Responsibilities
TikTok is the leading destination for short-form mobile video. Our mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy. TikTok has global offices including Los Angeles, New York, London, Paris, Berlin, Dubai, Singapore, Jakarta, Seoul and Tokyo.
Why Join Us
At TikTok, our people are humble, intelligent, compassionate and creative. We create to inspire – for you, for us, and for more than 1 billion users on our platform. We lead with curiosity and aim for the highest, never shying away from taking calculated risks and embracing ambiguity as it comes. Here, the opportunities are limitless for those who dare to pursue bold ideas that exist just beyond the boundary of possibility. Join us and make impact happen with a career at TikTok.
About the Team
We are looking for a lawyer to support our rapidly growing ecommerce business teams. You will have experience advising consumer facing digital platforms in the UAE and KSA and ideally other METAP (Middle East, Turkey, Africa, Pakistan) jurisdictions, with a focus on ecommerce, retail, and online marketplaces. You will understand how local laws in the region are developing to regulate such platforms, and have the versatility to advise across a broad range of commercial, regulatory, and product workstreams, involving customers, creators, merchants, and partners. You will support a diverse range of initiatives across cross-functional and multi-jurisdictional teams to support the TikTok ecommerce teams in METAP.
We are seeking a talented lawyer who will thrive in an environment that asks you to deliver to a high standard at pace, use sound judgement to effectively navigate ambiguity, juggle competing priorities and work to short turnaround times. You will bring your bias for action, strong ownership, energy and enthusiasm to respond quickly to a business that is scaling fast. This is a fantastic opportunity to develop your career within a supportive and dynamic legal team, in a division that is enjoying hyper growth on a truly international scale.
Responsibilities:
You will join a team that is dedicated to delivering excellent stakeholder service to achieve pragmatic solutions for the business. In doing so you will:
– Provide advice and guidance on a wide range of operational, regulatory, commercial and product counselling ecommerce matters, with a focus on consumer protection, B2B and B2C engagement, product compliance, advertising, influencer marketing, and intellectual property.
– Support the business in understanding and complying with legal and regulatory requirements when launching and operating new products, features, and initiatives in KSA, UAE and the METAP region more broadly.
– Contribute to the continuous improvement of TikTok ecommerce initiatives through review of consumer and business facing disclosures, policies, and terms and conditions, and support for feature development.
– Review, draft, negotiate, and manage commercial agreements relevant to digital and ecommerce platforms.
– Contribute to template development, process improvement and internal training, identifying and resolving opportunities to simplify workflows and reduce contractual friction.
– Work closely with international stakeholders in legal, privacy, and public policy, to deliver projects against short timeframes, setting appropriate priorities and managing legal risk.
Qualifications
Qualifications:
– Strong academic background, with legal qualifications to practice law in the US, UK, or another METAP jurisdiction.
– 5+ years of practice advising ecommerce or retail companies (preferably within the GCC or Middle East). We would consider applicants with the right experience and skill-set outside of this range.
– Ideally some in-house experience in an international matrixed organisation.
– Experience in drafting and negotiation of agreements across the retail, creative, and advertising industries.
– Knowledge of laws as they apply to the retail sector, and ecommerce platforms.
– Experience advising on platform liability, intellectual property, consumer protection, regulatory and compliance schemes vis-a-vis new technology and e-commerce products and customer/third party agreements.
– Strong documentation, presentation, and communication skills.
– Ability to work independently on many different projects at once in a fast-paced environment.
– Experience in providing legal advice in the areas of trust and safety and content moderation is desirable.
– Strong command of English. Arabic is a plus.
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.
