Assistant General Counsel

Our Community 

 

Stand Together is a philanthropic community of tax-exempt organizations including Stand Together Trust, Stand Together Foundation, the Charles Koch Foundation, and Americans for Prosperity.  Each organization identifies, supports, invests in, sponsors, and partners with social entrepreneurs to multiply their impact. Our partners include innovators focused on criminal justice, free speech, economic opportunity, immigration, and poverty initiatives. The Stand Together Legal & Compliance Capability supports those innovators by providing effective and efficient legal solutions and advice. Together with our clients and partners, we help remove barriers in education, business, communities, and government so every person can rise. 

 

Stand Together currently seeks a new Assistant General Counsel or Senior Counsel (based on experience) to serve as our legal subject matter expert and in-house problem-solver for:

• Marketing
• Entertainment
• Intellectual Property

Depending on your talents, interest, and experience, you will have an opportunity to contribute to our community’s social impact in one or more of those 3 areas. You will report to the Deputy General Counsel and collaborate with, and be supported by, the entire 16+ member legal team.

 

Your Responsibilities Include 

 

As a Subject Matter Expert in Marketing, Entertainment, or IP, your responsibilities will include:

• Pre-publication review of video, podcast, print, and other forms of content
• Copyright, trademark, and fair use analyses and translating same into practical advice for clients
• Rights acquisition agreements, including video, image, talent, and location licenses/ releases
• Issue spotting and advising on intellectual property issues in grants, investments, and partnerships, including:
  • Sponsorship and other agreements with venues, promoters, sports entities, artists, agencies, media, and athletes, in support of Stand Together Music and our Strategic Partnerships capability
  • Film, podcast, and other content production and content distribution agreements for our internal MarComms capability and their clients across the Stand Together community
  • Non-profit and for-profit investments, including for Stand Together Ventures Lab

 

As a Strategic Advisor and Collaborator, your responsibilities will include:

• Building trusted, preferred partnerships with MarComms and other key client groups by joining strategy sessions, listening deeply, and offering proactive, practical advice to support their missions
• Developing, maintaining, and transforming processes for content review and agreement workflows
• Collaborating with (and opportunity to supervise) IP paralegal and Contracts associate
• Crafting compelling training sessions to educate and empower clients to make risk-adjusted decisions
• Seeking knowledge from outside counsel on novel issues and best practices
• Sharing knowledge with colleagues across Legal & Compliance Capability

 

 

Knowledge and Skills You Bring to the Organization

 

The requirements for this role are:

• 4+ years of legal practice experience with a law firm, in-house, government agency, or combination
• Deep subject matter expertise in: (1) marketing, (2) entertainment, and/or (3) intellectual property law
• License to practice law in Virginia or eligible to qualify as Virginia in-house corporate counsel
• Track record of delivering value as an individual contributor and as member of a collaborative team
• Sincere desire to support mission-driven organizations focused on bottom-up (vs top-down) solutions
• Integrity, humility, and contribution mindset
• Strong writing and communications skills
• Impeccable attention to detail
• Located in U.S.
• Lifelong learner

 

Standout candidates also may bring:

• 6+ years of law firm or in-house experience structuring, drafting, and negotiating commercial agreements
• Experience advising music labels, agencies, or artists, B2C brands, media companies, or content distributors
• Specialized knowledge regarding non-profit organizations that are tax-exempt under 501(c)(3), (c)(4), or (c)(6)
• A desire to support organizations that pursue reform through education, grassroots advocacy, or lobbying
• Familiarity with workflow/ contract management/ and learning management platforms such as HighQ
• Ability to spot and advise on intellectual property issues that arise in transactions and investments
• Experience managing and developing other lawyers or legal professionals
• Residency near, or willingness to relocate to, Arlington, Virginia area

What We Offer 

 

• A meaningful career where your work will directly contribute to positive reforms across communities, governments, schools, and businesses
• A vision-driven organization of over 1,000 employees dedicated to improving the lives of others. 
• A collaborative, supportive legal team committed to seeing you succeed in this role
• Competitive salary and bonus structure aligned to the value you create
• Opportunities for professional development, mentorship, and growth
• Generous 6% 401K match with immediate vesting 
• Extensive health and wellness benefits
• Commuter assistance plans
• A flexible time-off policy

  

About Us

 

 

Stand Together helps social entrepreneurs supercharge their efforts to help people improve their lives. We connect them with passionate partners and the resources necessary to make a greater difference. 

 

Through our philanthropic community, we tackle some of the nation’s biggest challenges so that every person has the opportunity to realize their extraordinary potential.

 

Stand Together partners with people from diverse perspectives and backgrounds—including people in education, business, community non-profits, and public policy—to accomplish more together than any of us could on our own.

 

Our Values

 

Working at Stand Together is different from many other organizations. We have a relentless commitment to a culture based on a business philosophy called Principles Based Management^® (PBM^®). Informed by the principles that allow a free and open society to flourish, PBM® prepares individuals to innovate, improve, and transform while fostering a healthy, growing organization that creates long-term value for its clients and supporters and fulfillment for its employees. 

 

We believe that diversity in experiences, perspectives, knowledge and ideas fuels creativity, broadens knowledge, and helps drive success. That’s why we’re proud to be an equal opportunity employer and strive to treat all employees and applicants with honesty, dignity, respect and sensitivity. We welcome all qualified applicants regardless of color, race, religion, religious creed, sex, gender or gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, national origin, citizenship, ethnicity, ancestry, age, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy (including medical needs which may arise from pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), military and veteran status, genetic information, marital or familial status, political affiliation, or any other legally recognized protected basis under federal, state or local laws, regulations or ordinances. 

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