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LOVB Minnesota

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2 - 10 employees

⚽ Sports

📚 Education

Sports • Education

LOVB Minnesota is the Minnesota club and market presence of LOVB (League One Volleyball), a national volleyball organization that operates junior clubs, youth tournaments, and a professional pro league launched in 2025. LOVB Minnesota kicked off its inaugural season with a roster combining Minnesota standouts and international players; it sits within a larger network that runs 90 clubs, 105 locations, training centers, thousands of teams, players, and coaches. The LOVB organization also operates a foundation to increase access to volleyball, sells tickets and merchandise, and produces media/insider content for fans.

📋 Description

• Serve as the lead legal and business affairs partner to LOVB's Media and Content business unit • Lead drafting of media rights, content licensing, distribution, production, talent, creator, influencer, and commercial partnership agreements • Partner closely with the VP, Media & Content Business Development and Sr. Director, Content & Strategy to structure and execute content, distribution, and revenue-generating opportunities • Support the development and commercialization of original programming, athlete-driven content, branded content, podcasts, documentaries, social-first content, and emerging media initiatives • Oversee legal support for live match productions and original productions, including production services agreements, production personnel, broadcast talent, rights clearances, location agreements, and related production matters • Advise business leaders on intellectual property ownership, rights management, content exploitation, and long-term asset value creation • Help establish scalable business affairs processes and contracting frameworks to support the continued growth of the Media & Content business as both an internal shared service and standalone revenue-generating business • Serve as the primary legal partner to LOVB's Consumer Products and Merchandise business • Lead legal support for merchandise operations, e-commerce initiatives, retail partnerships, licensing programs, athlete merchandise, and brand collaborations • Structure and negotiate licensing, manufacturing, distribution, retail, endorsement, and collaboration agreements that support the growth of LOVB's consumer products platform • Advise on intellectual property protection, trademark usage, brand standards, licensing compliance, and product commercialization strategies • Partner with commercial leadership to develop scalable legal frameworks that support future growth across domestic and international markets • Support the integration of consumer products initiatives with sponsorship, media, athlete marketing, and content strategies to maximize enterprise value • Provide practical, business-oriented legal advice that enables growth while appropriately managing risk • Advise on commercial strategy, contract interpretation, intellectual property matters, advertising and marketing issues, publicity rights, and dispute avoidance • Develop and maintain legal templates, contracting processes, approval workflows, rights management systems, and business affairs best practices • Partner with the legal counterparts across the LOVB organization to improve legal operations, outside counsel management, and organizational scalability • Build strong relationships across creative, commercial, production, marketing, and executive leadership teams to ensure legal support is embedded in business decision-making • Serve as a strategic thought partner on new initiatives, emerging revenue opportunities, and cross-functional projects supporting LOVB's long-term commercial growth

🎯 Requirements

• Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree from an accredited law school • Active bar membership in good standing • 8-10 years of legal experience • Proven track record drafting and negotiating complex commercial agreements and high-value strategic partnerships • Experience structuring and negotiating complex domestic and international media rights, distribution, and content development agreements across broadcast, streaming, digital, and social platforms • Deep production expertise: experience drafting and negotiating complex Above-the-Line (ATL) and Below-the-Line (BTL) agreements and managing both union and non-union production matters, service agreements, and all production-related clearances. • Experience supporting consumer products and merchandise businesses, including negotiating and advising on licensing agreements, brand collaborations, e-commerce initiatives, manufacturing and distribution arrangements, and intellectual property commercialization strategies. • Knowledge of intellectual property, privacy, data security, and technology law, as they relate to digital content distribution and e-commerce preferred, with a commitment to tracking evolving industry standards and regulations.

🏖️ Benefits

• Remote (U.S.-based) with occasional travel for meetings and business-related events