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ByteDance

ByteDance

Legal
Los Angeles, CA, USA
USD 162,133-303,240 / year + Equity
Posted on May 24, 2025
Commercial Counsel
Los Angeles Regular Corporate Function / Support - Legal Job ID: A244772
Responsibilities
About the team: The North America Commercial & IP Legal Team is a member of the Global Legal team, primarily covering TikTok and supporting other products and services like CapCut and Lemon8. The Team provides key commercial and intellectual property support for all TikTok's innovative initiatives, state-of-the-art products, and integrated platforms servicing the North America region. We help our business, product, and functional teams enable their vision by providing integrated legal guidance and support. Responsibilities: We need an experienced commercial counsel who can handle sophisticated commercial work and counseling on product partnerships, distribution, and content (publishers and creators). The following describes the responsibilities and requirements for the role: - Provide strategic counsel on a broad range of initiatives. Draft and negotiate a broad range of commercial agreements in many of our product verticals for both TikTok and other products and services such as CapCut and Lemon8. - You will work cross-functionally with business and legal colleagues and worldwide to support the global businesses of TikTok and our other products.
Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications: - Bachelor’s degree plus a Juris Doctorate from an ABA-accredited law school. - Deep subject matter expertise in media, technology, entertainment, marketing, and/or distribution legal matters. - A track record of closing challenging deals and advising in digital subject matter. - Confident, ownership-styled personality, who is comfortable in uncertainty, high work volumes, and demanding client stakeholders. Preferred Qualifications: - You have worked for a consumer-facing technology platform. - You have structured and negotiated product partnerships and tech transactions. - You have a strong understanding of technology, intellectual property, and rights-related issues.
Job Information
【For Pay Transparency】Compensation Description (Annually)

The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $162133 - $303240 annually.

Compensation may vary outside of this range depending on a number of factors, including a candidate’s qualifications, skills, competencies and experience, and location. Base pay is one part of the Total Package that is provided to compensate and recognize employees for their work, and this role may be eligible for additional discretionary bonuses/incentives, and restricted stock units.

Benefits may vary depending on the nature of employment and the country work location. Employees have day one access to medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401(k) savings plan with company match, paid parental leave, short-term and long-term disability coverage, life insurance, wellbeing benefits, among others. Employees also receive 10 paid holidays per year, 10 paid sick days per year and 17 days of Paid Personal Time (prorated upon hire with increasing accruals by tenure).

The Company reserves the right to modify or change these benefits programs at any time, with or without notice.

For Los Angeles County (unincorporated) Candidates:

Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal, state, and local laws including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act. Our company believes that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship on the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of the conditional offer of employment:

1. Interacting and occasionally having unsupervised contact with internal/external clients and/or colleagues;

2. Appropriately handling and managing confidential information including proprietary and trade secret information and access to information technology systems; and

3. Exercising sound judgment.

About Us

Founded in 2012, ByteDance's mission is to inspire creativity and enrich life. With a suite of more than a dozen products, including TikTok, Lemon8, CapCut and Pico as well as platforms specific to the China market, including Toutiao, Douyin, and Xigua, ByteDance has made it easier and more fun for people to connect with, consume, and create content.

Why Join ByteDance

Inspiring creativity is at the core of ByteDance's mission. Our innovative products are built to help people authentically express themselves, discover and connect – and our global, diverse teams make that possible. Together, we create value for our communities, inspire creativity and enrich life - a mission we work towards every day.

As ByteDancers, we strive to do great things with great people. We lead with curiosity, humility, and a desire to make impact in a rapidly growing tech company. By constantly iterating and fostering an "Always Day 1" mindset, we achieve meaningful breakthroughs for ourselves, our Company, and our users. When we create and grow together, the possibilities are limitless. Join us.

Diversity & Inclusion

ByteDance is committed to creating an inclusive space where employees are valued for their skills, experiences, and unique perspectives. Our platform connects people from across the globe and so does our workplace. At ByteDance, our mission is to inspire creativity and enrich life. To achieve that goal, we are committed to celebrating our diverse voices and to creating an environment that reflects the many communities we reach. We are passionate about this and hope you are too.

Reasonable Accommodation

ByteDance is committed to providing reasonable accommodations in our recruitment processes for candidates with disabilities, pregnancy, sincerely held religious beliefs or other reasons protected by applicable laws. If you need assistance or a reasonable accommodation, please reach out to us at https://tinyurl.com/RA-request

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