Corporate Counsel, Cision
PR and marketing software
Open for applications
PR and marketing software
1001+ employees
Open for applications
1001+ employees
Company mission
To use their software to provide prompt and professional resolutions that allow PR and Marketing professionals to focus on optimal communication.
Role
Who you are
- JD degree from an ABA accredited institution and active Bar membership
- 5+ years of experience (with at least 3 years of relevant commercial contracting experience)
- Familiarity with legal / licensing concepts such as intellectual property, limitations of liability, indemnification, etc
- Familiarity with technology or software-as-a-service (SaaS) licensing a plus
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Computer skills, especially Microsoft Office, Zendesk and Salesforce a plus
What the job involves
- Cision is seeking a full-time attorney to join its Legal team
- The ideal candidate will be an attorney with strong transactional experience, comfortable working closely with Sales staff, Marketing, Finance, Security, Product and other business groups within Cision on commercial contract matters
- Drafting and negotiating commercial contracts for various business units including NDAs, MSAs, technology agreements, partnership agreements and vendor contracts
- Providing legal support on transactional, corporate governance and compliance activities
- Providing support and day-to-day legal advice to Cision’s various business units including IT, and international entities
- Advising on various other commercial initiatives within Cision which may include compliance activities and policies
- Review key RFPs and proposal responses for legal compliance
- Coordinate training and awareness activities for Sales related to business issues and standard counterarguments
- Researching and analyzing various legal issues
- Perform other duties as required
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Insights
-2% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company benefits
- Career progression opportunities
- Dental and healthcare plan
- Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
- Learning Portal
Our take
As marketing and PR continues to be digitised, software that helps streamline and make their communication more efficient is in high demand. Cision ranks amidst the top PR Software companies and boasts over 100,000 public relations and marketing professionals globally.
The company is well established as a Media and Influencer Targeting Software and has rapidly become the market leader. As influencers have become more plentiful and effective, there is a forecast growth of brand spend on influencer marketing. Tools such as Cision are therefore looking to be in higher demand.
It is a global enterprise with a vast team of over 2000 employees, making it a company able to deal with high-frequency requests. Cision is already ranked as a leader in the $3 billion communications intelligence software and services market. In February 2023, Cali Tran took over as CEO, having previously led the influential Brandwatch which was one of four high-profile acquisitions made by Cision between 2021 and 2023.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle