Legal Counsel

Posted 15 days 4 hours ago by PicsArt, Inc.

Permanent
Not Specified
Other
London, United Kingdom
Job Description
This is an exciting opportunity to join a fast-paced and dynamic tech company. Picsart is the world's creative platform and social editing app with a huge 150+ million monthly active users and an install base of more than 1 billion.

Picsart's mission is to empower the creator in everyone. We are looking for a passionate and driven lawyer to join our Legal team that values creativity, collaboration, and principled risk taking.

In this role you will work with talented people throughout the company, in particular as a key advisor to our Product, Research & Insights, Data, Marketing and Information Security teams. You'll have a broad range of responsibilities providing pragmatic legal guidance that cuts across many areas of law and jurisdictions, especially in the areas of artificial intelligence, content regulation, intellectual property, licensing, data security and privacy, and consumer protection. This role is hybrid, and candidates should be based in London.

By joining us, you will benefit from
  • An honest, open culture that emphasises feedback and promotes professional and personal development.
  • Hybrid work model - our team is distributed worldwide.
  • Well-being benefits (including a monthly well-being fund).
  • Growing opportunities - based on your preference, you can grow in the company as a people manager or individual contributor.
  • An environment that fosters innovation and creativity.
You will
  • Review Picsart's customer-facing products, tools, features, and initiatives to provide practical legal advice and risk mitigation strategies.
  • Proactively advise product teams on issues related to management and use of data collected and processed by Picsart services.
  • Collaborate closely with Picsart's Trust & Safety teams to protect our customers and ensure content posted to our services is lawful, safe and trustworthy.
  • Contribute to the continued development, maintenance and improvement of Picsart's global privacy program.
  • Draft and manage the implementation of terms of use, internal and external policies, consumer disclosures, and other consumer-facing communication.
  • Draft, negotiate, and advise a wide range of commercial agreements.
  • Advise on and resolve legal issues that arise in existing commercial relationships.
  • Provide practical and creative guidance on a wide range of legal and business requests.
  • Keep current on relevant U.S. and international laws and regulations.
  • Collaborate with other legal team members to share ideas and improve how we work.
  • Create training materials and scalable processes.
About you
  • 4-7+ years of relevant PQE, including both law firm and in-house experience.
  • Experience with US and international law on privacy and data security, intellectual property, and consumer protection.
  • Fluency translating legal advice into actionable and pragmatic guidance for business teams.
  • Product counseling experience at a technology company and familiarity with generative AI is a plus.
  • Excellent commercial negotiation and drafting skills.
  • Exceptional communication skills, oral and written.
  • Sound and practical business judgment and problem-solving skills.
  • Strong interpersonal skills and ability to partner with internal business clients.
  • Excitement to learn new technologies and areas of law.
What we seek and value most in our candidates
  • If you like to create things with a user mindset, take ownership and have a natural bias for impact while having fun, you're our person!
  • We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
We work on providing the best global benefits and support to our employees

For you and your family, to bring new perspectives, to leverage expertise and drive innovation, to encourage innovation and creativity, to celebrate milestones together, to create a stronger, more connected and productive team.

60 days working from anywhere, to prioritize employee well-being and boost productivity, to accommodate work-life balance, to reward long term commitment.