Company Description
LinkedIn was built to help professionals achieve more in their careers, and everyday millions of people use our products to make connections, discover opportunities and gain insights. Our global reach means we get to make a direct impact on the world’s workforce in ways no other company can. We are much more than a digital resume – we transform lives through innovative products and technology.
Creating economic opportunity for every member of the global workforce is a responsibility we all share. To truly transform the global economy, we must evolve the way we hire and enable our talent to serve people of all backgrounds and experiences. LinkedIn is committed to diversity in its workforce and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.
Job Description
This role is posted in multiple countries, including the US. If you apply, your application and personal information will be retained in accordance with our legal retention obligations (for example, we are legally required under US law to retain hiring records for each position posted in the US for at least two years from the date of the hiring decision), which may impact our ability to honor application deletion or personal data deletion requests.
At LinkedIn, we trust each other to do our best work where it works best for us and our teams. This role offers a hybrid work option, meaning you can both work from home and commute to a LinkedIn office, depending on what’s best for you and when it is important for your team to be together.
The LinkedIn Legal & Public Policy Team is made up of legal and policy professionals with diverse backgrounds and skill sets who have set an extremely high bar for providing legal and policy solutions. If you like smart, witty, and motivated people, you will fit in well with the Legal & Public Policy Team.
We are looking for a highly motivated Digital Safety Counsel to join LinkedIn. In this role, you will partner with stakeholders across the company, including Content Policy, Trust & Safety, Trust Product and Engineering, Government Relations, the Communications team, and others to drive smart, compliant, members-first solutions to some of the most challenging and complex regulatory issues that the Company faces worldwide.
Responsibilities
- Track, help influence, and develop compliance strategies for content moderation and online safety regulations impacting LinkedIn.
- Stay up-to-date on, and proactively advise LinkedIn’s Digital Safety Team about global policy issues and legal developments relating to social media platforms.
- Provide legal support to LinkedIn’s Content Policy team as it develops, implements, and maintains policies governing user-generated content.
- Partner with colleagues in building and leveraging relationships with industry peers and other external stakeholders.
- Provide legal guidance to LinkedIn’s Trust Product and Trust Engineering teams in connection with trust initiatives and legal requirements.
- Play an active role in fulfilling LinkedIn's mission of connecting the world’s professionals to make them more productive and successful by being an integral member of our fast-paced, well-rounded, collaborative and FUN Legal & Public Policy Team.
Qualifications
Basic Qualifications:
- 3+ years' related legal experience
- Law degree and active/current registration to practice law in your office location
Preferred Qualifications:
- Working knowledge of relevant regulations such as the Digital Services Act, the EU Code of Practice on Disinformation and Code of Conduct on Ilegal Hate Speech, the Online Safety Acts of Australia and the UK, etc.
- Experience providing counsel on, or demonstrated understanding of, the issues faced by social media companies including issues relating to content moderation.
- Experience working at a technology company or working with technology clients.
- Proficiency in multiple languages.
- Ability to work independently, but also as part of a diverse team, and to juggle and prioritize multiple competing tasks under tight timelines in a fast-paced, challenging environment;
- Are comfortable with ambiguity and effective in an environment where you will be expected to give quick, clear, and concise legal advice to stakeholders of all levels;
- Strong collaboration skills to successfully work across business functions and geographies;
- Excellent communication skills, impeccable integrity, unquestionably good judgment, strong analytical skills and a keen sense of humor.
Suggested Skills:
- Digital Safety
- Legal
- Excellent communication
- Analytical
Additional Information
Global Data Privacy Notice for Job Candidates
Please follow this link to access the document that provides transparency around the way in which LinkedIn handles personal data of employees and job applicants: https://legal.linkedin.com/candidate-portal.
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