Senior Counsel Director, Hinge
$220-260k
3 days a week in office
Dating app for meaningful relationships
Be an early applicant
Dating app for meaningful relationships
201-500 employees
Be an early applicant
$220-260k
3 days a week in office
201-500 employees
Company mission
To help singles build meaningful relationships by connecting in person, helping people to get off dating apps.
Role
Who you are
- 7+ years’ experience, with both top law firm and in-house legal department experience preferred
- Law degree from a top accredited law school and admission (or in-house eligibility) to practice law in New York
- Direct experience counseling technology company stakeholders on intellectual property, information security, privacy, biometric and AI regulations in B2C digital contexts such as social discovery platforms, marketplace businesses, user-generated content, and/or regulated products and/or consumer facing technology
- Excellent business communication and analytical skills, as well as an impeccable attention to detail and strong sense of ownership and accountability
- Comfortable with and interested in using AI tools (e.g., ChatGPT, Gemini, Zoom AI Companion) to enhance drafting, research, and workflow efficiency
- Curious and practical-minded legal partner skilled in helping business teams to identify and balance risks against business priorities
- Professional ease in working collaboratively with Hinge employees as well as cross-functionally with Match Group’s Legal and other shared services functions
- A collaborative team player who not only excels in their individual role, but also proactively looks for opportunities to support and mentor colleagues, share helpful information, and make processes easier
What the job involves
- This role is part of the Match Group Legal organization. Match Group, through its portfolio companies, including Hinge, is a leading provider of dating products available globally designed to increase our users' likelihood of finding a meaningful connection. We are seeking a motivated and talented Director & Senior Counsel, Hinge to lead legal support to Hinge’s Marketing, Trust & Safety, and User Research teams and to oversee Hinge’s regulatory compliance efforts in partnership with Match Group.
- This role will report to the Chief Counsel for Hinge and will be located in our New York City office where we observe a 3 day per week in office hybrid attendance policy
- Manage legal support to Hinge’s marketing organization with the support of two direct report paralegals. Oversee legal counsel for Hinge’s marketing and communications campaigns, promotions and partnerships from conception through execution, including providing advice on advertising laws, regulatory compliance, rights clearances and marketing claims
- Serve as a legal lead to Hinge’s trust & safety team providing legal counsel and transactional support for customer care and education, tooling and vendor, and QA programs and initiatives
- Provide legal counsel to Hinge’s user research team, including advising on the design and implementation of research programs
- Support Hinge’s compliance and regulatory response work, in liaison with Match Group legal, privacy and trust & safety central teams, in connection with state and global regulations such as DSA, UK OSA, EU AI Act and the EU Accessibility Act
- Partner cross-functionally with Match Group’s privacy, government relations, trust and safety, and communications teams to ensure our internal and external efforts are aligned with Hinge and Match Group’s values
- Collaborate with internal Match Group (i) intellectual property counsel to support establishing and protecting Hinge’s global trademark and IP portfolio, and (ii) litigation counsel to support litigation and regulatory matters
- Draft and negotiate commercial agreements, including marketing, SAAS, technology, data processing, agency, content, production, social media, consumer insights, analytics, communications, consulting and other general vendor and operations agreements
- Advise and manage workflow process improvement, playbook development, business team training, and template use to address the evolving needs of a growing organization
- Assist in the administration of corporate policies and procedures, such as vendor security, privacy compliance, and contract approval
- Manage the evolution and implementation of Terms of Use, content policies, disclosures, FAQs, and other user-facing legal policies and information
- The Hinge legal team and broader Match Group legal team are highly collaborative
- While individual autonomy is valued, team members are encouraged to work together, leveraging shared knowledge and experience
- The Director, Senior Counsels who succeed on this team are strategic thinkers who thrive in new situations and can simultaneously manage multiple demands and shifting priorities within a fast-paced, and rapidly evolving environment
- The global legal team includes members with backgrounds across a range of consumer-facing industries, including software, gaming, social networking, travel, hospitality, sports, entertainment, retail and music
Our take
Hinge is a dating app that sets itself apart from its competitors by focusing on relationships over hookups. It predominantly caters to people looking for long-term commitments. It has abandoned the “swipe” approach that’s often associated with game-like dating apps, such as Tinder, and instead it focuses on in-depth profiles and compatibility recommendations to help users better connect with each other.
In 2019, 50% of single people in the US had never used a dating app. Now, online dating has become part of the new normal, and Hinge’s focus on long-term, meaningful relationships is well-positioned to tap into the current desire for companionship and stability, as well as the growing market trend toward online dating.
The "dating app designed to be deleted" is the fastest-growing dating app on the market and is seeing further success following new capability expansions and acquisition by dating app portfolio Match Group in 2019. All this being said, there is growing concern over fake accounts and fraudulent activity on Hinge, as there is with other competing dating apps. Pricing tiers and more robust regulations for profiles are currently combatting this.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
48% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
Dec 2014
$12m
SERIES A
Jul 2014
$4.5m
CONVERTIBLE
Total funding: $20.6m
Company benefits
- Equal opportunity employer
- 401k plan
- Accrual time off model
- Stocked kitchen
- Monthly date stipend
- Pet friendly
- Work from home opportunities
- Health insurance
Company HQ
West Village, New York, NY
Leadership
Justin McLeod
(CEO)Having studied at Colgate University and Harvard Business School, Justin founded Hinge in February 2011. He has served as CEO since.
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