Job Description
About the team
The Zillow Group Legal and Compliance Department is a dedicated team of skilled (and fun!) Legal professionals who enjoy working in a congenial environment within an innovative, fast-paced tech and media company. This role is part of the Business Lines Legal Team, which provides the frontline support for Zillow’s products and services.We are looking for an outstanding attorney to provide legal, regulatory and product support to our StreetEasy businesses. While serving as the legal point-of-contact for the business line, this attorney will be responsible for handling a broad range of legal matters, with a focus on real estate portal legal compliance, NYC brokerage operations, real estate rules and regulations, advertising, software and data licensing, marketing, promotions, and general product support.
Just as important as providing quick and accurate legal advice will be this attorney’s ability to collaborate with others to ensure the right Legal and Compliance team members are looped in at the right time. Supporting StreetEasy requires a willingness to learn new areas of law while also understanding when to call in subject matter experts. Above all, this attorney should have demonstrated expertise in New York City licensed residential real estate operations, offer creative solutions to sophisticated problems and excel at building strong relationships with both clients and colleagues.
About the role
- Serve as legal point of contact and subject matter expert to StreetEasy business and product teams. Support includes regulatory analysis, real estate compliance, product design and copy, marketing collateral, vendor / partner contracts, customer service scripts / escalations, data use & privacy implications and applicable disclosures
- Embed yourself during the ideation stage with StreetEasy product teams to provide tactical and pragmatic legal advice for special projects, pilot programs and critical initiatives
- Proactively partner with cross-functional business teams and shared services (e.g., privacy, finance, compliance, risk, real estate licensing, communications, and marketing) to identify and resolve novel legal matters that arise during the creation of new products and services
- Negotiate advertising agreements with top national customers
- Draft, review, and negotiate inbound and outbound data licensing and other commercial agreements
- Review and support implementation of contests and sweepstakes, including rules and related marketing documentation
- Analyze and strategize with government relations and tax teams on proposed legislative changes that impact StreetEasy
- Be instrumental to the success of a rapidly growing, innovative platform
This role has been categorized as a Remote position. “Remote” employees do not have a permanent corporate office workplace and, instead, work from a physical location of their choice which must be identified to the Company. Employees may live in any of the 50 US States, with limited exceptions. In certain cases, an employee in a remote-designated job may need to live in a specific region or time zone to support customers or clients as part of their role.
In addition to a competitive base salary this position is also eligible for equity awards based on factors such as experience, performance and location. Actual amounts will vary depending on experience, performance and location.
Who you are
You are a highly responsive and trusted advisor that has:
- 3-5+ years of experience as a real estate or corporate lawyer with a national or regional law firm or in-house legal department at a brokerage, real estate or tech company.
- A JD with active state bar admission, NY state bar admission preferred.
- Possess expertise in New York City licensed residential real estate operations and the real estate industry as a whole
- Experience with licensing, intellectual property, and commercial agreements
- Experience in marketing, data, and/or advertising law
- Excellent interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills with ability to persuasively convey implications of legal issues and risk
- Outstanding attention to detail, an upbeat work ethic, and excellent drafting and negotiation skills
- Desire to take ownership of projects, issues and functions and quickly get things done
- Excel at collaborating across departments and levels to develop consumer-centric, leading-edge solutions
Get to know us
Zillow is reimagining real estate to make it easier to unlock life’s next chapter.
As the most-visited real estate website in the United States, Zillow® and its affiliates help movers find and win their home through digital solutions, first class partners, and easier buying, selling, financing and renting experiences. Millions of people visit Zillow Group sites every month to start their home search, and now they can rely on Zillow to help make it easier to move. The work we do is helping people move from dreaming to transacting — and no matter what job you're in, you will play a critical role in making this vision a reality.
Our efforts to streamline the real estate transaction are supported by a deep-rooted culture of innovation, our passion to redefine the employee experience, a fundamental commitment to Equity and Belonging, and world-class benefits. We’re also setting the standard for work experiences of the future, where our employees are supported in doing their best work and living a flexible, well-balanced life. But don’t just take our word for it. Read recent reviews on Glassdoor and recent recognition from multiple organizations, including: the 100 Best Companies to Work For in 2022 list, Glassdoor Employees’ Choice Award, honoring the Best Places to Work in 2022, Bloomberg Gender-Equality Index 2022, Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Corporate Equity Index and Best Place to Work for LGBTQ Equality 2022, and TIME 100 Most Influential Companies list.
Zillow Group is an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering an inclusive, innovative environment with the best employees. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please contact us at RecruitingAccessibility@zillowgroup.com.
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