Employment Commercial Counsel

About Us:

Rent the Runway (RTR) is transforming the way we get dressed by pioneering the worlds first Closet in the Cloud. Founded in 2009 RTR has disrupted the $2.4 trillion fashion industry by inspiring women with a more joyful sustainable and financiallysavvy way to feel their best every day. As the ultimate destination for circular fashion the brand now offers infinite points of access to its shared closet via a fully customizable subscription to fashion onetime rental or ownership. RTR offers designer apparel and accessories from hundreds of brand partners and has built inhouse proprietary technology and a oneofakind reverse logistics operation. Under CEO and CoFounder Jennifer Hymans leadership RTR has been named to CNBCs Disruptor 50 five times in ten years and has been placed on Fast Companys Most Innovative Companies list multiple times while Hyman herself has been named to the TIME 100 most influential people in the world and as one of People magazines Women Changing the World.

About the Job:

As Employment & Commercial Counsel you will play a key role in advising our business partners and driving RTRs growth. You will work primarily advising and counseling our People Team and executives on employment law matters as well as drafting and negotiating commercial agreements. At the same time you will be a generalist who is excited and interested to jump into the wide range of questions the Legal team handles every day including brand relationships transportation safety environmental compliance and international trade. Youll be a strategic handson and creative partner to the business as well as a practical problem solver.

You will report to the Chief Legal & Administrative Officer and work collaboratively with the other members of RTRs lean Legal team. We are an office centric company and you will work from Rent the Runways Brooklyn headquarters Monday Thursday.

What Youll Do:

• Serve as the primary employment counsel for RTRs US and global workforce. This role will work closely with the Chief Legal & Administrative Officer Human Resources Business Partner Sr. Director and operations and safety leadership to design and implement policies and procedures provide daily legal advice across the company and manage dispute resolution.
• Draft and review of commercial contracts businesswide. These include agreements with designer partners sponsorships advertisers/influencers/ambassadors technology partners including but not limited to SaaS (softwareasaservice) and software licensing partners consultants and more.
• Partner with your colleagues on the Legal team to continue to scale RTRs legal function including building templates policies procedures and the legal tech stack that enable us to provide top tier legal services as efficiently as possible.
• Support RTRs public company environmental and privacy compliance.
• Pitch in and advise various teams on everything from key business initiatives to oneoff what if questions.
• Develop training materials and other resources for your business partners.
• Collaborate with other business functions and develop solutions that support the growth of the Company while appropriately managing the legal risk.
• Work independently on matters you own and collaborate on key legal and business deliverables with RTRs Chief Legal & Administrative Officer Deputy General Counsel Sr. Manager of Legal and leaders across the business.

About You:

• JD and NY bar membership or eligibility to register as an inhouse attorney in NY.
• 4 total years of practicing law including 2 years experience in employment law and 2 years of work as inhouse counsel for an operating company.
• Experience drafting and negotiating commercial agreements.
• Interest in developing skills as a legal generalist.
• Familiarity with marketing/advertising traditional or digital media tech ecommerce retail manufacturing or contract lifecycle management are a plus.
• Creative thinker and problem solver.
• A practical proactive creative and riskbased approach to counseling and negotiating.
• Excellent judgment.
• Systemic and processdriven thinker who is excited about scaling RTRs Legal services.
• The ability to translate legal issues into clear plain English guidance and business solutions for nonlawyers.
• A highly collaborative work ethic while also exercising autonomy as a subject matter expert.
• Flexibility necessary to thrive at an ambitious dynamic growth company including strong business judgment and an ability to calibrate when we need a quick response versus a deep dive to get something precisely right.
• An ability to interact effectively with your colleagues and clients and to build strong relationships and influence across departments.
• An ability to prioritize and manage multiple critical projects under tight deadlines.

Benefits:

At Rent the Runway were committed to the wellbeing of our employees and aim to create a workplace that fosters both personal and professional growth. Our benefits include but are not limited to:

• Paid Time Off including vacation paid bereavement and family sick leave every employee needs time to take care of themselves and their family.
• Universal Paid Parental Leave for both parents flexible return to work program because we know your newest family member(s) deserve your undivided attention.
• Paid Sabbatical after 5 years of continuous service unplug recharge and have some fun!
• Comprehensive health vision dental FSA and dependent care from day 1 of employment your health comes first and weve got you covered.
• 401k match an investment in your future.

Rent the Runway is an equal opportunity employer. In accordance with applicable law we prohibit discrimination against any applicant or employee based on any legallyrecognized basis including but not limited to: race color religion sex (including pregnancy lactation childbirth or related medical conditions) sexual orientation gender identity age 40 and over) national origin or ancestry citizenship status physical or mental disability genetic information (including testing and characteristics) veteran status uniformed service member status or any other status protected by federal state or local law.

The anticipated base salary for this position is $154170 to $192712. The actual base salary offered will depend on a variety of factors including without limitation the qualifications of the individual applicant for the position years of relevant experience level of education attained certifications or other professional licenses held. This position is also eligible for equity compensation.

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