Media & Entertainment H-1B Sponsorship Jobs in California
California is the center of U.S. media and entertainment, home to major studios, streaming platforms, and production companies that regularly sponsor H-1B visas. From Hollywood and Burbank to the Bay Area, employers including Netflix, Disney, and Warner Bros. Discovery hire internationally across production, technology, and creative roles.
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About the Role:
Tubi is adding a Director, Associate General Counsel-level attorney to our growing legal team. You will play a key role in structuring, drafting, reviewing and negotiating a variety of agreements in support of Tubi's Ad Sales and Growth business units, including insertion orders, measurement agreements, programmatic partnership agreements, data use agreements and other commercial and technology agreements. You will be working collaboratively with your fellow legal colleagues and cross-functionally with colleagues from many other teams across the organization, and will have a direct impact on our streaming service as we continue to grow and scale. You are an energetic team player, who is willing to learn and be challenged. The legal department is comprised of seven different teams supporting the business and legal operations for the company. We are fast-paced and collaborative while we work on challenging issues and strive to be excellent partners to our fellow Tubies. This position will report to our Vice President and Associate General Counsel, Sales and Growth.
This position may be located in our San Francisco, Los Angeles, or New York offices, or remotely from any US-based location.
What You'll Do:
- Structure, draft, review and negotiate a wide range of digital advertising and advertising technology agreements, including insertion orders, custom campaign terms, advertising sales agreements, programmatic partnership agreements, measurement vendor agreements, data use agreements, and other agreements related to the company's digital advertising sales and growth businesses
- Provide contractual and strategic guidance to internal clients, including identifying practical business solutions for driving contracts to close in a manner that balances meeting business objectives and mitigating risk
- Work with colleagues to establish best practices and templates for use in matters related to digital advertising and ad technology
- Actively participate in developing and implementing process-related tasks to help the team develop efficiencies
- Assist other legal team members with overflow work and counseling clients, as needed
- Conduct formal and informal training, as needed
- Build trust and drive strong relationships with internal stakeholders, working cross-functionally with teams across the organization
Your Background:
- 10+ years legal experience between an established law firm and an entertainment, media, advertising and/or technology company
- Experience negotiating and drafting technology and/or commercial agreements
- Experience negotiating privacy and data processing terms (e.g., DPA) preferred
- Experience with digital advertising terms (e.g., IAB 3.0) and data agreements
- Strong drafting skills and demonstrated ability to balance necessary legal protections with practical business needs
- Excellent negotiator with exceptional relationship management skills and the ability to proactively collaborate with client stakeholders and legal team members
- Excellent communication skills, oral and written, and the ability to convey complex legal concepts clearly and effectively to non-legal colleagues
- Detail-oriented and able to manage a high-volume workload efficiently and smoothly
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team in a fast-paced, dynamic and creative environment
- JD received from an ABA-accredited U.S. law school
Tubi is a division of Fox Corporation, and the FOX Employee Benefits summarized here, covers the majority of all US employee benefits. The following distinctions below outline the differences between the Tubi and FOX benefits:
- For US-based non-exempt Tubi employees, the FOX Employee Benefits summary accurately captures the Vacation and Sick Time.
- For all salaried/exempt employees, in lieu of the FOX Vacation policy, Tubi offers a Flexible Time off Policy to manage all personal matters.
- For all full-time, regular employees, in lieu of FOX Paid Parental Leave, Tubi offers a generous Parental Leave Program, which allows parents twelve (12) weeks of paid bonding leave within the first year of birth, adoption, surrogacy, or foster placement of a child in addition to applicable government leave program(s) and FOX's short-term disability policy. This time is 100% paid through a combination of any applicable state, city, and federal leaves and wage-replacement programs in addition to contributions made by Tubi.
- For all full-time, regular employees, Tubi offers a monthly wellness reimbursement.
About Tubi:
Boldly built for every fandom, Tubi is a free streaming service that entertains over 100 million monthly active users. Tubi offers the world's largest collection of Hollywood movies and TV shows, thousands of creator-led stories and hundreds of Tubi Originals made for the most passionate fans. Headquartered in San Francisco and founded in 2014, Tubi is part of Tubi Media Group, a division of Fox Corporation.
We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with applicable law.
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Which media and entertainment companies in California sponsor H-1B visas?
California's largest media and entertainment employers with documented H-1B sponsorship histories include Netflix (Los Gatos), The Walt Disney Company (Burbank), Warner Bros. Discovery (Burbank), NBCUniversal (Universal City), Sony Pictures Entertainment (Culver City), and Paramount Global (Los Angeles). Streaming platforms and major studios tend to file the highest volumes of H-1B petitions, particularly for technology, data, and post-production roles.
Which California cities have the most media and entertainment H-1B sponsorship jobs?
Los Angeles County concentrates the majority of media and entertainment H-1B sponsorship activity, with Burbank, Culver City, and the Hollywood area hosting the densest cluster of studios and production companies. The Bay Area, particularly San Jose and San Francisco, accounts for a significant share through streaming and digital media companies. San Diego has a smaller but active market in gaming and digital content.
What types of media and entertainment roles typically qualify for H-1B sponsorship in California?
H-1B sponsorship in media and entertainment generally applies to specialty occupations requiring a bachelor's degree or higher in a specific field. Roles that commonly qualify include software engineers working on streaming infrastructure, data scientists, visual effects artists with specialized technical degrees, UX designers, cybersecurity analysts, and certain production technology roles. Creative positions without a required degree field, such as general production assistants, rarely qualify.
How do I find media and entertainment H-1B sponsorship jobs in California?
Migrate Mate is built specifically for international candidates searching for H-1B sponsorship jobs in the U.S. You can filter by state, visa type, and industry to surface verified media and entertainment roles in California from employers with H-1B sponsorship histories. Searching directly through Migrate Mate saves time compared to manually reviewing company careers pages and cross-referencing Department of Labor disclosure data.
Are there California-specific considerations for H-1B sponsorship in media and entertainment?
California's strong worker-protection laws do not directly affect H-1B eligibility, but they do influence how employers structure employment agreements, which can affect the Labor Condition Application process. The concentration of entertainment industry unions in California also means some roles sit at the boundary between union-covered and non-union work, which employers must navigate when defining specialty occupation positions for H-1B petitions. Consulting an immigration attorney familiar with entertainment industry hiring is advisable.
What is the prevailing wage for H-1B media & entertainment jobs in California?
U.S. employers sponsoring a visa must pay at least the prevailing wage, which is what workers in the same role, area, and experience level typically earn. The Department of Labor sets this rate to make sure companies aren't hiring foreign workers simply because they'd accept lower pay than a U.S. worker. It varies by job title, location, and experience. You can look up current prevailing wage rates for any occupation and location using the OFLC Wage Search page.