Job Title: Corporate Counsel
Job Responsibilities:
The Corporate Counsel position is responsible for providing timely and high-quality legal support to business partners within the company. The role involves a broad range of legal responsibilities, including supporting the legal department and advising the company on various corporate affairs. Key responsibilities include:
Corporate:
- Provide advice on transactional and corporate matters.
- Develop and maintain strong business relationships as a key relationship manager for the corporate legal department among various internal business groups requiring legal support.
- Demonstrate leadership and team-working skills in support of a collaborative environment.
- Exercise discretion and maintain a high degree of confidentiality.
Contract:
- Provide legal support for a wide variety of commercial contracts, including drafting, reviewing, and negotiating service and vendor agreements, licensing agreements, manufacturing and supplier agreements, leases, and employment and consulting agreements.
- Design, build, and improve upon legal department processes and policies to enhance efficiency, including further development and implementation of contract processes and templates.
Advertising/Marketing:
- Participate in the development and review of internal and external communications, including press and advertising/marketing materials, website posts, online campaigns, promotions, and sweepstakes.
- Advise internal teams on compliance around sales, marketing, and media campaigns for new products.
Data Privacy:
- Develop and maintain subject matter expertise in areas of data use and protection laws (including state/federal consumer protection and privacy laws, GDPR, and other global privacy laws).
- Advise cross-functional teams on compliance with the law.
- Perform additional job-related duties as assigned.
Education and Experience Information:
- JD degree with a license to practice with at least one state bar; must be in good standing.
- 5+ years of practicing law in a law firm and/or in-house environment.
- Deep experience in drafting and negotiating a broad range of commercial contracts.
- Expertise in a variety of general corporate transactional matters; understanding of best practices in managing intellectual property interests in transactional matters preferred, but not required.
- Subject matter expertise in areas of data use and protection laws (including state/federal consumer protection and privacy laws, CCPA, GDPR, and other global privacy laws); OR subject matter expertise in areas of marketing/advertising compliance and consumer law.
- Demonstrated ability and desire to quickly and effectively develop specialized subject matter expertise on a variety of topics as needed to best serve the organization and leadership.
- Strong verbal and written communication and analytical thinking skills, able to provide clear and concise legal advice to a variety of stakeholders.
- Ability to hold self and others accountable for high-quality, timely, and effective results.
- Strong ability to cooperate and work creatively and collaboratively toward solutions that benefit all parties.
- Demonstrates a proactive, self-starter mindset with a strong work ethic.
- Ability to handle ambiguity, prioritize, multi-task, and manage multiple cross-functional projects to completion with little direction, and quickly shift from one situation or task to another.
- Ability to work under pressure while maintaining a sense of humor.
Salary Information:
- $170,000-$195,000 + Bonus
Benefits:
- Comprehensive benefit plans with low premium options, including medical, dental, and vision coverage, along with supplemental coverage options.
- Free life insurance, short-term disability, and long-term disability.
- 401(k) plan with a company match of 100% of the first 2%, and 50% of up to an additional 4% with no vesting period.
- Unlimited vacation and generous sick time.
- Half-day Fridays year-round (subject to business needs).
- 12 weeks of fully paid parental leave.
- 4 weeks of fully paid disability leave.
- Free company products.
- Monthly cell phone and work-from-home stipends.
Position Type:
This is a full-time exempt position.
Work Environment:
This position is hybrid, primarily working out of the HQ office in Durham, North Carolina.
Application Process:
All applications must be submitted via the Applicant Tracking System, Greenhouse, to be considered. Once you submit your application, the recruiting team will review your submission and reach out if your skill sets and/or qualifications match the company's needs. If selected, you’ll be invited to an initial phone screening interview with a recruiter before meeting with various members of the team. Candidates will be notified if they are not selected for the position. The position will remain open and applications will be accepted until the role is filled.
Company is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identification, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status.
Reasonable Accommodation: The company provides reasonable accommodation so that qualified applicants with a disability may participate in the selection process. Please advise of any accommodations needed to express interest in a position by e-mailing: . Only reasonable accommodation requests related to applying for a specific position within the company will be reviewed at the provided e-mail address.
The company will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring (Ban the Box) Ordinance.
Thank you for considering a career with the company.
