SHREWSBURY, UK (Hybrid Working - 3 days in the office per week)
A benchmarked salary between £59,230 to £65,730 . Your salary level is determined by skills and experience within our progression framework.
COMPANY OVERVIEW
Croud is a global, full service digital marketing agency with a unique business model that helps businesses drive sustainable growth in the new world of marketing. Croud was recently named a Sunday Times Best Place to Work for the second year in a row, and was named Performance Marketing Employer of the Year by PMW.
At Croud, we unlock potential by elevating our people, clients, and communities within a rapidly advancing and complex economy. We operate as a unique scaled network of Intelligent, Creative Specialists, enabling us to deliver superior brand outcomes and unlock potential for our people, our clients and our communities.
Our culture is strategically driven and inspired by a shared long-term vision. It is collaborative and connected, with a focus on continuous learning and mutual support.
We are energised by future thinking, driving innovation to achieve better outcomes. We are instinctively generous, actively including and empowering our people. Above all, we are purpose-driven, committed to positively impacting our people, the planet, and our global communities.
ROLE OVERVIEW
We’re looking for a commercially minded solicitor to join our Legal team, supporting the business across commercial contracts, intellectual property, data protection and wider legal and compliance matters.
You’ll work closely with stakeholders across the business to provide pragmatic, commercially focused advice, draft and negotiate agreements, manage legal risk and help ensure we operate in line with relevant legislation and best practice.
This is a hands-on role with plenty of opportunity to take ownership, improve processes, develop practical legal guidance and playbooks, and support the business through training and horizon scanning. Experience in advertising, media, digital or creative industries is beneficial but not essential.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Key responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
Contract Management: Drafting, reviewing, and negotiating various commercial contracts and agreements. This will include clients, suppliers and other third parties.
Risk Mitigation & Playbook Development: Work with the Legal team to develop and manage inhouse playbooks and support to manage and mitigate legal risks.
Continuous Improvement: Working within the established operating framework as well as identifying opportunities to improve efficiency.
Stakeholder Management: Providing accurate, relevant, and timely advice to internal stakeholders on a variety of legal topics that relate to the digital marketing industry and creative and social advertising industry.
Legal Compliance: Providing legal compliance assistance on key client contracts where legal approval or feedback is required.
Best Practices: Promoting legal, compliance and risk management best practice throughout the company.
External Coordination: Communicating with any relevant third party bodies such as our external legal partners.
Training: Designing and delivering legal training to the business.
Legislation Tracking and Horizon Scanning: Staying up-to-date with changes to legislation, particularly in relation to laws, rules and regulations that directly affect the business and ensuring this is shared with the team and wider business.
PERSON SPECIFICATION
UK qualified solicitor (2- 3 year PQE*), having specialised in a practice area such as commercial contracts, intellectual property, data protection (all three will be critical to the role).
Sound understanding and knowledge of commercial and IP law.
Demonstrable experience of having worked in IP or commercial legal roles with similar responsibilities either in private practice or in-house.
Advertising / media background is useful but not essential.
Excellent communication and presentation skills.
Excellent…