Deputy General Counsel - Employment Lawyer - US
Deputy General Counsel - Employment Lawyer - US
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Deputy General Counsel Employment Law (U.S.)
Equity Partner
Location: Remote (U.S.-based)
Jurisdiction: United States (multi-state)
Minimum Commitment: 20 hours per week
Department: Legal Guild Employment Risk & People Infrastructure
Reports To: General Counsel
This Is Not a Job. Its a Stake.
Were not hiring legal helpwere bringing on a founding partner to help design the employment systems of a global creative company from zero.
This is a rare opportunity to architect culture through law.
To shape how talent is hired managed protected and scaledacross a growing U.S. team and beyond.
Minimum commitment: 20 hours/week.
No upfront cash. No bureaucracy. Just impact ownership and equity.
If youre the kind of counsel who thinks like a builder not a blockerthis is your moment.
Lets Be Very Clear
Were not looking for someone to clean up after growth.
Were looking for someone to design for it.
This is for a U.S.-licensed attorney who thrives in ambiguity thinks in frameworks and understands that the most strategic layer of any company is how it manages people.
Were building that layerand we want you to lead it.
Overview
As Deputy General Counsel Employment Law (U.S.) youll be the senior-most U.S. employment legal strategist in a rapidly scaling creative-first company.
Youll own the legal layer of all things HR: contracts compliance investigations and cross-state structures.
Youll partner with executive leadership People Ops and production teams to ensure we operate legally ethically and strategically as we grow.
What Youll Own
- Employment Legal Architecture: Design and lead our U.S. employment law strategy across multiple states
- Documentation & Contracts: Draft update and maintain employment agreements handbooks contractor templates NDAs etc.
- People Ops Advisory: Partner with HR on legal aspects of hiring compensation performance management and DEI strategy
- Workplace Investigations: Lead or support investigations into workplace issues and misconduct ensuring integrity and legal safety
- Classification & Compliance: Guide contractor vs. employee classification wage & hour rules and remote work policies across jurisdictions
- Policy Enforcement & Governance: Ensure internal practices reflect the law and our values
- Litigation Oversight: Manage any labor disputes EEOC claims or regulatory actions in partnership with external counsel
- Risk Mitigation: Monitor and advise on changes in employment law across relevant states with a focus on proactive compliance
What Were Looking For
- Licensed U.S. attorney (active Bar membership in at least one U.S. state)
- 8 years of U.S. employment law experienceideally across multiple states and industries
- Deep understanding of federal and state labor law (FLSA Title VII ADA FMLA etc.)
- Experience advising HR and leadership on day-to-day employment legal issues
- Strong experience in internal investigations employee relations and executive employment matters
- Excellent writing and documentation skills (async-native tools like Notion GDocs Airtable a plus)
- Bonus: Experience in entertainment tech gaming or IP-focused industries
- Bonus: Familiarity with union environments or production labor regulations (e.g. SAG-AFTRA IATSE)
Compensation
- Equity (Shares): Founding partner-level stake
- Token-Based Rewards: Potential future token allocation pending compliance
- Future Salary: Activates at revenue milestones
- Remote-First: U.S.-based async-native globally integrated team
Our Promise
Were not just building a media companywere building infrastructure for creativity culture and compliance at scale.
We want our legal systems to be ethical scalable and empoweringand we want a partner who sees the law as a tool for progress not just protection.
If youre ready to build the employment law backbone of a global IP company
this is your seat at the table.
Employment Type
FULL_TIME
