Commercial Counsel, NA

Description

About the Team
This is an exciting opportunity for a forward-thinking lawyer to join our growing legal team supporting the Monetization and Sales business teams at TikTok. We are looking for a highly skilled commercial lawyer to join the Global Monetization Legal Team supporting our operations in North America.

Our ideal candidate brings experience supporting sales, marketing and commercial legal functions. A successful candidate will thrive in an environment that asks to deliver at pace, juggle competing priorities, and work under short turnaround times for a business that is scaling fast.

Responsibilities
You will handle a wide range of matters related to TikTok's Monetization and Sales business, such as:
- TikTok's advertising policies
- Data/privacy issues
- Regulatory issues
- Streamlining and process improvement projects
- Knowledge management, template/playbook development, process improvements and training (both within legal and the wider sales and marketing functions)

Day-to-day, this role will lead negotiations and strategic engagement with key media buying clients and marketing partners. You will draft and negotiate a wide range of agreements, such as:
- Sales contracts with media buying agencies and brands that use the TikTok platform
- Trading and partnership agreements with media buying clients
- Sponsorship agreements
- Partnership and collaboration agreements
- Service provider agreements and statements of work, including creative agency, production and event management agreements
- Agreements governing creative assets provided by our in-house team, talent agreements and image releases

This is a fantastic opportunity to grow your career in a company that is enjoying hyper growth on a truly international scale.

Requirements

Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree plus a Juris Doctorate from a top-tier ABA-accredited law school.
- Member in good standing of the California or New York bar.
- 5+ years of post-qualification experience, with digital advertising industry experience strongly preferred.
- Knowledge of advertising laws and policies, including FTC Guidelines, data collection and use best practices, and other digital advertising industry standards.
- Highly organized and able to navigate a fast-paced environment and be highly responsive to deadline-oriented clients.
- Experience counseling business teams in the sales and marketing industries, leading the drafting and negotiation of sales and vendor contracts including MSA and SOWs.
- Passion and intellectual curiosity for all things media and technology.