Product & Commercial Counsel, VSCO
$172-185k
+ Equity & Eligible for discretionary bonuses based on performance
Creative platform for photographers
Open for applications
Creative platform for photographers
101-200 employees
Open for applications
$172-185k
+ Equity & Eligible for discretionary bonuses based on performance
101-200 employees
Company mission
VSCO's mission is to nurture creativity so its users can make it.
Role
Who you are
- We are looking for humble overachievers and self-starters who are naturally curious, highly organized, and thrive in a fast-paced, ever-changing environment
- Law degree and license to practice law
- Ability to drive clarity through ambiguity and remain agile through evolving business needs
- Skilled at explaining complex legal concepts in a practical manner that’s easy to understand for non-legal professionals
- Experience negotiating a variety of commercial agreements, and the ability to draft new templates for novel types of commercial deals
- Understanding of the goals behind implementing a useful contract management system and the desire to configure the system to solve problems and add value to the business
- Strong understanding of intellectual property, including trademark, copyright, and patents
- Working knowledge of data privacy regulations like GDPR and CCPA, and other regulations impacting platforms like VSCO, such as the EU Digital Services Act
- Passionate about providing quality work product and helping your stakeholders achieve outcomes
- 4-6 years of relevant experience
Desirable
- A passion for photography and the creative process
- Experience implementing and managing privacy programs
- Familiarity with legal operations and a desire to drive efficiencies
What the job involves
- As Product and Commercial Counsel, you’ll report to our Deputy General Counsel and play a crucial role in our marketing, intellectual property, product development, and commercial contract efforts
- You’ll lead negotiation and management of commercial contracts and find ways to continually optimize our contracting processes
- You’ll also work closely with our product and marketing teams to launch new product features, marketing campaigns, and promotions while balancing risk with a creator-first mindset
- Negotiate and draft a variety of contracts with vendors, partners, and service providers
- Serve as the main point person to address issues relating to content policy and licensing
- Manage and configure our contract management system to ensure accurate reporting and a friction-free process for our cross-functional partners
- Advise on intellectual property matters, including issues relating to trademarks, copyrights, and patents
- Manage VSCO’s trademark portfolio and work with outside counsel to develop and drive a trademark strategy
- Ensure compliance with legal requirements around sweepstakes, giveaways, and other promotions
- Support the product-development process by issue spotting and suggesting practical solutions to legal questions
- Assist on privacy-related matters as needed
- Develop educational and training materials for cross-functional partners regarding relevant legal concepts and VSCO’s legal processes
- Proactively support our Legal Department to continuously improve on our policies and processes
Application process
- The application window for this role will be open until at least 8/22/2024. This opportunity will remain online based on business needs which may be before or after the specified date
Our take
VSCO, pronounced 'visco', is a photo and video editing and sharing app. Doing away with the ad revenue model of social media platforms like Facebook and Instagram, it instead makes its money from subscriptions - and offers users a break from the constant pressure of follower and like counts.
Co-founded by an ex-wedding photographer with a passion for good, simple photography, as well as a former Creative Director, VSCO has found itself uniquely able to cater to what the creative community wants and needs. It of course competes with Instagram, as well as newcomers such as Tezza, but nonetheless has a strong and loyal user base, due to its creator-first philosophy, that could very well see it to further success.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Company
Funding (2 rounds)
Apr 2015
$30m
SERIES B
May 2014
$40m
SERIES A
Total funding: $70m
Company benefits
- A virtual first workplace with quarterly company-wide travel events to connect and play
- Equity
- Healthcare insurance, vision, dental insurance for employees and families
- Flexible vacation policy
- Creative Fridays, VSCO Create weeks (our version of hack week), and so much more
Company values
- Always Moving Forward - By pushing our work forward thoughtfully and with intention, our community gets more of what they love from VSCO
- Be You - By creating a space in which authentic views are heard and celebrated, we not only create a better workplace, but an inclusive product
- Build Together - By working together, we make better products and focus on the right things at the right time.
- Creator First - By putting the needs of creators first, we build a product they are inspired to use and a brand they can trust.
Company HQ
Financial District, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Joel Flory
(Executive Chairman)Was CEO of the company from 2011 to 2023. Prior to co-founding VSCO, they were a successful commercial and wedding photographer.
Greg Lutze
(Chief Experience Officer)An Advisor at Sene, SELF and Chroma. Before co-Founding VSCO, they worked as Creative Director for design agencies in Seattle and New York.
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