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The Role

We are looking for a talented and highly motivated Legal Counsel to support our rapidly growing media and technology business in the UK.

You will be providing advice to teams on a wide range of legal enquiries, including advising on data privacy concerns, commercial wording for multiple agreement types and counterparty breaches. You will also be responsible for drafting, reviewing and negotiating client media management contracts (including SOWs and Order Forms), AdTech licensing contracts including , DPAs and supplier contracts. You will have the opportunity to manage our Legal & Compliance executive which will involve 1:1 direct report. There will also be plenty of opportunity for project based work such as our CLM (Ironclad) and finding innovative solutions to automate processes. Hence, we are looking for someone who is able to prioritise these tasks and manage both their direct reports but also set expectations in the company.

This will be a rare opportunity for a tech-savvy, collaborative, ingenious individual who is passionate about media, technology and data. We are looking for an individual who will thrive in a fast-paced and challenging environment and will bring energy and enthusiasm to the role. We have a great company culture and fun working environment that will make your work life a lot easier! There will be plenty of development opportunities as we grow - the Head of Legal will work with you to map out your own bespoke career path to best utilise your strengths in conjunction with business needs.

Key Responsibilities

• Draft, review and negotiate a variety of b2b agreements, including master service agreements, reseller agreements, DPAs, statements of works (SOWs) and order forms (OFs).
• Advice on complex legal matters, analysing the counterparty position and always proposing solutions.
• Work closely with sales and delivery teams and advise them on legal implications of commercial wordings in SOWs and OFs.
• Ensuring all templates are reviewed regularly and updated when needed.
• Being Ironclad's main contact for the UK, including building or updating workflows when needed, utilising its features efficiently and creating training for the team.
• Manage overall compliance, including conducting risk analysis, ensuring insurance coverage represents company needs, legal due diligence of acquisitions is supported and support is given to any litigation proceedings.
• Contribute to the creation of best-practices in data protection, contract management and compliance.
• Management of one direct report.

Key skills

• UK Solicitor or equivalent. Foreign qualifications acceptable subject to right experience.
• 2-3+ years of post qualification experience with preference for in-house experience in media, advertising, technology and data.
• Management experience is a bonus.
• Experience drafting B2B commercial agreements.
• Has a desire to learn more about the wider media, advertising, data, and technology industries.
• Has a client focused mindset and that can collaborate with colleagues across the business and clients.
• Has prioritisation and delegation skills as it will work on different requests at the same time.
• Has a strong commercial and business awareness that allows them to identify legal risks vs commercial opportunities involved and company strategy.
• It is proactive and takes the initiative.

About Incubeta

• Incubeta is a digital marketing consultancy with over 15 years of experience that brings together the best people, technology and data to help advertisers, agencies and publishers get the most from digital for their business
• We are Google's most experienced EMEA sales partner
• We have three amazing offices in the UK; London, Manchester and Belfast, and are part of a global business with 22 offices around the world!
• We have an incredible team of over 700 creators
• We have won awards for both our work and our culture!
• We have committees and networks that improve our thinking and action on topics such as DE&I, Mental Wellbeing, Social and Sustainability

Our Package

• Incubeta pay industry benchmark salaries - these are reviewed on a regular basis and can increase as you progress along your career path
• We offer additional team performance related bonuses and a company wide performance bonus
• We have a credit-based benefits package that allows you to choose from a range of benefits including health care, additional pension, gym memberships and more
• We offer a flexible working environment that allows you to work from home 3 days a week and have flexi-hours
• You will have a development review every 4 - 6 months to discuss your career goals and our in-house L&D team will be on hand to support you to get there!

What to do next

If you like what you've read then hit the ‘Apply' button and we look forward to receiving your application!

Our unique hiring process

We are an equal opportunities employer and are committed to a policy of Equal Employment Opportunity, determined to ensure that no applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment by conditions or requirements which cannot be shown to be justifiable.

As such we use an anonymised recruitment process. When you apply you'll be asked some questions related to the day-to-day role. Your responses will be anonymised, randomised and scored by a panel of reviewers.

You'll also be asked for information about your background, anything you feel comfortable sharing will be anonymised and will not be shared as part of the interview process, it will only be used to help us understand how we are performing against our equal opportunities metrics.

We love giving feedback, and you'll be well informed of your progress throughout the application process.