Associate General Counsel, Product & Commercial
San Mateo, CA - USA
Job Summary
Beast Industries is a multifaceted media and entertainment company founded by Jimmy Donaldson popularly known as MrBeast the most watched person in the world. Renowned for revolutionizing digital content creation Beast Industries encompasses a diverse portfolio of ventures that extend far beyond its origins on YouTube. With a mission to entertain inspire and create significant social impact Beast Industries operates across various domains including digital media philanthropy consumer products and innovative business initiatives. At Beast Industries we believe in the transformative power of digital media and its potential to entertain educate and effect positive change. Our commitment to innovation creativity and philanthropy drives us to explore new frontiers create unforgettable experiences and build a legacy that inspires future generations.
Beast Industries is building products and services for consumers and creators around community participation memberships interactive experiences creator tools and commercial partnerships. As the company expands globally the legal team plays a critical role in enabling growth while managing regulatory consumer privacy and commercial risk.
The Associate General Counsel Product & Commercial serves as a primary legal partner to the teams responsible for the Beast Membership program and Global Creator Platform. This role provides legal guidance across product development partnerships subscriptions promotions creator ecosystems live experiences and global expansion.
This role owns legal support for consumer-facing products creator platform initiatives and commercial partnerships. The position partners closely with Product Engineering Content Marketing Partnerships and Finance to help launch and scale new offerings while maintaining appropriate legal and regulatory safeguards.
The role is responsible for advising on product features subscription models promotions privacy and online safety requirements commercial agreements creator ecosystem expansion and global growth initiatives. It also serves as a key advisor on high-sensitivity areas including privacy compliance winner verification processes and global regulatory requirements.
- Serve as lead legal in-house counsel for the Beast Membership program the Creator Global Platform and strategic partnerships.
- Advise on new applications products features and business models to identify and mitigate legal risks across multiple jurisdictions.
- Counsel stakeholders on consumer protection privacy data protection competition intellectual property and emerging regulatory frameworks.
- Structure and advise on subscription offerings including free trials referral programs membership benefits and related consumer disclosures.
- Provide legal support for challenges prize structures and production-related legal considerations.
- Draft and oversee sweepstakes contest and promotion frameworks including official rules eligibility requirements and prize fulfillment considerations.
- Lead legal workstreams related to winner verification age verification and know-your-customer requirements for high-value prizes.
- Advise on data privacy including COPPA-related requirements and compliant product experiences.
- Support rewards and commerce ecosystems.
- Advise on content licensing creator programming and content distribution strategies.
- Support global product expansion through localized terms pricing models and jurisdiction-specific legal requirements.
- Draft negotiate and manage a broad range of commercial agreements including technology gaming sponsorship event marketing agency and development agreements.
- Support live activations events venue relationships and large-scale productions.
- Manage outside counsel on specialized regulatory privacy and compliance matters.
- Provide practical legal guidance that enables business teams to meet launch timelines while managing legal risk.
- J.D. from an accredited law school.
- Active membership in good standing with the California State Bar or eligibility to register as in-house counsel under California Rule of Court 9.46.
- Minimum of 810 years of post-law school relevant legal experience. Significant experience as in-house counsel with consumer internet applications is a plus
- Experience advising on technology consumer products privacy or related legal matters.
- Demonstrated experience drafting and negotiating complex commercial agreements including partnerships licensing sponsorship technology and services agreements.
- Working knowledge of consumer protection and promotions law including sweepstakes contests subscriptions and auto-renewal requirements.
- Expertise in privacy and childrens privacy frameworks including COPPA CCPA/CPRA the California Age-Appropriate Design Code GDPR or similar regulations.
- Experience developing or supporting regulatory response strategies.
- Strong judgment and ability to provide practical risk-calibrated legal advice.
- Experience supporting consumer subscription gaming streaming social or creator-focused products.
- Experience supporting advertising-supported or subscription-supported products.
- Experience with prize payout compliance age verification or know-your-customer processes.
- Experience supporting live events productions venue agreements or talent-related matters.
- Experience advising on global product launches and multi-jurisdictional compliance matters.
- Ability to operate independently and manage outside counsel effectively.
Target total compensation ranges from $300000 - $396000 including a fixed annual salary of $250000 - $330000 a discretionary annual cash bonus plus an employee equity grant and comprehensive benefits.
We are redefining what entertainment and storytelling look like at global scale. Every piece of content we publish reaches millions and influences culture in real time. This is your opportunity to lead the team that decides how those moments come to life across every screen.
- Competitive Salary
- Generous Medical (Blue Cross Blue Shield) Dental Vision and company-paid Life Insurance
- Company contributions to employee Health Savings Accounts (HSA)
- 401k Plan with Safe Harbor company-matching
- Flexible vacation policy and paid company holidays
- Company-provided technology package
- Relocation assistance where applicable including travel and company-provided housing for the first 90 days
Required Experience:
IC
About Company
Build the most impactful entertainment brand on the planet. Open roles across content, corporate, Feastables, philanthropy, and product — synced from public Greenhouse boards.