Responsibilities
TikTok is the leading destination for short-form mobile video. Our mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy. TikTok has global offices including Los Angeles, New York, London, Paris, Berlin, Dubai, Singapore, Jakarta, Seoul and Tokyo.
Why Join Us
Creation is the core of TikTok’s purpose. Our platform is built to help imaginations thrive. This is doubly true of the teams that make TikTok possible.
Together, we inspire creativity and bring joy – a mission we all believe in and aim towards achieving every day.
To us, every challenge, no matter how difficult, is an opportunity; to learn, to innovate, and to grow as one team. Status quo? Never. Courage? Always.
At TikTok, we create together and grow together. That’s how we drive impact – for ourselves, our company, and the communities we serve.
Join us.
Our global legal team provides key support for all of TikTok’s innovative initiatives, state-of-the-art products, and integrated platforms servicing our global video market. We help our technological and business teams enable their vision by providing integrated legal guidance and support. TikTok is looking for a transactional attorney to join its fast-growing team of music lawyers in the United States to primarily support the “SoundOn” music distribution platform. This is an opportunity to partner with the SoundOn product team and music legal team colleagues to help shape and grow SoundOn’s suite of services as it expands its scope and geographic reach. The role may also assist in scaling music license coverage of TikTok, the world’s leading short video platform, the digital music streaming service TikTok Music, and other digital properties that feature music.
Responsibilities:
– Draft and negotiate music distribution and various types of license agreements with independent artists and independent record labels for the SoundOn platform.
– Provide legal guidance to the SoundOn business and product teams with regard to structuring rights deals with artists and labels, and draft / negotiate related agreements, in connection with music rights administration (sound recordings, music publishing) and artist branding / endorsement arrangements.
– Providing ongoing review of and updates to SoundOn’s license agreement templates across various use cases.
– Draft and negotiate full catalogue music license agreements with record labels, aggregators, music publishers and performing rights and collective management organizations, for various owned and operated digital properties.
Qualifications
Qualifications:
– JD or equivalent degree from an accredited law school.
– At least five (5) years of immersive, hands-on experience drafting and negotiating agreements for the licensing, administration and/or acquisition of recorded music and music publishing rights, including artist/talent recording services, label partnerships, multi-platform digital distribution rights and publishing rights administration.
– Experience with blanket sound recording and/or music publishing rights licenses in the digital music space is a plus.
– A strong work ethic and ability to work both collaboratively and independently.
– Experience working in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.
– Ability to meet tight deadlines and manage multiple matters simultaneously.
– Strategic thinker and creative problem solver.
– Comfortable dealing with uncertainty and ambiguity.
– Pragmatic, risk-based approach to creating solutions for the business.
– Excellent analytical, communication, drafting and negotiation skills.
– Ability to effectively manage key internal stakeholders’ expectations and clearly articulate risk / benefits analyses along with recommended solutions for challenging legal and business issues.
– Willingness to be available for meetings that are scheduled before or after home time zone normal business hours.
– Member in good standing of a state bar association (with ability to register as in-house counsel if working from a different jurisdiction).
TikTok 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 TikTok, our mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy. 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.
TikTok 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 tiktokops.accommodations@tiktok.com.