Senior Counsel

Quick Facts

• Role: Senior Counsel (in-house)

Description

Serve as the lead lawyer responsible for the Global Content Organization, providing day-to-day legal counseling and strategic advice across creator, content, marketing, and monetization initiatives. You will draft, review, and negotiate a broad set of agreements (including content licensing, creator/talent, development/production, services, sponsorship, collaboration, co-marketing, releases, and media-buying) and advise on IP, rights clearance, rights of publicity, FTC endorsement guides, and promotions such as contests and sweepstakes.

You will work with cross-functional partners to minimize legal risk while advancing business goals, and responsibly leverage AI tools to create templates, playbooks, and processes that improve efficiency.

Responsibilities

• Act as primary lawyer for the GCO organization
• Draft, review, and negotiate commercial and content-related agreements
• Counsel marketing/content teams on IP rights, rights clearance, publicity, endorsements/FTC, licensing, and promotions
• Provide strategic day-to-day legal guidance for creator and monetization initiatives
• Advise cross-functional leaders on risk and pragmatic paths forward
• Partner with stakeholders to identify risk and escalate/involve subject-matter experts when needed
• Use AI tools to create templates, playbooks, and process improvements

Requirements

• JD with at least 10 years of experience
• Substantial experience negotiating content/media/marketing/IP-adjacent/commercial agreements; at least 5 years in-house
• Admission to a state bar with an active license in good standing
• Experience counseling creative/content/creator/media/marketing/business teams
• Working knowledge of IP, rights clearance, right of publicity, endorsements/FTC, promotions, and consumer-protection issues
• Experience building business-oriented solutions under tight deadlines
• Strong client-service mindset with the ability to identify, prioritize, and resolve issues independently
• Excellent judgment, communication skills, and collaborative low-ego style
• Exceptional integrity
• Global or multi-market support experience is a plus

Benefits

• Base salary range: $158,765–$326,870 USD (final salary depends on factors such as location, travel, and experience)
• Equity eligibility