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Job Title: Employment Counsel

Department: Legal

Contract Term:Permanent

Location: Office based (Soho London) & hybrid work from home

Your Mission

Were looking for a selfmotivated and collaborative employment lawyer to join our EMEA Legal team. This role focuses on employment matters across Activision Blizzard and Kings operations outside of North America supporting a wide range of international legal work.

This is a highimpact role with a diverse and fastpaced workload shaped by the evolving needs of the business and the dynamic markets in which we operate. Youll be a trusted partner to the broader HR team and business leaders playing a key role in enabling thoughtful peoplecentric decisions.

Your core focus will be delivering pragmatic timely and solutionoriented legal advice across a wide range of employment matters including hiring benefits employment contracts contingent workforce employee relations investigations performance management disciplinary actions and leaves of absence.

Through your advice and guidance youll be expected to demonstrate a strong appreciation for the companys culture and values while recognizing the critical role of employee engagement in driving business success.

This is an excellent opportunity to apply your expertise in a collaborative global environment where your counsel will directly influence how we grow and support our people and business.

Other responsibilities will include working on the following:

• Providing businessoriented and peoplefocused legal advice and support to our HR Compensation & Benefits Talent Development and Talent Acquisition teams on a wide range of employment compliance and regulatory matters
• Contributing to other initiatives as part of the global Compliance/Ethics team and partnering with other team members on global projects
• Developing improving & implementing policies plans & practices
• Driving & supporting designated projects & workplace initiatives
• Developing & delivering training programs
• Managing all aspects of any employment litigation and advising on employee investigations
• Support for peoplefocused global initiatives
• Developing action plans to address corporate compliance obligations and partnering with relevant areas of the business to achieve implementation

Knowledge / Experience / Skills / Abilities

• Strong academic record and honours degree (or equivalent) and qualification in law / practicing certificate from any country in the EU
• Youll bring a level of legal expertise typically gained through 2 4 years post qualification experience ideally gained within a multinational company or a leading international law firm. Inhouse experience is an advantage.
• Strong background in employment law investigations and employee relations in any EU country
• Experience in advising across jurisdictions
• Experience in legal project management / operations or a lead role in managing multijurisdictional projects is an advantage
• Able to identify and balance legal & business interests effectively

Personal Attributes

• Strong initiative analytical skills and sound legal ethical & business judgment
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills (written and verbal) in English (additional European language skills are an advantage)
• Able to build relationships and work collaboratively with personnel at all levels of the organization
• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously effectively prioritise tasks and thrive under pressure bringing a positive solutionsfocused mindset whilst showing a good sense of humour
• An interest in adopting new technologies particularly AIenabled tools
• Collaborative proactive commercial creative
• Willing to travel abroad

We love hearing from anyone who is enthusiastic about changing the games industry. Not sure you meet all qualifications Let us decide! Research shows that women and members of other underrepresented groups tend to not apply to jobs when they think they may not meet every qualification when in fact they often do! At Activision Blizzard we are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment and strongly encourage you to apply

Our World

Our mission to connect and engage the world through epic entertainment has never been more important. Through communities rooted in our video game franchises we enable hundreds of millions of people to experience joy thrill and achievement. We enable social connections through the lens of fun and we foster purpose and a sense of accomplishment through healthy competition. Like sport but with greater accessibility our players can find purpose and meaning through competitive gaming. Video games unlike any other social or entertainment media have the ability to break down the barriers that can inhibit tolerance and understanding. Celebrating differences is at the core of our culture and ensures we can create games for players of diverse backgrounds in the 190 countries our games are played.

As a member of the Fortune 500 and as a component company of the S&P 500 we have an extraordinary track record of delivering superior shareholder returns for over 30 years.

Our enduring franchises are some of the worlds most popular including Call of Duty Crash Bandicoot World of Warcraft Overwatch Hearthstone Diablo StarCraft Candy Crush Bubble Witch Pet Rescue and Farm Heroes. Our sustained success has enabled the company to support corporate social responsibility initiatives that are directly tied to our franchises. As an example our Call of Duty Endowment has helped find employment for over 80000 veterans.

Learn more information about Activision Blizzard and how we connect and engage the world through epic entertainment on the companys website .

The videogame industry and therefore our business is fastpaced and will continue to evolve. As such the duties and responsibilities of this role may be changed as directed by the Company at any time to promote and support our business and relationships with industry partners.

Activision is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity gender expression national origin protected veteran status or any other basis protected by applicable law and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.