Associate Commercial Counsel

The role

You will draft, negotiate, and close a high volume of commercial agreements. You will advise on monetization models, IP licensing, and marketing efforts for Discord's revenue and partnership business.

What you will do

• Draft, negotiate, and close a high volume of commercial agreements.
• Negotiate IP licensing agreements with game, anime, and entertainment licensors.
• Review, advise on, and support sponsorship and marketing efforts.
• Structure novel monetization and revenue models.
• Support payments and platform agreements.
• Build and maintain scalable templates, playbooks, and self-serve processes.

Required qualifications

• A JD and active membership in good standing with at least one U.S. state bar.
• Eligible to register as in-house counsel in California.
• At least 4 years of commercial transactional experience.
• Experience drafting and negotiating complex commercial agreements, such as technology licensing, platform integrations, and revenue partnerships.
• Experience with advertising, gaming, digital media, data privacy and consumer internet.
• Understanding of privacy principles, especially with respect to commercial agreements involving the transfer or personal information.
• Familiarity with marketing legal issues, including copyright, privacy, and consumer protection principles.
• The ability to manage a high-volume docket while prioritizing effectively and meeting business timelines.
• Sound business judgment and the ability to give practical, risk-calibrated advice in fast-moving, ambiguous situations.
• Excellent communication skills.

Nice to have

• Combination of top law firm and/or in-house experience at a technology company
• Familiarity with payments, virtual currency, or subscription and bundling arrangements.
• Experience with international or APAC counterparties.

Benefits

• medical, dental, and vision insurance
• 401(k) plan
• life and disability insurance
• paid time off
• paid parental leave
• equity

About the company

Discord is a multiplatform, multigenerational and multiplayer platform that helps people deepen their friendships around games and shared interests. The company focuses on making it easier and more fun for people to hang out before, during, and after playing games.