At a Glance
- Tasks: Provide legal advice on content acquisition, production, and licensing while drafting complex agreements.
- Company: Join the ABC, Australia's trusted source for culture and stories.
- Benefits: Hybrid work model, diverse team, and opportunities for professional growth.
- Other info: Diversity and inclusion are key; applications from all backgrounds encouraged.
- Why this job: Make a real impact in media law while collaborating with creative teams.
- Qualifications: Experienced lawyer with expertise in content and intellectual property law.
The predicted salary is between 117000 - 143000 $ per year.
Location: Ultimo, Sydney / Hybrid
Full time | 12-month fixed-term contract
Collaborate with creative and commercial teams across the ABC
About the Role
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Senior Lawyer, Content Legal to join the ABC's highly regarded in-house Legal team on a 12-month fixed-term contract. Reporting to the Head of Content Legal, you'll provide specialist legal advice across the ABC's operations, with a particular focus on content acquisition, production, licensing and distribution. Working with a high degree of autonomy, you'll draft and negotiate complex agreements, advise on copyright and intellectual property matters, and provide practical legal solutions to stakeholders across the organisation. You'll also contribute to significant projects, support the development of legal policies and practices, and share your expertise with colleagues across the team.
About You
You'll be an experienced lawyer with strong expertise in content, media or entertainment law, and the confidence to manage complex legal matters independently while working collaboratively with a diverse range of stakeholders. You will understand the impact of artificial intelligence on the content life cycle.
- Admission as a legal practitioner in Australia, with substantial relevant experience.
- Extensive experience in drafting and negotiating content production, acquisition, licensing and distribution agreements.
- Strong knowledge of copyright, other intellectual property, commercial and contract law, particularly relating to audio, audiovisual and digital content.
- Excellent analytical, drafting and negotiation skills, with sound judgement and a practical approach to resolving complex legal issues.
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to build trusted relationships and influence outcomes.
- Proactive, collaborative and comfortable working both independently and as part of a team.
About the ABC
The ABC is the nation's most trusted and independent source of Australian conversations, culture, and stories. With over 4,500 employees from diverse backgrounds across over 60 locations around Australia and overseas, we are proud to create, curate and deliver high-quality content that informs, educates and entertains Australian communities.
In line with our focus on diversity and inclusion, applications are strongly encouraged from Indigenous Australians, people from a range of cultural and linguistic backgrounds, people with disability and LGBTQIA+ individuals. The ABC also aims to achieve a gender-balanced workforce.
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If you want to know more, please contact Caroline Diek, Recruitment Specialist – Enabling Divisions via.
Applications Close: 11:55pm, 15 November 2026
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