Product Counsel, UG & Search
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Location: Los Angeles, CA 90011
Description:
Location :
Los Angeles
Employment Type :
Regular
Job Code :
A248076A
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Responsibilities
About the Team Our team provides legal guidance for innovative consumer-facing products and services, and integrated platforms servicing our global video market. We help technical and business teams achieve their goals by understanding our offerings and providing recommendations to help our products comply with legal requirements. The team is growing quickly and is seeking highly experienced, bright and capable legal professionals to join. We are looking for an experienced product attorney to work closely with internal stakeholders to conduct solid analysis, provide pragmatic and strategic advice. This position provides candidates with a unique opportunity to be part of a growing team, work on cutting-edge issues in a fast-paced, ever-changing environment, collaborate with colleagues in business, engineering, compliance, security, and policy teams on issues critical to protecting TikTok's efforts on products and innovations. Responsibilities Candidates must be highly collaborative, self-motivated, strategically thinking, intellectually curious, and exercise independent judgement: - Spearheading the legal review of new products and features and coordinating other product-related matters on a global scale based on a holistic risk assessment - Ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements worldwide, with a specific focus on entertainment platforms and social media - Providing advice to user growth and search product teams on complex issues, facilitating the development of creative solutions for product feature innovation - Coordinating with regional counsels and various subject matter expert legal counsels to consolidate and globalize legal feedback for the product teams - Managing internal communication, projects, and training initiatives among different teams, including regional legal, various product organizations, and various subject matter expert legal groups - Monitoring industry trends related to the regulation of online platforms, social media, and entertainment platforms, as well as privacy, generative AI, data protection, and minor safety & protection across markets to identify critical areas for the company to address.
Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications: - Qualified to practice law and in good standing in the United States - 5+ years of practice with experience of advising on laws related to privacy, consumer protection, minor safety, user campaigns, marketing and promotional activities, and other regulatory requirements, ideally for a multinational company, advising across multiple markets, and taking into account laws across regions Preferred Qualifications: - Ideally some experience counseling on platform liability, intellectual property, and generative AI in an in-house role at an international matrixed organization - Strong drafting, presentation, and communication skills - Ability to work independently on many different projects at once in a fast-paced environment - Experience with analyzing products to determine their compliance with applicable laws - Detail oriented and experience coordinating across multiple teams/countries - Strong sense of problem solving and proactive work ethic - Determination to face tough challenges in a fast-paced environment while keeping a sense of humor.
Job Information
[For Pay Transparency]Compensation Description (Annually)
The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $162133 - $303240 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.
About TikTok
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 we also have offices in New York City, London, Dublin, Paris, Berlin, Dubai, Jakarta, Seoul, and Tokyo.
Why Join Us
Inspiring creativity is at the core of TikTok's mission. Our innovative product is built to help people authentically express themselves, discover and connect - and our global, diverse teams make that possible. Together, we create value for our communities, inspire creativity and bring joy - a mission we work towards every day.
We strive to do great things with great people. We lead with curiosity, humility, and a desire to make impact in a rapidly growing tech company. Every challenge is an opportunity to learn and innovate as one team. We're resilient and embrace challenges as they come. By constantly iterating and fostering an "Always Day 1" mindset, we achieve meaningful breakthroughs for ourselves, our company, and our users. When we create and grow together, the possibilities are limitless. Join us.
Diversity & Inclusion
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 Accommodation
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://tinyurl.com/RA-request
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Los Angeles
Employment Type :
Regular
Job Code :
A248076A
Apply to this job
Share this listing:
Responsibilities
About the Team Our team provides legal guidance for innovative consumer-facing products and services, and integrated platforms servicing our global video market. We help technical and business teams achieve their goals by understanding our offerings and providing recommendations to help our products comply with legal requirements. The team is growing quickly and is seeking highly experienced, bright and capable legal professionals to join. We are looking for an experienced product attorney to work closely with internal stakeholders to conduct solid analysis, provide pragmatic and strategic advice. This position provides candidates with a unique opportunity to be part of a growing team, work on cutting-edge issues in a fast-paced, ever-changing environment, collaborate with colleagues in business, engineering, compliance, security, and policy teams on issues critical to protecting TikTok's efforts on products and innovations. Responsibilities Candidates must be highly collaborative, self-motivated, strategically thinking, intellectually curious, and exercise independent judgement: - Spearheading the legal review of new products and features and coordinating other product-related matters on a global scale based on a holistic risk assessment - Ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements worldwide, with a specific focus on entertainment platforms and social media - Providing advice to user growth and search product teams on complex issues, facilitating the development of creative solutions for product feature innovation - Coordinating with regional counsels and various subject matter expert legal counsels to consolidate and globalize legal feedback for the product teams - Managing internal communication, projects, and training initiatives among different teams, including regional legal, various product organizations, and various subject matter expert legal groups - Monitoring industry trends related to the regulation of online platforms, social media, and entertainment platforms, as well as privacy, generative AI, data protection, and minor safety & protection across markets to identify critical areas for the company to address.
Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications: - Qualified to practice law and in good standing in the United States - 5+ years of practice with experience of advising on laws related to privacy, consumer protection, minor safety, user campaigns, marketing and promotional activities, and other regulatory requirements, ideally for a multinational company, advising across multiple markets, and taking into account laws across regions Preferred Qualifications: - Ideally some experience counseling on platform liability, intellectual property, and generative AI in an in-house role at an international matrixed organization - Strong drafting, presentation, and communication skills - Ability to work independently on many different projects at once in a fast-paced environment - Experience with analyzing products to determine their compliance with applicable laws - Detail oriented and experience coordinating across multiple teams/countries - Strong sense of problem solving and proactive work ethic - Determination to face tough challenges in a fast-paced environment while keeping a sense of humor.
Job Information
[For Pay Transparency]Compensation Description (Annually)
The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $162133 - $303240 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.
About TikTok
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 we also have offices in New York City, London, Dublin, Paris, Berlin, Dubai, Jakarta, Seoul, and Tokyo.
Why Join Us
Inspiring creativity is at the core of TikTok's mission. Our innovative product is built to help people authentically express themselves, discover and connect - and our global, diverse teams make that possible. Together, we create value for our communities, inspire creativity and bring joy - a mission we work towards every day.
We strive to do great things with great people. We lead with curiosity, humility, and a desire to make impact in a rapidly growing tech company. Every challenge is an opportunity to learn and innovate as one team. We're resilient and embrace challenges as they come. By constantly iterating and fostering an "Always Day 1" mindset, we achieve meaningful breakthroughs for ourselves, our company, and our users. When we create and grow together, the possibilities are limitless. Join us.
Diversity & Inclusion
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 Accommodation
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://tinyurl.com/RA-request
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