Legal Counsel

PicsArt, Inc.; Greater London; On-site; GBP 125,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative tech company is seeking a Legal Counsel to join their dynamic team. In this role, you will provide strategic legal advice across various departments, ensuring compliance with evolving regulations while supporting the company's mission. Your expertise in privacy, data security, and commercial negotiation will be crucial as you draft agreements and navigate legal challenges. This is a fantastic opportunity to make a significant impact in a rapidly growing environment that values creativity and collaboration. If you are passionate about law and technology, this role is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• 4-7+ years of relevant post-qualification experience in law.
• Deep knowledge of privacy, data security, and consumer protection laws.

Responsibilities

• Provide legal advice to cross-functional teams on tools and features.
• Draft and implement terms of use and commercial agreements.

Skills

Commercial negotiation

Contract drafting

Privacy law

Data security

Consumer protection laws

Clear communication

Relationship building

Proactive mindset

Education

Law degree

Job description

This is an exciting opportunity to join a fast-paced and dynamic tech company. Picsart is the world's #1 creative platform and social editing app with a huge 150+ million monthly active users and an install base of more than 1 billion.

At Picsart, we bring the wonder of creativity to the world and make it easy. Our Legal team plays a key role in supporting that mission by helping the business navigate risk, protect our platform, and power our growth with thoughtful, innovative counsel.

As Legal Counsel, you’ll be a strategic advisor to cross-functional teams across Product, Data, Marketing, InfoSec, and beyond—shaping how we build and scale with confidence in a rapidly evolving legal and regulatory landscape.

How You'll Make an Impact

1. Partner with Product, R&D, and other internal teams to review tools, features, and initiatives and provide clear, practical legal advice.
2. Advise on data use, management, and privacy-by-design processes that support our global services and user trust.
3. Collaborate with Trust & Safety to ensure content on our platform is safe, lawful, and aligned with our values.
4. Help evolve our global privacy program through scalable policies, procedures, and documentation.
5. Draft and implement terms of use, internal and external policies, and consumer disclosures.
6. Negotiate and manage a wide range of commercial agreements including IP licenses, co-marketing deals, MSAs, and SaaS agreements.
7. Resolve legal issues in existing commercial relationships with a solution-focused mindset.
8. Stay ahead of emerging global regulations across privacy, AI, content, and consumer protection.
9. Support legal team knowledge-sharing, training, and process improvement initiatives.

What You'll Bring

1. 4–7+ years of relevant post-qualification experience (PQE) in both law firm and in-house roles, ideally within tech or high-growth environments.
2. Deep knowledge of privacy, data security, IP, and consumer protection laws in the US and internationally.
3. Proven ability to translate complex legal issues into actionable guidance for business stakeholders.
4. Strong experience in commercial negotiation and contract drafting.
5. Clear, concise communication skills with a talent for simplifying legal concepts.
6. Collaborative approach and strong relationship-building skills across teams.
7. Experience with IP licensing and product counseling in tech environments.
8. A proactive mindset and curiosity to keep learning, especially in areas like AI and digital regulation.

Good To Have

1. Experience working with or advising on generative AI and related legal implications.
2. Background supporting fast-paced or global consumer-facing platforms.
3. Familiarity with content moderation and online platform regulations.
4. Passion for building scalable legal processes and training materials.

What we seek and value most in our candidates

• If you like to create things with a user mindset, take ownership and have a natural bias for impact while having fun, you’re our person!
• We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state, and local law. We are committed to providing reasonable accommodation to employees who have protected disabilities consistent with local law.