You will be part of Activision Blizzard and King's EMEA legal team, working in a collaborative and exciting environment where your ideas will be every bit as valued as your expertise.
Responsibilities
Priorities can often change in a fast-paced environment like ours, so this role includes, but is not limited to, the following responsibilities:
- Supporting the commercial team on drafting, reviewing and negotiating commercial contracts for Activision, Blizzard and King entities.
- Support to the product lawyers on specific game titles including clearance of assets for game development
- Legal research
- Supporting marketing and PR initiatives, including drafting T&Cs (under supervision)
- Responsible for handling NDAs across the business.
- Data Protection - support reviewing data processing agreements with service providers and supporting our privacy lawyers on regulatory change and privacy projects for different parts of the business.
- Support other teams as needed, such as HR and employment, to ensure the internal processes are followed correctly.
- General administrative support to Legal Team including preparing, maintaining and updating legal documentation, online filling, processing signatures and document management databases.
Player profile
You'll be hard-working, enthusiastic and interested in the company and our games.
Qualificationstraining
- Law Degree (GDL, LLM or equivalent)
- Experience in a law firm and/or in-house, preferably with some European and/or US exposure
Knowledge, experience, skills and abilities
- General experience with commercial contracts (drafting & negotiating)
- IP and marketing clearance experience beneficial
- Privacy and data protection experience beneficial
- Excellent written and communication skills (English)
- Excellent attention to detail and research skills
- Proficiency in using office software
- Knowledge of other languages is a plus
- Positive attitude & full commitment to the position
- The ability to work concurrently on a variety of projects, effectively prioritize and work under demanding deadlines with a “can do” attitude is essential.
- Team player with ability to build relationships and actively communicate with colleagues and stakeholders of all levels across the business.
- Pragmatic thinker
- Collaborative, proactive, commercial and creative
We love hearing from anyone who is enthusiastic about changing the games industry. Not sure you meet all qualifications? Let us decide! Research shows that women and members of other under-represented groups tend to not apply to jobs when they think they may not meet every qualification, when, in fact, they often do! We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment and strongly encourage you to apply.
Your platform
At King, we're Making the World Playful. Heard of Candy Crush? We're the creators behind it. With game studios in Stockholm, Malmö, London, Barcelona and Berlin, and offices in Dublin, San Francisco, New York, and Malta, we have a 20-year history of delivering some of the world's most iconic games in the mobile gaming industry and are on a mission to level-up the little moments for our more than 200 million active monthly users. But we aren't just crushing it with candies, we're also behind Farm Heroes, Bubble Witch, Pet Rescue and loads of other sweet games. As a leading interactive entertainment company for the mobile world, King is part of Activision Blizzard, which was acquired by Microsoft.
Activision Blizzard plays a centralized role in the creation of epic entertainment by supporting our interactive gaming brands and studios with a diverse range of career opportunities across corporate functions such as Marketing, Communications, Legal, Human Resources and Finance.
Our office is based in Soho, the cultural heart of London’s West End with a vast array of classic record shops and leading film companies, media offices and great restaurants. Regent’s Park is close enough for a lunchtime run, as are the delights of Piccadilly Circus and the shopping mecca of Oxford Street. It is conveniently walking distance from a number of London tube stations and mainline train stations and has a well-stocked kitchen and free on-site gym.