Product Counsel, Twitch
$169.3-229k
Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs)
Gaming-focused livestream platform
Open for applications
Gaming-focused livestream platform
1001+ employees
Open for applications
$169.3-229k
Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs)
1001+ employees
Company mission
To empower live communities on the internet.
Role
Who you are
- J.D. Degree
- California Bar admission in good standing (or California Registered In-House Counsel)
- 5+ years of relevant legal experience working on technology or internet-related issues, with 1+ year of in-house experience preferred
- Experience advising clients in the video, mobile, gaming, e-commerce, online marketplaces, user generated content, or internet products/services sectors
- Substantial experience with US and international laws regarding online safety, youth safety, content policies, content moderation, advertising, and/or brand protection
- Collegial attitude, desire to work on a highly collaborative team, and sense of humor
Desirable
- Experience as product counsel at a technology company
- Experience with social media, services hosting user generated content, or video games
What the job involves
- Join a dynamic legal team working on a variety of legal issues across the entire company
- You will be an important legal advisor to Twitch's teams on all phases of the product development life cycle
- Your focus will be on content policy and moderation; online safety and youth safety; and advertising and brand safety, including regulatory engagement on these topics, but you will also engage on product marketing, consumer protection, privacy, intellectual property, e-commerce, and others that arise out of the operation and growth of a global User Generated Content (UGC) service
- You will use both your legal judgment and business sense to assist product, engineering, business development, marketing, and other teams to develop thoughtful strategies to meet business goals while minimizing legal risk
- Your work will include not just advising on products, but also assessing new laws, devising policies and compliance measures, working with lawmakers and regulators, and partnering with teams throughout the company
- You will report to one of our Associate General Counsel
- Advise on the application of a range of laws, compliance issues, and industry standards, with a focus on safety, moderation, and advertising, including regulatory engagement on these topics
- Review products, processes, features, and initiatives to provide advice consistent with Twitch’s legal obligations globally
- Support product and advertising growth while balancing user and policy considerations
- Draft consumer disclosures, FAQs, and terms and conditions
- Assist in developing strategies for potential disputes, litigation, enforcement, and regulatory matters
- Partner with cross-functional stakeholders, including Product, Engineering, Privacy, Public Policy, Marketing, Comms, and Customer Trust
- Work with other legal team members to improve processes and provide training
- Keep current on relevant industry standards, laws, and regulations
Our take
Twitch is the world's leading video platform for gamers, allowing users to livestream gaming sessions and curate a dedicated community for their content. By dedicating the platform to gaming alone, it has amassed a loyal following of fans, and been able to launch its Partner Program where streamers can monetize their livestreams, incorporate corporate partnerships, and even attend TwitchCon, a convention where dedicated gamers can socialize.
Twitch's acquisition by Amazon in 2014 saw its viewers double in a year, bringing the platform to a wider audience. However, with YouTube streaming popularity on the rise, it has big competition to contend with, as some popular streamers prefer going live on the video giant. Interestingly, a recent move by the platform was to enable its partner streamers to make live content on other platforms - previously inhibited by its exclusivity clause - which may combat the possibility of losing streamers permanently to YouTube.
In 2022, Twitch had to contend with backlash for its proposal to cut creator income by reducing their cut of subscription earnings. However, with the plan only affecting a minute number of creators, the controversy appears to have died down. Needless to say, Twitch is for now entirely comfortable in the market - with possible plans to extend past gaming bringing the chance to generate more popularity yet.
Steph
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Insights
4% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
Sep 2013
$20m
SERIES C
Sep 2012
$15m
SERIES B
Total funding: $43.2m
Company HQ
Belden Place, San Francisco, CA
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