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At a glance
- Location
- Chicago · Cardenas Marketing Network
- Visa sponsorship
- Visa sponsorship not offered
About the role
- The Paralegal will provide legal support to CMN across Music Touring and Booking, Marketing, Live Events, and Non-Profit matters, reporting directly to the General Counsel & Corporate Counsel.
- Responsibilities include managing the legal calendar and intake requests, prioritizing pending matters, and reviewing contracts related to upcoming promotional events and concerts.
Responsibilities
- Manage and prioritize work flow, track a large number of projects, communicate well with others and work independently as needed.
- Manage Legal Calendar, pending items and checklists, including request prioritization and follow up, organizing and storing files on the CMN server, Microsoft Teams, securing signaures from other parties, etc.
- Ability to review legal documents (i.e. incorporating comments/ redlines and circulating for internal approvals) and draft legal documents based on existing templates.
- Assist with any compliance issues and request/ provide certificate of insurance (COI)
- Perform any other assigned duties or projects.
Requirements
- Licensed Paralegal Certificate from an accredited school or Bachelor’s Degree with relevant experience.
- Minimum of at least (1) year paralegal experience required
- Professionalism, discretion, and ability to maintain strict confidentiality is required
- Must pocess highly effective written and verbal communication skills
- Excellent organizational skills and detail-oriented with superb critical thinking skills
- Ability to multi-task and prioritize assignments, aggressively follow up, while delivering consistent, quality work-product
- Accepts ownership of projects and is successful driving projects, as well as daily tasks to a successful conclusion
- Strong research skills and proficient in identifying and effectively resolving any questions or issues
- Ability to work independently in a fast-pased environment but with a team-oriented approach
- Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, Teams, and Outlook), Adobe, etc.
Preferred qualifications
- experience in-house as paralegal is a plus
- Experience in reviewing contract and filling in template agreements is preferred
- Bilingual in Spanish is preferred.
Benefits
- medical, dental and vision insurance
- paid holidays, vacation and sick time
- company paid basic life insurance
- voluntary life insurance
- parental leave
- 401k Plan (with a current employer match of 3%)
- flexible spending and health savings account options
- wellness offerings
Skills
- Microsoft Teams
- Adobe