Commercial Legal Counsel, Conde Nast
7 Month Fixed Term Contract
3 days a week in office (The Adelphi, London)
Global media company
Open for applications
Global media company
1001+ employees
Open for applications
3 days a week in office (The Adelphi, London)
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
- Legally qualified in England & Wales with 0-2 years post qualification experience
- Strong experience in commercial contracts gained either in private practice or in an in-house role in a similar sector to Conde Nast. Additional experience in IP law is preferred
- Ability to work independently in a fast paced environment
- Ability to present legal advice in a pragmatic, problem solving and commercial fashion
- Confident, self starter who welcomes the opportunity presented in developing strong relationships
- Positive “can do” attitude and willingness to work flexibly and as part of a new and evolving team that is itself operating in a business and sector going through change
What the job involves
- We’re looking for a Legal Counsel, Commercial (7 month FTC)
- Reporting to the Senior Counsel, Commercial, you will develop and deliver advice to our global Commercial, Consumer Revenue and Finance teams, with a particular focus on media and digital advertising deals, custom and branded content and services deals and consumer revenue generating transactions and regulatory compliance
- You will be asked to support the Senior Counsel, Commercial in the delivery of legal advice and support to our advertising and consumer sales, revenue, marketing, advertising operations and consumer leaders
- More specifically, the purpose of your role is to help our global teams deliver their deals, resolve issues arising from these, advise on compliance related to consumer and revenue matters and build long term client relationships
- Support the Commercial team on legal issues relating to the sale of advertising, with a focus on media and digital advertising and custom and branded content and services, across digital, print, video, social and experiential, including, for example, agreements for traditional and programmatic advertising, talent agreements, competitions and giveaways, non-disclosure agreements, sponsorships, events/activations, product placement and editorial sponsorships
- Support the development of standard documents for revenue generating activities and work with commercial colleagues to ensure that agreed processes are being followed
- Draft clear and consistent templates and standard terms and conditions for new media, custom and branded initiatives and talent deals
- Negotiate standard terms with advertising agencies
- Support the Consumer Revenue teams on legal issues related to marketing and consumer-facing revenue producing activities, including, for example, subscription products and e-commerce
- Provide training and advice regarding CAP codes and ASA guidance, including requirements applicable to social media influencers
- Interpret and advise on Conde Nast’s Global Advertising Guidelines and their application to specific proposed campaigns
- Liaise and coordinate with colleagues handling production elements of branded content deals and events and develop workflows to maximise communication, alignment and efficiency
- Work closely with our Data Privacy lawyers on issues relating to data use
- Work closely with other lawyers in the wider Global Legal & Policy team to manage and deliver day-to-day corporate advice to the Finance teams
- Support corporate secretarial workstreams
- Support the delivery and management of project based real estate advice
- Manage outside counsel where appropriate and necessary
- Keep up to date with relevant legal and regulatory updates with a particular focus on consumer laws relating to subscriptions
- The Condé Nast Legal & Policy team is led by the General Counsel based in our London HQ and is comprised of colleagues in London, New York, China, France, Italy, Germany, Spain, Mexico, India, Japan and Taiwan
- We are also supported by a network of outside counsel and work closely with colleagues in Advance Legal who provide legal counsel to Condé Nast and our parent company, Advance Publications
Application process
- If you are interested in this opportunity, please apply below, and we will review your application as soon as possible
- Please upload your CV and cover letter that highlight why you're a great match for what we're looking for
Salary benchmarks
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 values
- Creativity
- Passion
- Innovation
- Empowerment
- Collaboration
- Integrity
Company HQ
World Trade Center, New York, NY
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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.
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Conde Nast
- Diversity Data Collection - As we assess our diversity and inclusion policies and processes to determine where we need to focus our efforts, we have asked U.S. employees to update and provide diversity data about themselves voluntarily. We plan to use this data to strengthen our recruitment, progression and retention efforts around the globe
- Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) - Employee Resource Groups play an important part in building an inclusive culture that celebrates our employees diversity. Currently, there are five ERGs in the U.S.: The Women’s Network, Pride (LGBTQ+), ACN (Asian American), Conexión (Hispanic/LatinX) and NOIR (Black)
- Inclusion Training - Mandatory inclusion training program was launched in 2020 in the U.S. and has now been delivered to all of our markets around the globe
- 2020 Global D&I Report - Our inaugural D&I Report was released last year to best capture our efforts through the first part of 2020. It will be updated with our entire year’s D&I achievements and will include many insights from our global markets
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