Sr. Counsel, Advertising
Posted on: 24 Sep 2021
New York, New York
Job Description
Job Responsibilities:
Draft, review and negotiate a wide variety of contracts, including agency/client agreements, vendor/production agreements, media contracts, talent agreements, confidentiality agreements, and intellectual property and music/content licenses.
Review proposed advertising and marketing materials to ensure compliance with federal and state laws, rules and regulations, as well as adherence to best industry practices. Advise agency personnel of potential risks (including copyright, trademark, right of privacy/publicity, promotions and consumer protection law) and additional materials needed for substantiation for claims, permission for talent, third party trademarks and copyrighted materials, etc., and additional disclosures.
Provide legal advice on an ongoing basis in areas of advertising law, claim substantiation, trademark clearance, copyrights, promotions, rights of privacy and publicity, user generated content, endorsements and testimonials, and social and mobile media.
Advise on production of commercial materials, including issues related to COVID-19 risks and legal compliance.
Educate, advise, and counsel agency personnel and management on legal issues affecting business decisions.
Provide periodic training to business units on legal process, advertising law basics, and key legal issues affecting operations.
Standardize templates, processes and legal guidance where possible to improve efficiency of legal services to business units.
Qualifications/Requirements:
JD degree from an ABA accredited law school
6+ years of relevant experience; previous in -house experience preferred
Must be in good standing with New York State Bar Association
Skills:
Excellent writing, oral communication, analytical and organizational skills
Excellent business judgment with a capacity to make decisions and give advice, demonstrating an understanding of overall business objectives and risk
Ability to work quickly and effectively in a fast-moving, challenging and constantly changing environment
Ability to develop partnerships and to effectively interact with individuals at all levels of our organization (both within legal and with agency personnel and management) and externally (including with client legal)
Exceptional customer service and interpersonal skills
Ability to find creative solutions to help the business get to “yes”, while understanding when to flag high risk issues that need to be escalated to agency management
Solid organizational and time management skills
Results-oriented with outstanding attention to detail
Ability to work both independently and collaboratively with other members of the legal department on inter-agency projects
Ability to handle high-volume, multiple priorities
Interpublic Group
New York, New York
Interpublic group is a global provider of marketing solutions. Through our 54,000 employees in all major world markets, our companies specialize in consumer advertising, digital marketing, communications planning and media buying, public relations and specialty marketing.
IPG agencies create customized marketing programs for many of the world's largest companies through our comprehensive global services. The work our agencies produce helps clients build brands, increase sales of their products and services and gain market share.
The work we provide clients is specific to their unique needs. Our solutions vary from project-based activity involving one agency to long-term, fully integrated campaigns created by multiple IPG agencies working together. With offices in over 100 countries, we can operate in a single region, or deliver globally integrated programs.
The role of our holding company is to provide resources and support to ensure that our agencies can best meet clients’ needs. Based in New York City, our holding company sets company-wide financial objectives and corporate strategy, establishes financial management and operational controls, guides personnel policy, directs collaborative inter-agency programs, conducts investor relations, provides enterprise risk management and oversees mergers and acquisitions. In addition, we provide limited centralized functional services that offer our companies operational efficiencies, including accounting and finance, executive compensation management and recruitment assistance, employee benefits, marketing information retrieval and analysis, internal audit, legal services, real estate expertise and travel services.
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IndustryMarketing
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No. of Employees54,000
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Jobs Posted120
