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Senior Legal Counsel

Spotify

Posted Sep 27

Full Time

On SiteNew York, New York

We are seeking a Senior Legal Counsel with strong audiobook licensing experience to join our Legal Licensing & BD Team. As Senior Legal Counsel responsible for audiobook licensing, you will work closely with our Business Affairs teams, negotiating and drafting audiobook licenses with major and independent book publishers and providing day-to-day legal input on business and strategy related to Spotify’s audiobook initiative. Our work is cutting edge, fast-paced and always evolving so we are looking for an innovative, progressive and proactive problem-solver to join our team.

What you'll do:

Provide strategic, tactical legal advice related to audiobook rights in a creative, business-centric way.
Work closely with, support and advise our Business Affairs teams on legal audiobook licensing matters.
Structure, draft, and negotiate audiobook license agreements.
Serve as Spotify’’s subject matter expert on the legal obligations related to audiobook content.
Act as the day-to-day legal support for Spotify’s commercial relationship with top international book publishers.

Who you are:

J.D., or LLM degree from an accredited law school and active membership in at least one state bar.
8+ years of relevant law firm and/or in-house transactional experience.
Strong working knowledge and experience of copyright law and legal issues relating to the audiobook space, including experience negotiating and drafting complex content licensing agreements between digital services and book publishers
Have a practical, business-oriented approach to problem-solving and be able to effectively counsel business teams by providing pragmatic, commercial and timely advice.
Ability to be nimble and work in a fast-paced environment with changing needs and demanding timelines.

Our global benefits

Extensive learning opportunities, through our dedicated team, GreenHouse
Flexible share incentives letting you choose how you share in our success.
Global parental leave, six months off - fully paid - for all new parents.
All The Feels, our employee assistance program and self-care hub.
Flexible public holidays, swap days off according to your values and beliefs.
Spotify On Tour, join your colleagues on trips to industry festivals and events.

Learn about life at Spotify

Spotify is an equal opportunity employer. You are welcome at Spotify for who you are, no matter where you come from, what you look like, or what’s playing in your headphones. Our platform is for everyone, and so is our workplace. The more voices we have represented and amplified in our business, the more we will all thrive, contribute, and be forward-thinking! So bring us your personal experience, your perspectives, and your background. It’s in our differences that we will find the power to keep revolutionizing the way the world listens.

Spotify transformed music listening forever when we launched in 2008. Our mission is to unlock the potential of human creativity by giving a million creative artists the opportunity to live off their art and billions of fans the chance to enjoy and be passionate about these creators. Everything we do is driven by our love for music and podcasting. Today, we are the world’s most popular audio streaming subscription service with a community of more than 381 million users.

This role is not eligible for hire in Colorado, USA.

Global COVID and Vaccination Disclosure

Spotify is committed to safety and well-being of our employees, vendors and clients. We are following regional guidelines mandating vaccination and testing requirements, including those requiring vaccinations and testing for in-person roles and event attendance. For NYC, we have mandated that all employees and contractors be fully vaccinated in order to work in our offices and externally with any third-parties.For all other locations, we strongly encourage our employees to get vaccinated and also follow local COVID and safety protocols.

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