Corporate Compliance Counsel

WHY YOU'LL DIG YOUR GIG

People may forget your witty hashtag and your latest campaign tagline, but they will never forget how you made them feel. That’s because what a brand does is much more important that what is says. Actions speak louder than advertising and marketing. Experiences are what create real connections that lead to brand love and that’s what we do at Stagwell Experiential. We’re a fun, collaborative, hard working group with a great office environment who takes care of our employees, to ensure that both in work and in life you experience something greater

WHAT YOU WILL DO

The Corporate Compliance Counsel is the sole in-house attorney for Stagwell Experiential’s affiliated experiential marketing agencies and serves as the primary legal advisor to each agency’s executive leadership. The role owns the full lifecycle of the agencies’ commercial agreements, drafting, reviewing, and negotiating master services agreements, statements of work, and vendor, sponsorship, venue, and contractor agreements with some of the world’s largest consumer brands. The Corporate Counsel also leads regulatory compliance for field marketing programs in regulated industries such as alcoholic beverage and nicotine, advises on employment, intellectual property, privacy, and real estate matters, and manages disputes and claims, engaging parent-company legal and outside counsel when needed. The role works closely with senior leadership, Finance, Client Service, and Production to identify and manage legal risk while keeping the work moving.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

· Draft, review, and negotiate master services agreements, statements of work, amendments, and change orders with clients across all affiliated agencies.

· Draft and negotiate vendor, sponsorship, venue, charter, licensing, and independent contractor agreements, and adapt client and vendor paper to the agencies’ standard terms.

· Negotiate key risk provisions with major brand clients, including indemnification, limitation of liability, intellectual property ownership, warranties, acceptance, exclusivity, and AI use.

· Serve as the primary legal advisor to each agency’s executive leadership on contract interpretation, client demands, and business decisions that carry legal risk.

· Lead regulatory compliance for field marketing programs in regulated industries, including tied-house rules, product sampling regulations, consumer rebate approvals, and third-party marketing agency licensing.

· Prepare and file license applications, permits, ownership disclosures, and program approvals with state regulatory agencies.

· Manage disputes, claims, and insurance incidents; develop strategy and coordinate with parent-company legal and outside counsel.

· Review insurance requirements in client and vendor contracts and identify coverage gaps before activations.

· Advise on intellectual property matters, including trademark clearance and IP risk allocation in creative and live-event work.

· Advise on privacy and data governance for consumer-facing programs, and draft privacy policies and terms as needed.

· Review and negotiate commercial real estate leases and related guaranties.

· Draft intercompany agreements and coordinate with parent-company legal on corporate, governance, and escalated matters.

· Own contract execution and records, including e-signature workflows, the central contract repository, and organized legal files for each agency.

· Develop and maintain templates, playbooks, and standard negotiating positions to speed up contract review and keep terms consistent across agencies.

· Build compliance training and resources for corporate staff and the part-time field workforce, such as state-by-state regulatory guides.

· Support client RFPs and procurement reviews, including client terms, compliance questionnaires, and formal company responses.

· Respond to ad hoc legal questions from Client Service, Production, Finance, the field, and senior leadership.

WAYS TO STAND OUT FROM THE CROWD

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:

Skills and Competencies:

· Sound legal judgment and the ability to give clear, practical advice to business leaders on tight timelines.

· Problem Solving: Analytical, flexible, and able to solve problems on the fly, as issues often arise unexpectedly during live activations.

· Able to work independently as the sole attorney while collaborating closely with multiple departments and agencies.

· Strong negotiator who can protect the company’s position while preserving key client and vendor relationships.

· Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including translating legal risk into business terms.

· Highly organized and able to manage a high volume of matters across multiple entities with both local and remote teams.

Experience and Education:

· Juris Doctor from an accredited law school.

· Active bar admission in good standing (Florida preferred).

· 1 + years’ experience drafting and negotiating commercial contracts, in-house or at a firm.

· Knowledge of alcoholic beverage regulation (tied-house, sampling, and licensing) highly desired.

· Marketing, advertising, or experiential agency experience preferred.

· Proficiency with the Microsoft Office Suite, e-signature platforms, and contract management and document storage tools.

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY

TEAM is committed to building diverse teams and we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, ancestry, sex, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, national origin, citizenship, genetics, disability, age, veteran status or other characteristics. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. To request reasonable accommodation, contact hrhelp@constellation-exp.com

Agency Corporate Responsibilities

Stagwell Experiential is an award-winning group of experiential marketing agencies that develop and execute creative marketing campaigns rooted in strategy, insights, and decades of learning. We partner with the best brands and people to deliver experiences that create inspiration at the point of engagement. Our roster of talent is essential to executing quality campaigns which live up to our high standards

Compensation

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