Legal Counsel, Podcast Monetization

Spotify•Los Angeles, CA

5d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Talk & Advertising Platform Legal Group supports Spotify's podcast business unit. As a lawyer within the group, you will partner with and provide guidance to our podcast and creator teams and support the expansion of Spotify's podcast monetization business across various markets around the world. Our work is cutting edge, revolutionary and always evolving, so it will be up to you to continuously assess and advise the teams on legal issues using a creative and pragmatic approach. You will primarily partner with and provide legal guidance to the podcast business at Spotify. You will advise colleagues on our monetization programs with podcast creators. You will work on a range of agreements, including those with podcast publishers, hosting platforms, advertising technology partners, and third-party vendors. You will also provide product guidance on the podcast monetization platforms in order to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements as Spotify's podcast business expands.

Requirements

Admitted to practice law in California or qualified to act as Registered In-House Counsel in California.
At least 5+ years of post-qualification experience working in a law firm and/or in-house legal department.
Experience working in the podcast, digital audio, or broader media ecosystem — as external counsel advising creators, publishers, and technology platforms; and/or in the legal department of a large, scaled business with a focus on podcasters, media creators, or media monetization matters.
Solid understanding of the podcast landscape, including how podcast advertising, host-read sponsorships, programmatic audio, and creator monetization programs operate, as well as the license agreements and monetization structures that support them.
Strong working knowledge of and experience with product counseling, intellectual property, and legal issues relating to digital audio, podcast distribution, programmatic advertising, privacy, consumer protection, and media.
Consistently deliver clear, concise, practical, and pragmatic advice, with a proven ability to make risk-based decisions and to develop innovative and business-focused solutions to commercial challenges and regulatory developments.
Comfortable balancing a varied body of work, moving at pace, and operating in areas where there is no perfect answer and ambiguity is high.
Demonstrated willingness to dig into the details of projects and work well as part of a team — both with other lawyers and with non-legal stakeholders.
Excellent interpersonal skills with an absolute commitment to professionalism and collegiality.
Fluency in English is essential.

Nice To Haves

Existing in-house experience is preferable but not essential.
Experience in a consumer-facing technology or media organization with a significant podcast or digital audio business is a plus.
Other languages are a plus.

Responsibilities

Partner with our podcast and creator monetization teams to understand their priorities and help them achieve their objectives.
Support automated and programmatic monetization channel workstreams across Spotify's podcast platforms.
Manage drafting, review, and negotiation of license agreements and monetization program terms across a range of commercial arrangements with external partners, and collaborate with key internal stakeholders to bring those agreements to execution.
Synthesize regulatory issues and legal implications that may impact Spotify's evolving podcast monetization technology stack and provide compliance guidance to business partners and others within the legal team.
Provide effective and commercially focused product counseling in relation to new podcast monetization features, creator tools, and UX copy.
Work closely with other key stakeholders in the Finance, Product, and Engineering teams to provide holistic support to Spotify's podcast monetization business.