Senior Counsel
Apply NowCompany: Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts
Location: New York, NY 10025
Description:
Position: Senior Counsel
Department: Legal
Role Overview: Reporting to the Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, the Senior Counsel provides legal counsel in support of the organization's legal affairs in furtherance of the organization's cultural, educational, and civic mission, with a focus on drafting, reviewing, and negotiating a wide variety of contracts and advising on a range of legal issues.
What you'll get to do here:
You'll be a fit if you bring:
What is Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts?
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Inc. (LCPA) is a cultural and civic cornerstone of New York City. We believe the arts play an important role in our lives: they nourish our hearts and minds, teach us valuable lessons and critical skills, and help us create community. We are resolved not to lose sight of what connects us, and we hope you will consider joining our talented, diverse team.
We are:
1. The manager of the 16-acre Lincoln Center campus
-We are one of eleven amazing resident arts organizations
2. A leading Arts Presenter.
-We curate numerous programs and performances, showcasing music, dance, and more
3. An Education Hub.
-We have reached 20 million students, educators, principals, and community members
Who are our people?
LCPA is a team of dreamers, collaborators, and entrepreneurs who use unique platforms in the heart of New York City and beyond to advocate for the transformative impact of artistic experiences.
Lincoln Center People imagine and create in concert with this mission by founding President John D. Rockefeller III - "The arts are not for the privileged few, but for the many. Their place is not on the periphery of daily life, but at its center."
We welcome applicants from all sectors who agilely solve problems, show up as they are, and can't stop innovating.
What's the news?
Recent and Upcoming Programming
Campus Happenings
Legacies of San Juan Hill
Who is our President and CEO?
Dr. Mariko Silver
Join us!
It is the policy of Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Inc., to ensure equal employment opportunity without discrimination or harassment on the basis of race, creed, color, national origin, sex, age, religion, disability, marital or civil partnership/union status, familial or caregiver status, alienage or citizenship status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, military or veteran status, genetic information, predisposition, or carrier status, unemployment status, domestic violence, sexual violence, or stalking victim status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law. LCPA is committed to creating a dynamic work environment that values diversity and inclusion, respect and integrity, customer focus, and innovation.
If you require reasonable accommodation in locating open positions, completing this application, interviewing, completing any pre-employment testing, or otherwise participating in the employee selection process, please direct your inquiries to Abigail Worsnip at (212) 875-5324.
Department: Legal
Role Overview: Reporting to the Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, the Senior Counsel provides legal counsel in support of the organization's legal affairs in furtherance of the organization's cultural, educational, and civic mission, with a focus on drafting, reviewing, and negotiating a wide variety of contracts and advising on a range of legal issues.
What you'll get to do here:
- Supporting the Legal team with drafting, reviewing and negotiating a wide variety of contracts and advising on a range of legal issues to ensure that the best interests of the organization are served.
- Working on and taking ownership of a varied and changing portfolio of work, including contracts and issues which may relate to IT, data privacy and cybersecurity, intellectual property matters, operations, venue rentals, sponsorships, donor agreements, artistic commissions, co-productions, education, media production, sweepstakes/promotions, employment issues, organizational policies, and other matters within the core mission and ancillary activities of the organization.
- Serving as the primary Legal contact for the IT Department, which will include specific focus on contracts, issues and policies related to technology, IT procurement, cybersecurity, data privacy and AI, and supporting innovation across digital initiatives.
- Working collaboratively with other Legal team members and law student interns, including sharing your expertise and providing training and oversight in areas where you have experience and knowledge.
- Serving as a strategic problem solver, connector, and trusted business partner to non-legal colleagues.
- Serving as an ambassador for Lincoln Center's Legal team by participating in Legal team initiatives, including conducting legal educational presentations for internal departments, interacting and working with outside counsel, law students, and other members of the non-profit community, and developing templates and processes to achieve efficiency in contracting.
- Working collaboratively and proactively with the other members of the Legal team, Lincoln Center colleagues across all departments, and other Lincoln Center community members to meet the diversified legal needs of a complex, multi-faceted organization, and drive Lincoln Center's strategic and business objectives.
You'll be a fit if you bring:
- JD, Member of NY State Bar.
- 5+ years of legal experience directly related to the work specified above.
- Significant contracts/transactional experience.
- Experience with IT contracts/data privacy.
- Non-profit and/or in-house legal experience is a plus.
- Appreciation and enthusiasm for the arts is a plus.
- Independent, analytical thinker.
- Proactive team player.
- Resourceful problem solver.
- Superb legal skills and judgment.
- Excellent contract drafting, writing and communications skills.
- Strong business acumen and ability to deliver commercial-minded advice.
- Excellent interpersonal and organizational skills.
- Demonstrated ability to juggle competing priorities in a timely, efficient manner in a fast-paced environment.
- A desire to learn and apply new areas of the law.
What is Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts?
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Inc. (LCPA) is a cultural and civic cornerstone of New York City. We believe the arts play an important role in our lives: they nourish our hearts and minds, teach us valuable lessons and critical skills, and help us create community. We are resolved not to lose sight of what connects us, and we hope you will consider joining our talented, diverse team.
We are:
1. The manager of the 16-acre Lincoln Center campus
-We are one of eleven amazing resident arts organizations
2. A leading Arts Presenter.
-We curate numerous programs and performances, showcasing music, dance, and more
3. An Education Hub.
-We have reached 20 million students, educators, principals, and community members
Who are our people?
LCPA is a team of dreamers, collaborators, and entrepreneurs who use unique platforms in the heart of New York City and beyond to advocate for the transformative impact of artistic experiences.
Lincoln Center People imagine and create in concert with this mission by founding President John D. Rockefeller III - "The arts are not for the privileged few, but for the many. Their place is not on the periphery of daily life, but at its center."
We welcome applicants from all sectors who agilely solve problems, show up as they are, and can't stop innovating.
What's the news?
Recent and Upcoming Programming
- Sensory-Friendly 'Big Umbrella Festival' Returns To Lincoln Center
- Tony Winner Shaina Taub to Perform at Lincoln Center in American Songbook
- De La Soul playing "choose-what-you-pay" show at Lincoln Center
- Lincoln Center to Present Groundbreaking Acts at globalFEST 2025
Campus Happenings
- Lincoln Center Taps Education Leader as Next President
- Clint Ramos Named as Lincoln Center's Artist-in-Residence
- The 'Converse Conductor' Fighting Elitism in Classical Music
- For Lincoln Center's West Side, A New Story
Legacies of San Juan Hill
- Before Lincoln Center, San Juan Hill Was a Vibrant Black Community
- Lincoln Center Launches San Juan Hill Project Digital Hub To Remember the Lost Urban Neighborhood
- Lincoln Center lanza plataforma para rescatar la cultura de un barrio negro
- 'San Juan Hill: Manhattan's Lost Neighborhood' Premiering at Lincoln Center
Who is our President and CEO?
Dr. Mariko Silver
Join us!
It is the policy of Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Inc., to ensure equal employment opportunity without discrimination or harassment on the basis of race, creed, color, national origin, sex, age, religion, disability, marital or civil partnership/union status, familial or caregiver status, alienage or citizenship status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, military or veteran status, genetic information, predisposition, or carrier status, unemployment status, domestic violence, sexual violence, or stalking victim status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law. LCPA is committed to creating a dynamic work environment that values diversity and inclusion, respect and integrity, customer focus, and innovation.
If you require reasonable accommodation in locating open positions, completing this application, interviewing, completing any pre-employment testing, or otherwise participating in the employee selection process, please direct your inquiries to Abigail Worsnip at (212) 875-5324.