Senior Counsel

🕒 September 5

🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $180k - $300k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

⚖️ Legal Counsel / General Counsel

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Automattic

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1001 - 5000 employees

Founded 2005

🌐 Web 3

🤝 Non-profit

💰 Funding Round on 2021-05

Web 3 • Software • Non-profit

Automattic is a leading company focused on making the web a better place by offering a variety of web services and tools. They provide platforms such as WordPress. com for creating blogs and websites, Tumblr for connecting users with shared interests, Day One for journaling, and WooCommerce for online selling. Additionally, Automattic offers tools like Jetpack for enhancing the safety, growth, and speed of websites, Akismet for spam filtering, and various apps for mobile site management. They also contribute to non-profit and open source projects, including WordPress. org, and provide enterprise-level WordPress solutions with WP VIP. With a focus on openness and freedom, Automattic aims to empower users by leveraging the web for global connectivity and expression.

📋 Description

• Advise product, engineering, and trust & safety teams on content safety, consumer protection, intellectual property, privacy, data security, and industry regulations • Provide product counseling for web hosting, site creation, content publication, ecommerce, social media, and related products • Advise on data protection and privacy laws including GDPR and CCPA • Advise on consent frameworks for digital marketing and advertising • Build scalable compliance documentation processes • Track and prepare for upcoming regulations • Participate in industry groups globally and represent Automattic before regulators and government agencies • Work with trust & safety teams on freedom of expression and user safety policies • Design legal-team compliance processes and workflows

🎯 Requirements

• JD from a US accredited law school with 5+ years of relevant experience (or an exception EU-based attorney) • Familiarity with open source, user-generated content, web hosting, social media, ecommerce, digital advertising, and related product, privacy, and regulatory requirements • Ability to function independently and work in an asynchronous environment • Willingness and ability to stretch into areas like litigation or IP if needed • Ability to provide recommendations and clear thinking with imperfect information • Familiarity with DSA, UK and Australian Online Safety Acts, EU AI Act, and worldwide age-assurance laws is a major plus

🏖️ Benefits

• Fully remote company • Open vacation policy • Compensation in local currency • Benefits by country • Employee Resource Groups • Accommodations during the application or interview process • Equal Opportunity employer • Disability Confident Committed employer