Associate Counsel, Privacy & Commercial Contracts

Mediavine is seeking an Associate Counsel, Privacy & Commercial Contracts to join our legal team.

Mediavine is a fast-growing advertising management company representing over 10,000 websites in the food, lifestyle, DIY, and entertainment space. Founded by content creators, for content creators, Mediavine is a Top 20 Comscore property, exclusively reaching over 125 million monthly unique visitors. With best-in-class technology and a commitment to traffic quality and brand safety, we ensure optimal performance for our creators.

We help content creators build sustainable businesses. From educational tools and cutting-edge plugins to ad technology that maximizes earnings without slowing down your site, our motivation is ensuring your brand and business grow in every respect.

We are striving to build an inclusive and diverse team of highly talented individuals that reflects the industries we serve and the world we live in. We are committed to creating a culture where everyone feels welcomed. We are looking for individuals that will challenge us to continuously evolve and make Mediavine the employer of choice for people of all backgrounds. We strongly encourage minorities and individuals from underrepresented groups in technology to apply for this position.

Diversity and inclusion aren't platitudes to us; we take them seriously. Have a look at our team and read through our blog posts to learn more about our values and to discover if Mediavine is the place for you!

The Associate Counsel will join Mediavine’s Legal department of attorneys, a paralegal, legal operations and compliance professionals. As a part of this small but growing team, you will help support the legal needs of the company as a valuable contributor to day to day contracting as well as overall business strategy.  You will focus primarily on matters related to privacy but will also be called upon in support of our growing volume of commercial contracts.  The successful candidate will bring a background of both privacy and contracts experience demonstrating a pragmatic approach to legal practice that balances business needs and risk mitigation.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Work closely with the the General Counsel, Director of Privacy & Compliance and business stakeholders on a variety of business legal matters related to privacy
• Support the administration of Mediavine’s privacy program, including through policy and procedure drafting, training, monitoring, and reporting
• Build and maintain strong partnerships across all of Mediavine’s business units including but not limited to; product, engineering and revenue to ensure that all products, offerings, and practices comply with legal requirements
• Communicate and negotiate with outside parties (agencies, regulators, external counsel, public authorities, etc.), creating positive relationships, agreements and mutual trust
• Draft, review, and improve various agreements, policies, and procedures, ensuring alignment with applicable laws, regulations, self-regulatory principles, and internal practices
• Conduct all assignments with integrity and a high degree of responsibility
• Maintain current knowledge on alterations in legislation at the Federal, State and Local levels; understanding that success in this role requires remaining up to date as compliance requirement change 
• Provide drafting and negotiation assistance for various commercial transactions, as related to commercial terms and regulatory and privacy compliance, including partner and vendor agreements 
• Analyze, assess, and advise on applicable data protection laws, regulations, best practices as well as legal and regulatory risks to the business 
• Help ensure that data collection, use, and sharing practices align with applicable laws, regulations, self-regulatory principles, and standard methodologies
• Develop customer-facing materials in support of our compliance program
• Perform other related duties as needed

Requirements

• JD with bar admission in good standing
• 5+ years’ experience as a practicing attorney
• 3+ years advising in the area of privacy
• 1+ years of experience in Ad Tech 
• Understanding of commercial terms for the Ad Tech Industry, preferred
• Experience providing legal advice and business solutions relating to data protection and privacy laws and regulations
• Strong negotiating skills and active experience in hands-on contract negotiation
• Knowledge of principles, methods, and techniques of legal research
• Ability to identify and analyze complex and novel legal issues and problems
• Ability to maintain confidentiality, and to exercise discretion and good judgment
• Experience with Google Workspace and Slack 
• Experience working in a highly collaborative environment with the ability to influence and build strong relationships
• Strong analytical skills and are detail oriented
• Strong time management skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities at once and perform in a fast-paced work environment
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Benefits

• Remote work environment
• Travel opportunities
• Comprehensive benefits including 401k, Health, Dental, and Vision insurance
• Learning allowance
• Generous Vacation/Time off policies
• Additional side benefits such as home-office upgrades, tuition reimbursement, paid gym memberships and wellness retreats, upgraded flights, cool swag and more
• Company match charitable donations

The base salary range for this position is $150,000 - $175,000. Mediavine takes a number of factors into account when determining individual starting pay, including skill/experience match to job requirement, level they are hired into and peer compensation.

Base salary is just one component of Mediavine’s total rewards package. All employees are also eligible for the corporate bonus program or a sales incentive (target included in OTE). Additionally, our comprehensive health and wellness plans, perks programs and generous paid leave offer a wide variety of benefits for our employees.

By submitting your application for a role that requires pre-employment screening, you acknowledge and agree that Mediavine may conduct a background investigation as a part of the hiring process.

Mediavine is an Equal Opportunity Employer