Director, Product Counsel

Genies is Gen Z’s leading avatar technology company empowering humans to create their own avatar ecosystems. Genies provides tools that allow users to create their own avatars, avatar wearable fashion lines, avatar worlds, and avatar interactive experiences in web3. The company has 99% celebrity avatar market share through its partnerships with Universal Music Group and Warner Music Group as their “official avatar and digital goods provider with thousands of Genie creators including Justin Bieber, Migos, Cardi B, and J Balvin. Our avatar marketplace “The Warehouse” built with Dapper Labs, allows creators to design and sell their avatar ecosystem creations (i.e. avatar fashion lines) to the masses. Genies has raised $200M from investors such as Silver Lake, BOND, NEA, and Breyer Capital.

Seated in our Los Angeles based headquarters and reporting to our General Counsel, Genies is looking for an experienced product attorney to serve as our first Director of Product Counsel. Genies legal team is an active and key member of Genies product team, and the Director of Product Counsel will be responsible for the day-to-day oversight of all legal issues related to Genies current and future products and offerings. The Product Counsel will help Genies achieve its business and product goals while mitigating legal risk, and serve as the go-to legal partner for our CEO & Founder, product, engineering, and design teams. Our ideal candidate has a rich background in the consumer space and thrives in product driven environments. The future of consumer social and consumer communication excites you, and the chance to both learn and teach are areas that you thrive in. If you've ever wanted to be a member of a company and product that is pioneering the future of consumer social then Genies is your next career destination!

What You’ll be Doing:

• Act as primary legal counsel for Genies products, responsible for assessing and advising on new products and technology, from early development through launch, implementation and further innovation
• Analyze potential legal, compliance and regulatory risks and requirements on a broad range of legal areas, including intellectual property, privacy, regulatory, consumer product, content moderation, accessibility, security, marketing, and other legal matters
• Serve as a key partner to the product and development teams and provide thought leadership and strategic direction
• Contribute to the development of legal positions on novel issues in Web3
• Provide practical and risk-tolerant analysis taking into account the company’s position and long term strategies
• Support the development and implementation of scalable legal processes to efficiently handle the company’s legal needs and quickly find legal solutions
• Being a key legal point of contact across key pieces of the business, including product, development, and R&D  
• Build and implement transparent and efficient data privacy processes, including data mapping, governance and privacy-by-design
• Have the opportunity to participate in key legal projects across the legal department
• Supporting the scaling up efforts of the legal function

What You Should Have:

• Bachelor’s degree and a Juris Doctorate from an ABA-accredited law school
• Admitted to the bar and in good standing or otherwise authorized to practice law in California 
• At least ten years of relevant work experience in a law firm or in-house legal department, including at least five years of in-house product counsel experience, ideally in the social, user generated, and/or consumer tech space
• Broad range of experience, preferably some combination of intellectual property, privacy, consumer protection, payments and regulatory law
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills and exceptional drive, precision, and attention to detail
• Excellent communication and listening skills (verbal and written) and comfort giving and receiving direct feedback
• Experience working collaboratively with cross functional colleagues as well as other legal team members
• Ability to exercise appropriate judgment, including determining when issues should be escalated
• Strong relationship building skills and abilities
• Ability to innovate and create solutions
• Curiosity and eagerness to learn new things
• Highly autonomous and a self starter, with well developed time and self-management skills, ability to prioritize and multitask to meet deadlines

How Genies will support you

Genies is a well-funded, growing start-up that cares deeply about each of our employees' growth and success. Our roles and their responsibilities are created with a breadth of scope that introduces each employee to exciting new challenges and opportunities that a growing start-up encounters. The actual base pay is dependent upon a number of factors, including: professional background, training, transferable skills, work experience, education, location, business and product needs, and market demand. The base pay range is subject to change and may be modified in the future. Full-time employees may also be eligible for equity compensation, in addition to a robust health, wellness, and benefits package. 

Starting Salary Range: $200,000.00 to $275,000.00 USD

Here's why you'll love working at Genies:

• You'll work with a team that you’ll be able to learn from and grow with, including support for your own professional development
• You'll be at the helm of your own career, shaping it with your own innovative contributions to a nascent team and product with flexible hours and a work from home policy
• You'll enjoy the culture and perks of a startup, with the stability of being well funded
• Comprehensive health insurance for you and your family (Anthem + Kaiser Options Available), Dental and Vision Insurance
• Competitive salaries for all full time employees
• Unlimited paid time off, sick time, and paid company holidays, in addition to paid parental leave, bereavement leave, and jury duty leave for full-time employees
• Health & wellness support through programs such as monthly wellness reimbursement
• Working in a brand new, bright, open-environment and fun office space - there’s even a slide!
• Choice of MacBook or windows laptop

Genies is an equal opportunity employer committed to promoting an inclusive work environment free of discrimination and harassment. We value diversity, inclusion, and aim to provide a sense of belonging for everyone.