Company Description
Publicis Groupe is one of the largest advertising agency holding companies in the world and a global marketing, communications, and digital transformation leader. We utilise the Power of One operating model to integrate and develop competencies to increase business value for existing and future clients.
Publicis Re:Sources is the Groupe's Shared Services Platform, a centralised backbone supporting 63+ markets and servicing a network of prestigious agencies across the globe. We have grown to 5,000+ professionals operating 40+ shared service centres (SSCs). We provide business solutions, technology platforms and expertise to help Publicis Groupe agencies do what they do best: create and innovate for clients.
This role will be based in our London office. Please only apply if you have the right to work in UK.
Job Description
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We are seeking an experienced, self-motivated and flexible Data Privacy Lawyer to assist Epsilon, a Publicis Groupe company and connected brands in the UK and EU. The role is a full-time position based in London. You will be a member of our Global Data Privacy Office (GDPO) and report to a senior member of the GDPO. The role is broad and involves advising our business on the various risks, obligations and other issues related to privacy. We are looking for someone who has demonstrated excellent legal/privacy judgment and strategic thinking but is also diligent, proactive, practical and fun to work with.
Responsibilities:
- Key point of contact for data privacy related enquiries for Epsilon and connected brands in the UK and EU.
- Support internal teams, providing them with appropriate advice and guidance, with the ability to effectively collaborate and communicate with diverse cross-functional teams.
- Provide support to members of the legal team on privacy matters and serve as subject matter expert on issues such as AdTech and marketing privacy for internal legal and business teams.
- Collaborate with our Privacy Operations team to adapt data governance materials such as inventory templates, vendor due diligence questionnaires, proprietary system questionnaires, and privacy impact assessment questionnaires.
- Conduct risk assessments on complex projects involving personal data.
- Collaborate with internal business clients and our Global Security Office on responding to current/potential customer privacy/security assessment questionnaires.
- Assist the commercial legal team in drafting, reviewing and negotiating data privacy provisions in complex commercial contracts.
- Draft and review agency website privacy notices, cookies policy, and other privacy notices and disclosures.
- Monitor and evaluate the impact of evolving legislative, regulatory and industry proposals mainly for the media and advertising sector.
- Provide data protection and privacy advice relating to data partnerships and vendor relationships.
- Maintain current knowledge of all relevant privacy legislation and regulations and distribute this knowledge across both the legal function and the wider business.
- Help develop data privacy training materials and conduct privacy trainings.
- Coordinate with internal teams across Publicis Groupe on multi-agency initiatives.
Qualifications
Requirements:
- Qualified UK solicitor, EU lawyer or common law jurisdiction equivalent. If non-UK qualified lawyer, extensive experience with UK law is required.
- Privacy certification (such as CIPP/E, CIPP/US from IAPP or similar) is desirable.
- 3+ years of legal experience, ideally within privacy but commercial and privacy combined experience will also be considered.
- Flexible working with a minimum of three days a week in the London office.
- In-house legal experience is desirable, particularly AdTech or technology experience with knowledge of digital advertising, including providing digital advertising/media counseling and transactional support to digital media companies, publishers, social media marketing, or online platforms in the AdTech/data space (e.g., ad serving, programmatic, data management, measurement, and analytics).
- Direct experience applying UK and EU privacy laws, regulations, and industry guidelines, especially those relevant for media and advertising.
- Commercially minded and having good communication and inter-personal skills to enable the individual to work with all levels of internal management and negotiate with external clients.
- Enthusiastic, energetic data protection and privacy subject matter expert, with good knowledge of the latest regulatory changes and the related impacts on the media and advertising industry.
- Ability to provide pragmatic and practical advice that is easy to understand.
- Able to work in fast-paced environment, provide advice under tight deadlines and competent in managing a varied workload independently.
- A good sense of humor.
Additional Information
As part of our dedication to create an inclusive and diverse workforce, we are committed to equal access to opportunity for people without regard to race, age, sex, disability, neurodiversity, sexual orientation, gender identity or religion. We are committed to providing reasonable adjustments for candidates with disabilities in our application process and are happy to discuss any reasonable adjustments individuals may require in the recruitment process, or once in post.
As a Publicis Re:Sources employee, an array of benefits are offered. The learning opportunities are endless and you will be a part of a game-changing and world-class organisation that encourages outside-the-box thinking and empowerment to know that the world is your oyster when it comes to your career.
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