Responsibilities
TikTok is the leading destination for short-form mobile video. At TikTok, our mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy. TikTok's global headquarters are in Los Angeles and Singapore, and its offices include New York, London, Dublin, Paris, Berlin, Dubai, Jakarta, Seoul, and Tokyo.
Why Join Us
Creation is the core of TikTok's purpose. Our platform is built to help imaginations thrive. This is doubly true of the teams that make TikTok possible.
Together, we inspire creativity and bring joy - a mission we all believe in and aim towards achieving every day.
To us, every challenge, no matter how difficult, is an opportunity; to learn, to innovate, and to grow as one team. Status quo? Never. Courage? Always.
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About the Team
Our legal team provides key support for all TikTok's innovative initiatives, state-of-the-art products, and integrated platforms servicing our global video market. We help our technological and business teams enable their vision by providing integrated legal guidance and support. As a result, the TikTok team is growing fast and is seeking an experienced, bright and capable legal professional to join our Global Legal Content Moderation team. In this role, you will work on critical challenges in the areas of content safety, moderation and regulation. This full-time role can be based in Los Angeles or any other United States-based location and provides a unique opportunity for an ambitious lawyer with a keen interest in learning about industry defining challenges and new areas of law.
Responsibilities
- Serve as lead on Trust & Safety Product matters within the Global Legal Content Moderation function
- Work closely with our Trust & Safety Product teams in the US and globally and other in-house lawyers to develop and provide legal advice on Trust & Safety Product matters
- Support in-house lawyers to assess regional and/or local content regulations and laws, develop compliance strategies and support their implementation.
- Serve as a trusted advisor to senior management on content safety and content moderation strategies and matters.
- Work in a cross-functional environment with government affairs, communications and other business professionals on content safety, content moderation and content regulatory matters.
Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications:
- Qualified to practice law and in good standing in the United States
- 5 years of legal practice experience, with a focus on product legal compliance, content moderation, content regulation and/or online safety aspects
- Proven performance leveraging cross-functional teams and coordinating activities across multiple business units, organizations, and jurisdictions
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, along with the ability to collaborate effectively across diverse teams and cultures.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Ability to work independently on many different projects at once in a fast-paced environment
- Strong organizational skills with the ability to be flexible and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
TikTok is committed to creating an inclusive space where employees are valued for their skills, experiences, and unique perspectives. Our platform connects people from across the globe and so does our workplace. At TikTok, our mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy. To achieve that goal, we are committed to celebrating our diverse voices and to creating an environment that reflects the many communities we reach. We are passionate about this and hope you are too.
TikTok is committed to providing reasonable accommodations in our recruitment processes for candidates with disabilities, pregnancy, sincerely held religious beliefs or other reasons protected by applicable laws. If you need assistance or a reasonable accommodation, please reach out to us at https://shorturl.at/cdpT2.