Contracts Counsel, Monotype
$80-100k
+ Corporate bonus program
1+ day a week in office (Woburn, MA)
Typeface design company
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Typeface design company
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$80-100k
+ Corporate bonus program
1+ day a week in office (Woburn, MA)
1001+ employees
Company mission
To deliver the design assets, technologies, and expertise required for brands to build authentic, memorable experiences at every possible touchpoint.
Role
Who you are
- Juris Doctor from an ABA-accredited law school; admitted to the Massachusetts bar or eligible to register as in-house counsel
- 1-3 years of experience at a law firm or as an in-house counsel (preferably at a software-related company)
- Knowledge of US and international contract/licensing law and IP law with a primary focus on copyright and trademark
- Strong demonstrable negotiation and problem-solving skills without a zero-sum mentality
- Flexibility to take on different roles depending on current business needs
- Economic and entrepreneurial understanding as well as the ability and willingness to quickly familiarize oneself with new and complex issues independently
- Team player with excellent communication and negotiation skills
- Spanish fluency required
What the job involves
- Reporting to the Manager, Senior Contracts Counsel, the Contracts Counsel will negotiate, interpret and/or manage contracts, in particular Monotype’s font license agreements processed by Monotype’s sales team, including licenses with our Latin American customers
- In addition, the Contracts Counsel will assist in enforcing the intellectual property of Monotype, prepare files for enforcement and, if necessary, coordinate further legal enforcement
- In handling contractual and intellectual property matters, the Contracts Counsel will assist in providing legal advice to all business areas regarding the legal processes required to protect corporate interests in connection with the distribution of font software
- Providing legal support to Monotype’s sales team by drafting, negotiating, redlining and interpreting contracts and license agreements in coordination with the appropriate internal business stakeholders
- Overseeing approval procedures to ensure compliance with Monotype’s contracts processing policy
- Reviewing and providing legal advice on complex legal concepts and distilling factual research into basic concepts for consumption by internal and external stakeholders
- Providing strategic negotiation advice to assist the Monotype sales teams demonstrate the value of the company’s intellectual property and how to minimize risk while balancing business interests
- Taking primary legal and administrative responsibility regarding resolving infringement files, including drafting and supervising inquiries on the entitlement to use company IP, notice and takedown procedures, cease and desist letters, correspondence with customer in-house and external legal counsel, and drafting and/or supervising other communications regarding enforcement activities
Our take
Monotype is a giant in the typeface industry, with well over 100 years in the business. It owns the rights to over 10,000 fonts, including A-list players like Helvetica and Times New Roman. Whilst typeface creation might not seem to be the booming industry it once was, Monotype is carving out some interesting new development opportunities in the hopes of further growth.
As more major organizations go digital, and go global, they need to carry their house image across a growing number of diverse markets (and languages) and render the fonts in high definition. Monotype has been developing a strong reputation for designing multi-lingual brand identities - for example, for the city of Dubai - but also works with Google to bring hundreds of historically unrendered fonts online.
In this way, Monotype is smartly transitioning from a designer/developer of contemporary fonts to a facilitator helping brands to expand globally and into the digital space. With offerings in place to provide this service to fast-growing industries like gaming and online streaming, Monotype is hitching its wagon to hugely lucrative markets.
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Insights
22% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company benefits
- Extensive development and training offerings
- Highly engaged Events Committee to keep work enjoyable
- Competitive Medical, Dental, and Vision Coverage to meet all your healthcare needs
- Flexible work arrangements and unlimited vacation and sick time
- Generous 401k match to save for your future, and so much more!
Company HQ
Woburn, MA
Leadership
Ninan Chacko
(CEO)Has held a range of senior leadership positions, including Senior Vice President at Sabre Holdings, CCO of Worldspan, CEO of PR Newswire, and CEO of Travel Leaders Group. Serves on the board at Leaders' Quest and TripFactory.
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