Legal Counsel - Marketing | London | 12 Month Fixed Term Contract

Aesop Retail PTY LTD; London; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative global retail organization seeks a Legal Counsel to support its Marketing team in London. This role offers a unique opportunity to work closely with creative professionals, ensuring compliance and mitigating risks in marketing productions. You'll be a key legal partner, advising on contract law and intellectual property matters while fostering an inclusive and collaborative environment. With a commitment to sustainability and professional development, this position promises to be both rewarding and impactful, allowing you to thrive in a dynamic setting where your contributions are valued and recognized.

Benefits

Generous product discount allowance

Paid volunteering allowance

Bonus opportunity

Access to LinkedIn Learning

Employee assistance programmes

Complimentary Headspace subscription

Qualifications

• PQE 3-5 years as a lawyer in a reputable law firm or in-house team.
• Strong proficiency in contract law and IP law.

Responsibilities

• Provide legal support to the global Marketing team on various legal matters.
• Review, draft, and amend contracts, including commercial agreements.

Skills

Contract Law

Intellectual Property Law

Stakeholder Management

Communication Skills

Time Management

Education

Law Degree

PQE 3-5 years

Job description

Legal Counsel - Marketing | London | 12 Month Fixed Term Contract

Legal Counsel - Marketing | London | 12 Month Fixed Term Contract

For over 35 years, Aesop has carefully cultivated an inspiring and inclusive environment in which our employees are supported and encouraged to thrive. As a global retail organisation, we offer professional development and advancement opportunities to complement career goals and aspirations.

Our approach to skin care involves meticulous attention to detail, using only the most efficacious ingredients to create formulations which stir the self and senses. The same meticulous approach is taken during our recruitment process, seeking out considered and inspired individuals with a wealth of perspectives who bring out the best in themselves and others.

We aim to strike the right balance between people, planet and profit, actively reducing our footprint on the planet that generously sustains us. So far, this journey has led us to become a certified B Corp. We are committed to building a more sustainable and inclusive society.

Role purpose

This Legal Counsel will report into Aesop’s General Counsel and work closely with L’Oréal’s Legal Team. This is a new role that will act as Legal business partner to the Aesop Global Marketing team based in London.

Our Marketing team is responsible for both creating and commissioning all of the creative assets of the global Aesop business and this role will ensure this work is done with dedicated legal guidance and support to facilitate overall compliance and enable risk to be identified and mitigated in a timely fashion.

Role responsibilities include, but not limited to:

• Legal Business Partner for the global Marketing team, with a particular focus on the Global Creative Production team who develop and manage all marketing productions in-house.

• Primarily providing legal support to the Marketing team which entails:

  • Advising on general commercial / corporate matters.

  • Reviewing, drafting and amending contracts, including commercial agreements, IP licenses, creative partnership and creative production agreements.

  • Advising on UK IP law matters.

  • Proactively considering legal matters at project conception stage.

  • Coordinating multi-jurisdictional legal advice for asset development projects executed in London and the resulting assets used globally.

  • Conducting legal training / preparing education materials on specific legal issues which arise for the Marketing team.

• Providing support and infrastructure for the management of Aesop’s IP rights to creative assets.

• Providing administrative support where appropriate to support and monitor general legal and contractual compliance.

• Supporting and reinforcing Aesop’s legal governance framework through creating processes and procedures for the Marketing team to follow and enhancing the team’s knowledge and understanding through training.

• Developing strong relationships with the Marketing and Creative teams at Aesop.

• Developing strong relationships and working closely with the international L'Oréal Legal network and Aesop team.

This is a full-time position operating with a hybrid working pattern on a 12-month fixed-term contract.

What we are looking for:

• Open mindset and deep curiosity seeking to understand others, listen without judgement and act on diverse perspectives.

• Commitment to fostering an inclusive and psychologically safe work environment.

• Lawyer PQE 3 – 5 years (either in a reputable law firm or well-regarded in-house team).

• Strong proficiency in contract law and IP law.

• Excellent stakeholder management skills, with the ability to work effectively with and manage a variety of stakeholders, including creatively-minded individuals.

• A great communicator and relationship builder.

• Strong time management skills.

• A curious mind and love of learning both within and outside the Legal domain in an international environment.

• A flexible approach to scope of work.

• An ability to manage and prioritise matters in a fast-paced/fast-turnaround environment.

• An ability to work autonomously.

What’s on offer:

• Flexible, hybrid working pattern.

• Generous product discount allowance and bi-annual complimentary product allocation.

• Paid volunteering allowance for all employees.

• Bonus opportunity based on personal, and business, performance.

• Suite of options to aid development, including complimentary access to LinkedIn Learning, in-house Product and Core skills training and study support opportunities.

• Access to employee assistance programmes, complimentary subscription to Headspace mindfulness app and summer hours options.

Aesop is committed to attracting, developing and retaining the very best people by offering a creative and inclusive workplace where talent is truly recognised and rewarded. We are committed to promoting inclusion for all with the belief that diversity, inclusion and belonging plays an important role in the success of our organisation. We actively encourage everyone to consider becoming a part of our journey.

About Us

Aesop was established in Melbourne in 1987. Our objective has always been to formulate skin, hair and body care products of the finest quality; we investigate widely to source plant-based and laboratory-made ingredients, and use only those with a proven record of safety and efficacy. In each of our unique stores, informed consultants are pleased to introduce our range and to guide your selections. Alongside our commercial activities, we explore and support the arts as an avenue through which to inspire, learn and communicate. We are headquartered in Melbourne, and have offices and stores in many parts of the world, including New York, London, Paris, Tokyo and Hong Kong.