Legal Counsel

Responsibilities
TikTok is the leading destination for short-form mobile video. Our mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy. TikTok has global offices including Los Angeles, New York, London, Paris, Berlin, Dubai, Singapore, Jakarta, Seoul and Tokyo.

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.
At TikTok, we create together and grow together. That's how we drive impact - for ourselves, our company, and the communities we serve.

Join us.

We are seeking a highly skilled advertising lawyer with a minimum of 6 years of experience to join our Local Legal Commercial team based across Europe (Berlin, Milan, Madrid and Paris). This team provides a broad range of legal support to the business including TikTok's advertising sales, operations, marketing and user growth teams in the region.

You will thrive in an environment that asks you to deliver at pace, juggle competing priorities, support bespoke initiatives to increase advertiser engagement and develop monetisation opportunities, and bring your experience and enthusiasm to respond to an ambitious business that is growing fast. This is a fantastic opportunity to develop your career in a company that is enjoying hyper growth on a truly international scale.

**Responsibilities**:

- Engaging strong analytic capabilities to advise on legal risks, business strategies and other issues related to ad sales, commercial incentives, content production, collaborations and sponsorships, marketing campaigns, initiatives to support creators, programs to drive users to the platform, live-streaming, etc.
- Drafting, negotiating and/or explaining a wide variety of contracts.
- Regularly providing training sessions on key legal topics.
- Collaborating effectively with regional and local cross-functional teams (including sales ops, finance, tax, product, data privacy) to provide legal input on everything from strategy to client queries.
- Create templates, guidelines and training materials; identifying opportunities to improve existing processes and procedures, and developing and implementing strategies to scale and standardise the use of legal resources.

**Qualifications**:

- A minimum of 6 years of experience in-house and/or in a reputable law firm, working in the IP/IT, media, technology and/or advertising fields; experience of supporting digital platforms is a plus.
- Strong knowledge of, and interest in, IP/IT, advertising law, consumer law, data privacy and digital regulations.
- Solid experience in drafting and negotiating contracts.
- Excellent business judgment and strategic thinking.
- Knowledge of Dutch or Belgian law is an advantage.
- Outstanding emotional intelligence, interpersonal and communication skills. Ability to interact with stakeholders from various backgrounds and to clearly explain complex legal issues and concepts in simple terms. Exceptional team spirit, willing to help and take initiative.
- Excellent organisational and time management skills.
- French and English: bilingual.

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.