Senior Counsel, Marketing & Commercial

Etsy is the global marketplace for unique and creative goods. We build, power, and evolve the tools and technologies that connect entrepreneurs with buyers around the world. As an Etsy employee, you’ll tackle unique problems alongside talented coworkers committed to Keeping Commerce Human. We're large enough that you'll focus on meaningful, complex challenges, but small enough that you can make a rewarding impact.

We are looking for a Senior Counsel, Marketing & Commercial. In this role you will use your experience in marketing and advertising law to help manage key business and marketing functions. Do you have a background advising internal clients on branding, assets, licensing, marketing, advertising compliance, and related commercial transactions with agencies, advertisers, and technology providers? If so, this could be an excellent match.

Our team supports each of the four brands within our existing ‘Family of Brands’ so there will be opportunity to partner with and support each of Reverb, Elo7 and Depop as well as Etsy.com.

This is a full-time position. We are considering remote candidates based in the US for this position. Etsy offers three different work modes to meet the variety of needs and preferences of our team: Flex mode for candidates who are comfortable traveling to an office location 2+ times per week, Remote mode, and Office-based mode. Learn more about our flexible work modes and vaccination policy here.

About the Role
In this role you will:

• Advise and identify risks to marketing and product teams as they promote and design exciting products and tools.
• Balance commercial, marketing, compliance and privacy concerns, including advertising campaigns (US and internationally) with social media reviews, and consumer and business insights.
• Evaluate risks and opportunities related to a company’s media assets and priorities, including marketing campaigns, influencers, SAG-AFTRA concerns, content production, technology partnerships, merchandising vetting, music licensing, and content distribution.
• Answer new questions, solving uncharted problems.
• Work collaboratively with teams to meet the needs of our fast-paced environment, and raising matters when needed to internal partners/groups.
• Navigate marketplace issues, including: privacy (US and international regs), intermediary liability, ad technologies, cookies and trackers, EU and FTC regulations, COPPA, accessibility, SaaS and IaaS, and more.
• Review, draft and negotiate a wide range of US & international commercial agreements (especially experience negotiating indemnities, limitations of liability, intellectual property rights, SaaS agreements, etc).
• Of course, this is just a sample of the kinds of work this role will require! You should assume that your role will encompass other tasks, too, and that your job duties and responsibilities may change from time to time at Etsy's discretion, or otherwise applicable with local law.

About You
Ideally you'll bring:

• 7+ years experience, at both a law firm and in-house, dealing with issues related to marketing and advertising for tech and/or e-commerce companies.
• JD and are admitted to a state bar (preferably NY or CA) and are qualified to work in-house in New York.
• History of being the trusted legal contact for creating and publishing advertising campaigns reaching audiences in various media, TV commercials and social media posts.
• Effective communicator, verbally and in writing. History of speaking with technical minds and business leaders without legal jargon. Passionate about clearly articulating risk and strategies to mitigate risk to clients and executives.
• Embrace goal setting and accountability.
• Excellent business, negotiation and presentation skills. You can read a spreadsheet, build a deck, analyze, and communicate information to others.
• Skilled at identifying, understanding, and managing international legal and regulatory risks related to our business.
• Bilingual/multilingual is a plus (English/Spanish/Portuguese).
• The most important quality for success on the Etsy legal team is good judgment. Knowing when to say “no”, “yes” or “maybe". You are mindful that the company is your client, and you advocate for the protection of your client.
• A trust in and commitment to Etsy's vision, mission and values.