Description:
Thank you for your interest in joining our team! An American Media Conglomerate comprises six leading retail brands – QVC®, HSN®, Ballard Designs®, Frontgate®, Garnet Hill® and Grandin Road® – all dedicated to providing a more human way to shop. An American Media Conglomerateis the largest player in video commerce (“vCommerce”), which includes video-driven shopping across linear TV, ecommerce sites, digital streaming and social platforms.The Opportunity:
Reporting to the Associate General Counsel, Commercial Contracts, the Assistant General Counsel, Commercial Contracts will be responsible for providing counsel and advice to staff and management of QVC, Inc., HSN, Inc., and their affiliates. The person in this role will also bear responsibility for coordinating and providing various legal services including, without limitation, client counseling related to commercial contracts.
The person in this role will perform duties with material latitude for independent judgement according to company policy and law.
Your Impact:
- Draft and negotiate a wide variety of commercial contracts and other documents.
- Provide advice on legal issues to staff and management.
- Conduct Legal Department management initiatives.
- Identify potential legal issues related to business practices and policies and advise staff and management.
- Other duties, responsibilities, and activities as assigned.
What you bring:
- 7+ years of relatable experience
- J.D. Degree required.
- Bar Admission (Pennsylvania) or in-house counsel license required.
- Solid draftsperson, analyst, negotiator, and presenter of legal points; drafts and negotiates routine and more complex documents unaided.
- Manages routine and more complex tasks with minimal supervision but is supervised by more senior lawyers for complex matters.
- Provides creative and innovative approach to conceptualizing ideas and problem solving.
- Performs responsibilities of a full-service in-house counsel, acting with all levels of internal and external counsel
- Exhibits excellent people skills and sound judgment.
- Works well in a challenging environment
- Reliably counsels all decision-making staff and management.
- Balances legal risk and business needs
- Well-respected and seen as trusted advisor by staff and management.
- Possesses solid knowledge of QVC and HSN corporate direction and strategic business values.
- Possesses ability to interpret and apply concepts based on law, company policy and procedure.
- Able to accurately convey detailed, important, complex information to staff and management.
- Available to travel to various locations to participate in meetings.
- Ability to research and evaluate information from a variety of documents, including reports, law books, journals, and on-line data systems.
