Associate Counsel - Marketing & Licensing
ABOUT THE ROLE
Peloton is looking for a self-motivated, dynamic attorney to work with our Media and Marketing Legal Team to facilitate key business and marketing functions. The Associate Counsel - Licensing & Marketing will be responsible for advising internal clients and will assist in managing outside counsel on brand licensing, marketing, trademark clearance, advertising compliance, Member experience, and related commercial transactions. This position requires a thorough understanding of Peloton’s multifaceted business, including its partners, members, and competitors, in order to support the achievement of business objectives.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Assist with the strategic management of Peloton Legal’s brand licensing and marketing matters, including apparel licensing deals, advertising campaigns, social media reviews, creative asset and lockup reviews, and consumer and business insights
- Develop and implement trademark clearance, marketing and social media best practices, process improvements and regular compliance trainings for various audiences within and external to Peloton
- Advise internal clients and business partners on risks and opportunities related to Peloton’s media assets and priorities, marketing claims, and brand positioning and licensing
- Draft and negotiate commercial contracts for stakeholders in the apparel, marketing, creative, and brand organizations, with assistance of senior in-house attorneys and/or outside counsel where appropriate
QUALIFICATIONS:
- Strong working knowledge of domestic and international laws and regulations governing fair use and trademark clearances, advertising (e.g., false advertising, claim substantiation, fair use and rights of publicity) as well as experience with intellectual property and marketing clearances
- Experience drafting and negotiating license agreements, apparel distribution agreements, agency service agreements, statements of work, and talent agreements
- Experience with drafting, reviewing and revising marketing assets and identifying potential risks to the business
- Superior critical thinking skills, with a bias for action and confidence to make informed decisions that have both legal and business implications
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with an aptitude for working cross-functionally
- Fastidious organization and focus in prioritizing and managing multiple projects at once
- Ability to collaborate with all personality types, including creatives and other entertainment industry players
- Knowledge about the consumer tech, social media, product placement and marketing world
- Knowledge of union and collective bargaining (e.g., SAG) issues and rules and regulations is a plus
- Enjoy working in a fast-paced, disruptive business
- 3+ years’ experience at a top law firm or in-house practice focusing on marketing, advertising and ancillary matters (in-house experience is a plus)
- A member in good standing of the NY CA, or comparable State Bar
ABOUT PELOTON
Peloton is the largest interactive fitness platform in the world with a loyal community of more than 3 million Members. The company pioneered connected, technology-enabled fitness, and the streaming of immersive, instructor-led boutique classes for its Members anytime, anywhere. Peloton makes fitness entertaining, approachable, effective, and convenient, while fostering social connections that encourage its Members to be the best versions of themselves. An innovator at the nexus of fitness, technology, and media, Peloton has reinvented the fitness industry by developing a first-of-its-kind subscription platform that seamlessly combines the best equipment, proprietary networked software, and world-class streaming digital fitness and wellness content, creating a product that its Members love.
The brand's immersive content is accessible through the Peloton Bike, Peloton Tread, Peloton Bike+, Peloton Tread+, and Peloton App, which allows access to a full slate of fitness classes across disciplines, on any iOS or Android device, Apple TV, Fire TV, Roku TVs, and Chromecast and Android TV. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in New York City, Peloton has a growing number of retail showrooms across the US, UK, Canada and Germany. For more information, visit www.onepeloton.com.