Jr. Commercial Contracts Counsel

Bully Pulpit International•New York, NY

2d•Hybrid

About The Position

Bully Pulpit International is an outcomes agency made up of strategists, data scientists, and artists. We come from politics, brands, and government and we communicate without barriers and measure what matters. We have more than 400 team members in six countries and thirteen offices — Berlin, Brussels, Chicago, D.C., London, Los Angeles, New York, Oslo, San Francisco, and Zürich. We apply our unique expertise across strategic communications, public affairs, research, and digital marketing to create sophisticated and customized strategies that make change possible for both American and European clients. The Impact You Will Make Working part-time, you will serve as junior in-house commercial counsel to support BPI Legal in analyzing, reviewing, negotiating, and marking up a wide range of client- and vendor-facing commercial contracts at a marketing, creative, digital advertising, and communications consultancy.

Requirements

Minimum 2 years' experience drafting and negotiating commercial contracts
J.D. from an A.B.A.-accredited law school
Membership in good standing with at least one state Bar
Ready ability to analyze, draft, amend, and communicate with non-legal stakeholders about commercial agreements of various kinds
Working familiarity with common commercial contract terms and their implications, including but not limited to intellectual property
Strong character and ethics, including the ability to maintain confidentiality with respect to privileged and other sensitive business matters
Ability to adapt, prioritize, and stay on top of a dynamic workload in accordance with shifting priorities
Strong interpersonal and communications skills, particularly with respect to relating complex legal concepts and difficult negotiation developments to non-legal stakeholders while managing expectations
A high degree of proficiency with Microsoft Word
Capacity to adapt to a contract lifecycle management software like Docusign IAM

Nice To Haves

In-house experience at a fast-growing communications, creative, digital advertising, or tech firm preferred

Responsibilities

Shepherding a wide range of commercial contracts from initial stages to execution.
Counseling the business while drafting and revising language as contracts move from inception to execution, working both from internal form agreements and counterparty forms.
Analyzing contract terms, understanding their business implications and attendant risks, and communicating that analysis clearly and in plain English to non-legal internal stakeholders.
Applying negotiating postures set by BPI policy via redlines where appropriate, understanding the justifications for those policies, communicating them clearly, and adapting to business needs.
Providing counsel on how best to protect BPI while ensuring that the business maintains deal flows.
Managing a dynamic list of fast-moving contracting tasks in a contract lifecycle management software.
Staying in communication with internal stakeholders and minimizing disruption to client work or revenues that may result from legal requirements.
Navigating the intersections of business needs, legal risk management, and institutional incentives.
Issuing-spotting the legal and business implications of the work, terms, and relationships embodied in the contracts and flagging risks where appropriate.