Vice President of Corporate, Conde Nast
Business Affairs Legal Affairs
$280-325k
Global media company
Posted today
Global media company
1001+ employees
Posted today
$280-325k
1001+ employees
Company mission
To inform in new and compelling ways, creating beautiful, visually arresting moments that offer new perspectives, and new forms of self-expression.
Role
Who you are
- Significant commercial contract, M&A, content licensing and other corporate transactional experience at a top law firm and in-house legal department
- Strong technical expertise in corporate legal matters and related practice areas including securities and disclosure, antitrust, accounting and tax
- A combination of legal expertise, understanding of AI technologies, and experience in corporate or tech-focused legal strategies
- Demonstrate superior oral and written communication and interpersonal skills, excellent drafting and negotiation abilities, and a keen attention to detail
- Possess the competence, professionalism, and maturity to effectively advise and interact with senior executives and business leaders and have a demonstrated ability to earn their confidence and serve as a trusted advisor
- Strong work ethic and ability to make decisions, multi-task, prioritize, and follow through on numerous projects simultaneously
- Experience in delivering legal services in a major multinational corporation
- Experience of working in a matrix reporting environment
- Experience in legal team management, budgeting and reporting
What the job involves
- The purpose of this senior attorney role is to oversee business and legal affairs for Condé Nast’s US-based corporate business
- Reporting to the General Counsel in New York, this position will assume day to day responsibility for the provision of corporate and commercial legal support and services to the US business revenue teams
- The Vice President will counsel senior management and business staff on commercial agreements, acquisitions, divestitures, investments, joint ventures and other corporate and strategic transactions through all stages of a transaction lifecycle (including assessment of potential targets, deal structuring, due diligence, negotiation and deal execution), as well as assisting with tax and corporate governance matters
- The Vice President will serve as a key strategic partner providing legal advice and transactional support to our business development, procurement, finance and operations teams, advising business leaders on contracting provisions, risks and recommendations
- The Vice President will negotiate, draft and review a wide variety of agreements related to those businesses including master service agreements, vendor and supplier agreements, license agreements, amendments, and statements, and create contract summaries for business executives to articulate key provisions of negotiated contracts; advise business leaders on contracting provisions, risks and recommendations
- The Vice President will assume responsibility for the line management of lawyers supporting the advertising and revenue teams, evolving and aligning them to the global approach in a cost effective way and supporting the rollout of standardized contract processes templates across the organization, while ensuring local US needs and sensitivities are met including with respect to regulations and compliance
- The Vice President will also liaise regularly with other members of BALA including VP International, Publishing, Entertainment, Content, Employment and Technology & Data to ensure effective cross-collaboration in delivery of support by BALA to the wider Condé Nast business
- Lead BALA’s support to the F&O organisation in the US, ensuring that BALA provides appropriate levels of service to Finance, including Strategy, Tax & Treasury, and Procurement
- The Vice President will develop a close working partnership with Advance Legal on the provision of legal support regarding all corporate, governance and M&A opportunities, bringing in other BALA colleagues as needed
- Lead BALA’s support on corporate, revenue and consumer law matters in the US
- Develop a regionally based but globally consistent commercial legal service capable of supporting the needs of these teams, including Ad Sales, Consumer Sales, Licensing, Events and Social
- Liaise regularly with other members of BALA including VP International, Publishing, Entertainment, Content and Technology & Data
- Build out appropriate workflows and processes using Legal Ops and smart location strategy to ensure timely, consistent and cost effective support is provided
- Take responsibility for the Advertising Guidelines, ensuring teams are maintaining and enhancing these
- Work with the General Counsel and liaise with US peers in BALA including Publishing, Entertainment, Content and Technology & Data to ensure legal support in international markets is aligned with the US market
- For global projects and developments, agree on a plan with US peers in BALA that appropriately combines US based resource, international resource, Advance Legal support and expertise and outside counsel
Our take
Condé Nast is a global media company responsible for producing print, digital, video and social brands. These include Vogue, GQ, The New Yorker, Vanity Fair, and Architectural Digest. The company now operates in over 32 markets and has ventured out with entertainment and education divisions.
With the decline in printed media, Condé Nast has held its market-leading position by recognising that it is no longer just a ‘magazine company’. Millions more consumers interact with its digital and social content over those who read the magazines. Not only does it now prioritise its digital content but to account for the collapse of print advertising, Condé Nast moved titles behind online paywalls.
Targeting future growth, Condé Nast in 2022 appointed a strategy and corporate development role to seek out new opportunities, and has placed great efforts into building its entertainment division. Recently, the company has had to lay off a number of its staff and undergo some restructuring, but it is doubtful this will have a major effect on its operations.
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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
2% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company benefits
- Domestic Partner Benefit Extensions
- Free Mental Health Services
- Assistance in Refinancing Student Loans
- Long-term Remote Work Pilot
- Extended Bereavement leave
- Extended Parental Leave
- Added Adoption Financial Support
Company HQ
World Trade Center, New York, NY
Leadership
Roger Lynch
(CEO, not founder)Previously served as President and CEO for Pandora, CEO for Sling TV, EVP of Advanced Technologies for DISH Network and EchoStar Corporation, and Chairman and CEO for Video Networks International LTD.
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