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STATUS: Fulltime

REPORTS TO: Grace Lee

 

Ariat is an innovative, outdoor global brand with roots in equestrian performance. We develop high quality footwear and apparel for riders, ranchers, workers, and outdoorsmen who care about performance, quality, comfort, and style.

 

 

Ariat International is hiring a junior to mid-level Commercial Counsel to support our lean, but dynamic legal team. As the second attorney in our legal department, you will have wide-ranging responsibilities, with ownership of projects that make an immediate impact. Under the supervision of the Director of Legal, your work will touch every aspect of running our global retail brand. You are extremely organized and proactive, with a desire to learn and grow. You are customer-focused, collaborate well with team members and cross-functional business partners, and have experience working directly with outside counsel. If you are a self-directing, strategically thinking, and detail-oriented individual with a get-it-done attitude, come work with us! You will be based out of Ariat International’s headquarters in Union City.

 

• You will take draft, review, negotiate and manage a wide variety of vendor agreements, strategic partnership agreements, software agreements, as well as professional services/development agreements, purchasing, event and influencer agreements.

• You will create template agreements, develop playbooks and legal processes that can scale globally.

• Advise the business on day-to-day marketing issues that arise, including advertising and product performance claims and substantiation, IP issues, including conducting clearance search and analysis on all trademarks, logos, taglines, and slogans used by Ariat worldwide

• Help support our global brand protection and efforts by coordinating IP-based takedowns, managing our third-party brand protection providers, and working with outside counsel.

• You will assist with maintaining our patent, trademark, and copyright portfolio, advising on strategic areas to grow our portfolio, and implement new IP-related initiatives.

• Assist and support product teams in connection with the launch of new products from ideation to creation.

• Provide guidance and support our cross-functional colleagues in areas of immigration, HR, labor and employment, data privacy, compliance and other areas supported by the legal department, as needed.

 

• Juris Doctor degree from an ABA accredited law school, licensed to practice law and in good standing in one or more states

• Minimum of 2-5 years of experience as commercial counsel. You know how to efficiently manage risk and ensure that business and compliance needs are accurately reflected in agreements.

• You will also have experience in one or some of these areas: marketing, advertising, intellectual property (trademark or other soft IP), privacy, or product counseling experience in an in-house legal department.

• Experience with a global footwear and apparel brand, or consumer products is preferred.

• Strong interpersonal skills and can work cross-functionally with multiple stakeholders and teams on multiple projects at once.

• Strong attention to detail—you sweat the small stuff and strive to get it right the first time, every time.

• Ability and willingness to take initiative to address problems and make continuous process improvements

• Team player who manages well under pressure, while maintaining a good sense of humor.