Senior Legal Counsel

Job Title: Senior Counsel, Revenue & Talent

Job Location: New York City

• Candidate must have knowledge of advertising/ad tech deals, with working knowledge of the IAB and FTC guidelines, etc.
• Experience in sale of advertising, with a focus on branded content and sponsorships across digital, print, video, social, and experiential media
• Significant legal experience gained in an in-house environment
• Advise the business on legal issues relating to the sale of advertising, with a focus on branded content and sponsorships across digital, print, video, social and experiential media, including, for example, by drafting and negotiating insertion orders, statements of work and master services agreements, strategic partnership deals, advertising sales representative deals, and non-disclosure agreements.
• Structure, draft, and negotiate a high volume of talent-related agreements for organization editorial and commercial content and events.
• Support the development of standard policies, processes, tools and documents for revenue generating and branded content production related activities and work with commercial colleagues to ensure that agreed workflows and processes are being followed.
• Deliver training and advice regarding Federal Trade Commission and other disclosure requirements, including requirements applicable to social media influencers.
• Advise on compliance with local health and safety laws, permitting requirements and other local legal requirements.
• Advise on legal issues related to marketing and consumer-facing activities, including, for example, affiliate marketing and commerce, sweepstakes and contests, subscription products, and e-commerce.
• Advise the commercial and consumer revenue teams on advertising and consumer marketing law and ensure the teams understand core legal, data privacy, IP, FTC and State AG consumer protection and auto-renewal laws and concepts that are relevant to their strategy and commercial decision making process.
• Advise on regulatory issues related to advertising compliance, including issues related to election laws, vice advertising, pharmaceutical advertising and other regulated areas/industries.