagues who manage programming and partnerships. The position rewards careful contract analysis and direct communication.
Philo's Streaming BusinessLive television and free ad-supported streaming services form Philo's business. The company carries more than 70 live-TV channels, more than 150 FAST channels, and more than 100 free channels, with premium add-ons that include STARZ and MGM+. Its library contains more than 85,000 titles, and its service includes unlimited DVR storage for up to one year.
The service supports simultaneous streaming on up to three devices. Philo operates from offices in Brooklyn, San Francisco, and Cambridge, Massachusetts. Its investors and partners include NEA, Mark Cuban Companies, Warner Bros. Discovery, Paramount Skydance, AMC, and A&E.
Philo's legal team includes a chief legal officer, in-house lawyers, and outside law firms. The legal positions section includes related professional openings, while Brooklyn jobs appear through Brooklyn openings.
The role includes health, dental, and vision coverage, employer 401(k) contributions, flexible hours, paid parental leave of up to 20 weeks, unlimited vacation and sick leave, professional-development assistance, and commuter benefits. Home-office and television stipends, an office-commitment bonus, Gympass, and a dog-friendly office are also listed among the employment programs.
