Associate Counsel

About the role

This role supports intellectual property, advertising law, copyright, and marketing legal review for LTK's global footprint. You'll manage LTK's trademark and copyright portfolio, own the DMCA safe harbor program, advise on advertising and endorsement compliance across multiple jurisdictions, and manage litigation within your subject areas, handling both offensive and defensive legal work.

Responsibilities

• Manage prosecution, maintenance, and renewal of a global trademark portfolio
• Evaluate recommendations from outside counsel, review billing, and manage the relationship under DGC oversight on strategy and spend
• Forecast, review invoices, and manage outside counsel budget
• Execute portfolio rationalization: evaluate mark strength, geographic coverage, and business alignment to redirect spend toward business priorities
• Manage watch services and enforcement matters; conduct likelihood of confusion analysis; evaluate oppositions; draft and manage C&Ds, takedowns, and enforcement actions
• Manage domain monitoring, enforcement, and acquisition; handle squatter situations across jurisdictions; coordinate trademark use strategy across products, marketing, and business operations
• Maintain organized matter files and outcome tracking across all enforcement and litigation matters
• Own the DMCA safe harbor program end-to-end: notice intake, evaluation, takedowns, counter-notice analysis
• Train the support team on application and handle inbound and outbound copyright infringement matters
• Assess and manage music copyright exposure; serve as the legal team's subject matter expert on copyright; coordinate with the product legal team on matters with platform design implications
• Advisory on advertising compliance across US and international markets, including FTC substantiation requirements, TCPA, CAN-SPAM, UDAP, state consumer protection, ASA (UK), and EU unfair commercial practices
• Own endorsement and disclosure compliance for influencer campaigns
• Build and maintain a marketing review intake process and self-service playbooks so routine items are handled at scale
• Handle government and regulatory inquiries within subject areas with outside counsel support
• Track advertising and marketing law developments, assess LTK impact, and contribute sections to the team's regulatory report
• Manage enforcement and pre-litigation matters across subject areas, including investigation, evidence gathering, matter file management, and outside counsel coordination
• Manage litigation within subject areas with outside counsel
• Establish legal processes and work effectively with business teams across multiple departments and geographies
• Build scalable playbooks, templates, and process documentation across all owned areas
• Evaluate and implement AI-assisted workflows and agent-based triage for routine matters
• Deliver training to business teams within owned areas
• Produce quarterly portfolio health reporting for leadership
• Contribute advertising, marketing, and IP sections to the team's regulatory and litigation reports and leadership-facing reports

Requirements

• J.D. from an accredited law school and active bar membership in at least one U.S. jurisdiction
• 3-5 years of experience spanning soft IP and advertising law. The strongest candidates will have practiced in both areas, whether at a firm, in-house at a technology or platform company, or across multiple roles.
• Experience managing or directing outside counsel relationships
• Familiarity with DMCA notice-and-takedown procedures and copyright enforcement
• Experience with FTC advertising and endorsement compliance
• Strong legal analysis, independent judgment, and the ability to know when to escalate
• Ability to establish legal processes and work effectively with business teams across multiple departments and geographies
• Demonstrated ability to build processes and create scalable frameworks
• Strong written and verbal communication skills

Preferred

• Experience managing a multi-jurisdictional international trademark portfolio
• Experience with TCPA and CAN-SPAM compliance
• Experience at a technology, e-commerce, platform, or creator economy company
• Familiarity with AI-assisted legal tools and workflows
• Experience with music licensing or content clearance
• Exposure to international advertising law (UK ASA, EU unfair commercial practices)

What we offer for full-time salaried employees

• The opportunity to be part of the leading global company in creator commerce
• A remote-first, productivity-first environment
• Competitive compensation and benefits package to meet the needs of you and your family
• 401(k) with LTK company matching
• Medical Insurance, Vision Insurance, Dental Insurance
• Paid Maternity Leave and Paid Paternity Leave
• Summer Fridays and Flexible PTO

About LTK

Founded in 2011, LTK is the global technology platform purpose-built to empower lifestyle creators to monetize their content. The full-service platform connects brands, creators, and shoppers with a world-class shopping app and trusted tools and technology that make content instantly shoppable. Today, premium lifestyle creators in 160+ countries drive more than $5 billion+ in annual retail sales through their LTK Shop profiles. More than 40 million consumers turn to LTK Shops in the LTK shopping platform each month to find inspiration and instantly shop the styles recommended by their favorite creators. More than 8,000 retailers and 1M brands partner with LTK to gain access to its global creator network for content that converts against performance-driven, cross-channel KPIs. LTK is headquartered in Dallas, TX, and currently operates on five continents. Our mission is to empower the world’s premium lifestyle Creators to achieve maximum economic success. Our values are Here to win, Commit to the journey, Work well commitment to diversity.