Marketing & Brand Legal Team, Vice President, London

Goldman Sachs, Inc.; Camden Town; Hybrid; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global investment firm is seeking a Vice President for the Marketing & Brand Legal Team in London. This role involves serving as the primary legal advisor for marketing operations in EMEA, including drafting agreements and ensuring compliance. The ideal candidate is a UK qualified lawyer with over 5 years of experience and skills in organizational and interpersonal communication. The position offers a dynamic environment focusing on brand enhancement.

Benefits

Diversity and inclusion initiatives

Training and career development opportunities

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5+ years post qualification experience.
• Strong analytical and organizational skills.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Serve as primary legal advisor for the corporate brand and integrated marketing teams.
• Advise on aspects of corporate brand international marketing.
• Draft and negotiate media buys and marketing agreements.
• Review and approve marketing materials for compliance.
• Monitor regulatory trends in consumer finance marketing.

Skills

Analytical skills

Organizational skills

Interpersonal skills

Communication skills

Education

UK qualified lawyer

Job description

Marketing & Brand Legal Team, Vice President, London

Goldman Sachs, Inc.

London, United Kingdom

Permanent

2025-10-12T07:19:05.613Z

23312464

Full time

Competitive

Job Description

WHO WE ARE

The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. is a leading global investment banking, securities and investment management firm that provides a wide range of financial services to a substantial and diversified client base that includes corporations, financial institutions, governments and high-net-worth individuals. Founded in 1869, the firm is headquartered in New York and maintains offices in London, Frankfurt, Tokyo, Hong Kong and other major financial centers around the world.

THE LEGAL DIVISION

The Goldman Sachs Legal Division spans offices across 37 cities worldwide, from which we provide counsel and advice to support the global activities of the firm and our clients. Our focus is on providing the highest quality legal advice while managing regulatory and reputational risk.

OUR DIVISIONS CULTURE

As a division, we are focused on our people and their development and are committed to creating an environment that is diverse and inclusive. We offer numerous training and career development opportunities including a weekly legal training program, division mentoring schemes and a people development committee tasked with providing tangible tools to help manage and develop careers. The division also has several active and varied committees including the Diversity, Pro Bono, Innovation, Charity and Social Committees and encourages participation in the Women's, Black and LGBT firmwide affinity networks.

ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES

We welcome people from a variety of academic backgrounds and personal interests. We are looking for an experienced, motivated and innovative lawyer, who is interested in a challenging and rewarding advisory role, to join the Firm's Marketing and Brand Legal Team as the Firm expands our brand presence and consumer product range across EMEA. This exciting role is a hybrid, supporting both (1) the Global Marketing Team's marketing and brand operations in EMEA and (2) the marketing operations of Goldman Sachs' EMEA consumer deposits business, which operates under the Marcus by Goldman Sachs brand.

• Serve as primary legal advisor for the corporate brand and integrated marketing teams in EMEA.
• Advise on and support all aspects corporate brand international marketing, including paid media, digital design and strategies, partnerships, user research, social media, brand strategy, content creation and publication and the Firm's flagship brand programs.
• Draft and negotiate media buys and marketing related agreements, including sponsorships, brand partnerships, endorsements, content partnerships, talent agreements and agency agreements.
• Serve as primary legal advisor for marketing, advertising and brand activities across all channels related to Marcus' products.
• Review and approve marketing materials, campaigns, promotions and communications for compliance with applicable laws.
• Partner with Marketing, Product and Brand teams to develop compliant messaging for new features, offers, programs and related disclosures.
• Monitor regulatory trends and enforcement in consumer finance marketing.
• Help build and scale processes for marketing review and brand governance.
• Liaise with other lawyers in the Goldman Sachs Legal Division globally as well as other relevant groups throughout the firm, including compliance, controllers (including regulatory controllers), trading, product origination, marketing, operations, business and organizational leadership and tax.
• Liaise with outside counsel.
• Have a minimum of 5+ years post qualification experience.
• Be a UK qualified lawyer.
• Have strong analytical and organizational skills.
• Have excellent interpersonal and communication skills and the proven desire to work on a high-performing team.

ABOUT GOLDMAN SACHS

At Goldman Sachs, we commit our people, capital and ideas to help our clients, shareholders and the communities we serve to grow. Founded in 1869, we are a leading global investment banking, securities and investment management firm. Headquartered in New York, we maintain offices around the world. We believe who you are makes you better at what you do. We're committed to fostering and advancing diversity and inclusion in our own workplace and beyond by ensuring every individual within our firm has a number of opportunities to grow professionally and personally, from our training and development opportunities and firmwide networks to benefits, wellness and personal finance offerings and mindfulness programs.

We're committed to finding reasonable accommodations for candidates with special needs or disabilities during our recruiting process.

© The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., 2025. All rights reserved. Goldman Sachs is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, veterans status, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.