Description:

About the Team:
This is your opportunity to develop your skills within a collaborative and supportive legal team, working at the cutting-edge of advertising product innovation in a company enjoying hyper growth on a truly international scale. We work closely with our technology and business teams, helping them to realize their vision by providing practical, scalable, end-to-end advice, that is rooted in a deep understanding of the products we support and the wider advertising industry.

Responsibilities:

We are looking for a highly skilled Product lawyer to act as strategic counsel to our livestreaming Product teams. You will need to understand their business goals, objectives, timing and processes and work cross-functionally to help to deliver on those goals. You will join a supportive and collaborative legal team, that is international in nature, passionate about the work they do and dedicated to delivering excellent stakeholder service. This is a rare opportunity to work on cutting edge legal matters and to help shape an exciting company.
Advise Product teams on the application of laws and regulations as they apply to a regulated content platform;
Review new products, features, and initiatives and advise on legal risk mitigation strategies for TikTok and its livestreaming features;
Draft and maintain online terms related to product initiatives, interfacing with operations teams who develop policies and processes to operationalise those terms;
Coordinate cross-functionally with partners in legal, compliance, privacy and public policy to provide legal guidance, practical solutions and external communications advice related to TikTok and other consumer apps;
Serve as a business partner for livestream product legal requests;
Monitor, review and assess new laws that impact content platforms and provide timely advice on their implications to the business, including stakeholder training.

Qualifications:
Minimum Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree plus a Juris Doctorate from an ABA-accredited law school.
Member in good standing of the California or New York bar or Registered In-house Counsel in the appropriate jurisdiction.
3+ years of experience gained in a law firm or in-house team advising on regulated platform obligations and consumer laws;
You will have knowledge of the laws that impact user activities on a content platform like TikTok and experience in applying those laws in practical situations. In particular, you will need expertise in consumer and platform laws and you will need to adopt a global outlook as this will enable you to propose creative solutions that enable the business to meet its goals;
A good understanding of laws relating to privacy, payments, electronic communications, marketing and promotions and online safety;
The ability to assess legal, practical and business risks in a fast-paced environment and provide actionable advice against tight deadlines;
Excellent communication skills, able to distil complex advice for business stakeholders and update/report effectively to other legal teams and cross-functional colleagues;

Preferred Qualifications:

A passion for and understanding of platform technology and how it intersects with law and policy;
Experience working collaboratively with cross-functional teams to reach agreed positions swiftly and an ability to take control of matters and drive them forward to conclusion;
A positive, proactive and supportive approach to your stakeholders.
Prior in-house experience working with global internet or global technology companies is a plus. We would love it if you could bring additional language skills to the team.