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Commercial Counsel

AT TikTok
TikTok

Commercial Counsel

Los Angeles, CA

Responsibilities

About the team:
The North America Commercial & IP Legal Team is a member of the Global Legal team, primarily covering TikTok and supporting other products and services like CapCut and Lemon8. The Team provides key commercial and intellectual property support for all TikTok's innovative initiatives, state-of-the-art products, and integrated platforms servicing the North America region. We help our business, product, and functional teams enable their vision by providing integrated legal guidance and support.

Responsibilities:
We need an experienced commercial counsel who can handle sophisticated commercial work and counseling on product partnerships, distribution, and content (publishers and creators). The following describes the responsibilities and requirements for the role:

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- Provide strategic counsel on a broad range of initiatives. Draft and negotiate a broad range of commercial agreements in many of our product verticals for both TikTok and other products and services such as CapCut and Lemon8.
- You will work cross-functionally with business and legal colleagues and worldwide to support the global businesses of TikTok and our other products.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree plus a Juris Doctorate from an ABA-accredited law school.
- Deep subject matter expertise in media, technology, entertainment, marketing, and/or distribution legal matters.
- A track record of closing challenging deals and advising in digital subject matter.
- Confident, ownership-styled personality, who is comfortable in uncertainty, high work volumes, and demanding client stakeholders.

Preferred Qualifications:
- You have worked for a consumer-facing technology platform.
- You have structured and negotiated product partnerships and tech transactions.
- You have a strong understanding of technology, intellectual property, and rights-related issues.

Job Information

[For Pay Transparency] Compensation Description (annually)

The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $162134 - $357390 annually.

Compensation may vary outside of this range depending on a number of factors, including a candidate's qualifications, skills, competencies and experience, and location. Base pay is one part of the Total Package that is provided to compensate and recognize employees for their work, and this role may be eligible for additional discretionary bonuses/incentives, and restricted stock units.

Benefits may vary depending on the nature of employment and the country work location. Employees have day one access to medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401(k) savings plan with company match, paid parental leave, short-term and long-term disability coverage, life insurance, wellbeing benefits, among others. Employees also receive 10 paid holidays per year, 10 paid sick days per year and 17 days of Paid Personal Time (prorated upon hire with increasing accruals by tenure).

The Company reserves the right to modify or change these benefits programs at any time, with or without notice.

For Los Angeles County (unincorporated) Candidates:

Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal, state, and local laws including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act. Our company believes that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship on the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of the conditional offer of employment:

1. Interacting and occasionally having unsupervised contact with internal/external clients and/or colleagues;

2. Appropriately handling and managing confidential information including proprietary and trade secret information and access to information technology systems; and

3. Exercising sound judgment.

Client-provided location(s): Los Angeles, CA, USA
Job ID: TikTok-7519949213649553682
Employment Type: Other

Perks and Benefits

  • Health and Wellness

    • Health Insurance
    • Dental Insurance
    • Vision Insurance
    • HSA
    • Life Insurance
    • Fitness Subsidies
    • Short-Term Disability
    • Long-Term Disability
    • On-Site Gym
    • Mental Health Benefits
    • Virtual Fitness Classes
  • Parental Benefits

    • Fertility Benefits
    • Adoption Assistance Program
    • Family Support Resources
  • Work Flexibility

    • Flexible Work Hours
    • Hybrid Work Opportunities
  • Office Life and Perks

    • Casual Dress
    • Snacks
    • Pet-friendly Office
    • Happy Hours
    • Some Meals Provided
    • Company Outings
    • On-Site Cafeteria
    • Holiday Events
  • Vacation and Time Off

    • Paid Vacation
    • Paid Holidays
    • Personal/Sick Days
    • Leave of Absence
  • Financial and Retirement

    • 401(K) With Company Matching
    • Performance Bonus
    • Company Equity
  • Professional Development

    • Promote From Within
    • Access to Online Courses
    • Leadership Training Program
    • Associate or Rotational Training Program
    • Mentor Program
  • Diversity and Inclusion

    • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Program
    • Employee Resource Groups (ERG)

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