Responsibilities
About the Team Our team is dedicated to providing strategic and pragmatic legal solutions for a few ads business lines and end-to-end compliance advice and solutions. We work at the intersection of law, technology, and business, ensuring that our innovative products comply with global regulations while driving sustainable growth. As a Legal Counsel within the team, you will serve as a primary legal partner to our product, engineering, and business teams with the focus areas on content moderation and integrity. You will evaluate new features and monetization models, manage regulatory risks, and ensure global compliance across multiple jurisdictions. This role requires a balance of legal rigor and business acumen to solve complex problems in a fast-paced environment. Responsibilities - Product Counseling: Provide full-lifecycle legal support for monetization products, including evaluating product requirements, features, and business models for legal and compliance risks. - Regulatory Compliance: Monitor and interpret evolving global regulations related to digital advertising and implement compliance frameworks and pragmatic solutions. - Cross-functional Collaboration: Work closely with product, sales, marketing, and engineering teams to provide timely legal guidance and resolve cross-jurisdictional legal issues.
Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications - Education: Juris Doctor (JD), LL.M., or equivalent degree from a reputable law school. - Licensure: Qualified to practice law in the UK or any MS in the EEA. - Experience: 3+ years of legal experience, preferably with a mix of top-tier law firm and in-house experience in a global technology company. - Expertise: Strong background in internet product counseling and regulatory compliance (e.g., ad law, privacy, consumer protection). - Communication: Exceptional written and verbal communication skills in English; ability to distill complex legal concepts for non-legal stakeholders. Preferred Qualifications - Global Perspective: Experience managing legal matters across multiple regions (e.g., APAC, EMEA, Americas). - Subject Matter Depth: Familiarity with content moderation and regulatory landslape (experiences assosociated with DSA/OSA and other EU legislations) is a plus. - Agility: Ability to adapt to rapidly changing business needs and navigate ambiguity with a solution-oriented mindset.
Job Information
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.
