Entertainment and New Media - General Attorney in Seattle, WA

In-House

Seattle, WA

Entertainment and New Media - General Attorney in Seattle, WA

Attorney

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Job Title: Music Product Counsel - Global Legal

Job Responsibilities:
The Music Product Counsel is a key role within the Global Legal team at the company, specifically focusing on music-related business. The primary responsibilities include:

- Acting as a principal point of contact on the Global Music Legal team for various internal stakeholders, including Product and AI research teams. These teams are responsible for AI-related initiatives. The role requires collaboration with members of the Global Music Legal, Global Legal-IP-Copyright, and Global Legal-AI teams to assess potential music rights issues and other risk implications of AI-related initiatives. The counsel will provide risk mitigation guidance and recommendations.
- Liaising with internal legal subject matter expert teams and external counsel as needed.
- Working with cross-functional partners on the Music Content Solutions, Public Policy, and Product Policy teams to administer AI-music related platform policies and ensure compliance with contractual and other legal obligations.
- Monitoring and informing colleagues on the Global Music Legal team and internal stakeholders, including Product and Business Development teams, about legal developments and trends in the rapidly evolving AI music space. This includes keeping abreast of state and federal legislation in the . and regulations and lawsuits globally.

Education and Experience Information:
Minimum Qualifications:
- A Bachelor’s degree plus a Juris Doctorate from an ABA-accredited law school.
- Membership in good standing of a . state bar with experience in private law practice or in-house, providing product counseling for a technology company or application.
- Subject matter expertise in artificial intelligence, machine learning practices, and underlying technology.
- Excellent English language written and verbal communication skills, along with strong interpersonal and organizational skills.
- Ability to work independently on multiple projects in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.
- Experience working collaboratively and cross-functionally with international teams, with tight turnaround times and deadlines.
- An entrepreneurial, business-enabling, risk-tolerant mindset, flexible, self-starting, hard-working, with a willingness to work across multiple time zones, outside of normal business hours in the home territory.
- Strategic thinker with a pragmatic, creative, risk-based approach to problem-solving, comfortable dealing with uncertainty and ambiguity.

Preferred Qualifications:
- Fluency in Mandarin Chinese due to working closely with the music business in China.
- Experience leveraging operational teams and technologies to drive process implementations and improvements.

Salary Information:
Compensation Description (Annually):
The base salary range for this position is $133,000 - $216,600 annually. Compensation may vary outside of this range depending on a number of factors, including a candidate’s qualifications, skills, competencies, experience, and location. Base pay is one part of the Total Package that is provided to compensate and recognize employees for their work. This role may be eligible for additional discretionary bonuses/incentives and restricted stock units.

Benefits:
Benefits may vary depending on the nature of employment and the country work location. Employees have day-one access to medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401(k) savings plan with company match, paid parental leave, short-term and long-term disability coverage, life insurance, wellbeing benefits, among others. Employees also receive 10 paid holidays per year, 10 paid sick days per year, and 17 days of Paid Personal Time (prorated upon hire with increasing accruals by tenure). The company reserves the right to modify or change these benefits programs at any time, with or without notice.

Legal Considerations:
For Los Angeles County (unincorporated) Candidates:
Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal, state, and local laws, including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act. The company believes that criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship on the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of the conditional offer of employment:
1. Interacting and occasionally having unsupervised contact with internal/external clients and/or colleagues.
2. Appropriately handling and managing confidential information, including proprietary and trade secret information and access to information technology systems.
3. Exercising sound judgment.

About the Company:
Founded in 2012, the company's mission is to inspire creativity and enrich life. With a suite of more than a dozen products, the company has made it easier and more fun for people to connect with, consume, and create content.

Why Join the Company:
Inspiring creativity is at the core of the company's mission. The innovative products are built to help people authentically express themselves, discover and connect. The global, diverse teams make that possible. Together, they create value for their communities, inspire creativity, and enrich life - a mission they work towards every day.

The company strives to do great things with great people. They lead with curiosity, humility, and a desire to make an impact in a rapidly growing tech company. By constantly iterating and fostering an "Always Day 1" mindset, they achieve meaningful breakthroughs for themselves, the company, and its users. When they create and grow together, the possibilities are limitless.

Diversity & Inclusion:
The company is committed to creating an inclusive space where employees are valued for their skills, experiences, and unique perspectives. Their platform connects people from across the globe, and so does the workplace. The company is committed to celebrating diverse voices and creating an environment that reflects the many communities they reach.

Reasonable Accommodation:
The company is committed to providing reasonable accommodations in recruitment processes for candidates with disabilities, pregnancy, sincerely held religious beliefs, or other reasons protected by applicable laws.