Senior Counsel - Labor Relations
Aplicar ahora Aplique más tarde Job ID 10136135 Ubicación Nueva York, Nueva York, Estados Unidos Business Disney Entertainment Television Fecha de publicación 18/11/2025Detalles del empleo:
Disney Entertainment Television Labor Relations is looking for Senior Counsel to provide critical support to the Labor Relations team. The position will report to the Managing Vice President, Labor Relations. The candidate must be highly organized, adept at managing time and competing priorities frequently with tight deadlines. The individual must be self-motivated, have strong interpersonal skills, and thrive in a cooperative, team environment. This position will support ABC Network News, the Owned Television Station Group, ABC Daytime, ABC Network operations, Sports events broadcast on the ABC Television Network, Nat Geo, and their related productions, operations and marketing and promotion activities throughout the United States.
What You Will Do:
- Handling labor arbitrations or other legal proceedings such as NLRB matters.
- Leading and supporting the lead attorney in union grievance meetings, Arbitration Hearings and other legal proceedings.
- Investigating and addressing grievances brought by unions and guilds.
- Performing arbitration research
- Preparing exhibits
- Helping interview witnesses
- Leading and supporting the lead attorney in collective bargaining negotiations by:
- Developing strategies
- Preparing proposals
- Responding to union information requests
- Maintaining logs of union and Company proposals and counter proposals
- Taking negotiation session notes
- Coordinating negotiations logistics
- Support the team in contract administration after negotiations by:
- Drafting memoranda of agreement and full contract
- Advise production, finance, distribution, publicity/marketing, creative, and business/legal affairs colleagues on the application of collective bargaining agreements, devising and recommending problem solving solutions.
- Provide training in the application of the new contract terms
- Monitoring implementation of negotiated contract terms (for example concerning wages, hours, and working conditions) to ensure compliance with terms of labor agreements.
- Establishing and maintaining effective relationships with the various industry labor organizations while effectively representing the company.
- Establishing and maintaining constructive engagements with union and guild representatives to effectively represent the company in negotiations, contract administration and grievance handling.
- Provide legal advice and draft responses to Taft Hartley Fund audit and reporting requests.
Required Qualifications & Skills:
- 5+ years of arbitration, litigation, NLRB and labor relations experience strongly preferred.
- Must have strong analytical abilities, strategic thought, excellent written and communication skills, and the ability to work variable hours in a fast-paced environment and travel as required.
- Demonstrated strong interpersonal skills and ability to develop positive working relationships with clients and colleagues, including all levels of management, unions and guilds.
- Proven team orientation and ability to work independently and manage competing priorities and prioritize deadlines/deliverables, yet seek guidance when appropriate.
- Excellent organizational skills and ability to multi-task
- Must be skilled in Excel.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience working in entertainment and/or broadcast industry and interactions with industry unions and guilds preferred.
Education:
- Requires excellent academic credentials, a JD degree, and current State Bar membership.
#twdcmedia
#corp_media
The hiring range for this position in New York, NY is $176,400 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.
Acerca de Disney Entertainment Television:
Disney Entertainment Television es una colección de marcas de contenido de renombre de The Walt Disney Company que crea programación original de entretenimiento y noticias para las plataformas de streaming de Disney+, Hulu y Star de la compañía, y sus canales de televisión y cable. Su amplia cartera está compuesta por ABC Entertainment, ABC News, ABC Owned Television Stations, Disney Branded Television, Freeform, FX, Hulu Originals, National Geographic Content y Onyx Collective, además de Disney Television Studios, que incluye a 20th Television, 20th Television Animation, ABC Signature y Walt Disney Television Alternative. Las marcas creativas de Disney Entertainment Television están a la vanguardia de la narrativa innovadora que cautiva a las audiencias y es aclamada por la crítica, con más de 4500 horas de programación al año en más de 300 programas de todos los géneros En 2023, la excelencia en programación de Disney Entertainment Television obtuvo 163 nominaciones a los premios Emmy® en las categorías daytime, prime time, noticias y documentales, e infantil y familiar.
Acerca de The Walt Disney Company:
The Walt Disney Company, junto con sus subsidiarias y afiliadas, es una empresa internacional diversificada líder en entretenimiento familiar y medios de comunicación que incluye tres segmentos comerciales principales: Disney Entertainment, ESPN y Disney Experiences. Desde sus humildes comienzos como estudio de dibujos animados en la década de 1920 hasta su reconocido nombre en la industria del entretenimiento en la actualidad, Disney continúa con orgullo su legado de crear historias y experiencias de clase mundial para toda la familia. Las historias, los personajes y las experiencias de Disney llegan a consumidores e invitados de todos los rincones del mundo. Con operaciones en más de 40 países, nuestros empleados y miembros del elenco trabajan juntos para crear experiencias de entretenimiento que sean apreciadas a nivel local y global.
Este puesto es en ABC, Inc. , que forma parte de una empresa comercial que denominamos Disney Entertainment Television.
ABC, Inc. es un empleador que ofrece igualdad de oportunidades. Los solicitantes recibirán consideración para el empleo independientemente de su raza, religión, color, sexo, orientación sexual, género, identidad de género, expresión de género, nacionalidad, ascendencia, edad, estado civil, condición de militar o veterano, afección médica, información genética o discapacidad, o cualquier otro fundamento prohibido por la ley federal, estatal o local. Disney defiende un entorno empresarial donde las ideas y decisiones de todas las personas nos ayudan a crecer, innovar, crear las mejores historias y ser relevantes en un mundo en constante evolución.