Paralegal - Marketing

Position Summary

Why join our team?
The role sits within the UK Legal and Compliance team and reports into and is supported by the Senior Legal Counsel who is the key legal support for the Marketing and HR functions. It is a small and friendly legal team headed up by our General Counsel and consisting of three Senior Legal Counsel, two Legal Counsel and three paralegals.

Role and Responsibilities

Your key responsibilities

You will be responsible for supporting the UK Legal and Compliance Team in its day to day operations. This is a general commercial paralegal role covering Samsung UK’s sales and marketing business. The role is mainly non contentious, although there may be some contentious work.

We are recruiting for a paralegal role which is broad in nature. The role involves tasks such as report generation, research, document management, reviewing and amending legal documents (with supervision) and supporting each member of the legal team.

• Work alongside the Legal Counsel as the key legal support for the Marketing and HR teams.

• Prepare monthly reports for various divisions on recent legal updates.

• Prepare and present training to the legal team on key legal and sector updates.

• Take responsibility for maintaining the Samsung legal precedents and consider any changes to be made to reflect new legislation and case law.

• Draft and negotiate various service agreements and documents, contribute to conference calls and attend face to face meetings throughout the business.

You will be responsible for drafting and negotiating a broad range of materials including:

• agency services agreements;

• terms for consumer facing promotions;

• sponsorship agreements including celebrity endorsements;

• talent contracts;

• non-disclosure agreements;

• loan agreements;

• cease and desist letters in respect of third party IP infringements;

• commercial terms with retailers; and

• correspondence with the Advertising Standards Authority.

• Assist with the legal approval process by reviewing Samsung adverts and social media posts before they are launched.

What we need for this role

To be successful, you will possess the following skills and attributes:

• A self-starter with a proactive approach to work

• Strong attention to detail

• Strong written and verbal communication skills

• Confidence in navigating the business and systems

• Ability to multi-task and work quickly

• Ability to work indepdendently and collaboratively

• Enthusiam to take on new tasks and responsibilities

• Highly literate in Microsoft word, excel and Power Point

• An interest in technology and business

What does success look like?

• Excel and analytical skills

• Organisational skills

• Strong communication and presentation skills

• Interpersonal skills

• Strong teamwork

• Get stuff done attitude

The interview process

There will be a 45 minute in person/video call interview with the hiring lawyer Lindsay Haig and the current paralegal.

Immediately before this interview there will be a short exercise where candidates will be given 15 minutes to prepare and then present their thoughts at the beginning of the interview.

Skills and Qualifications

Benefits of working at Samsung include

• Hybrid working - 3 days in the office and 2 days at home per week

• Bonus scheme linked to individual, team and company performance

• Healthcare cash plan

• Income protection

• Enhanced pension contribution

• Three volunteering days each year

• Flexible benefit portal and contribution of £55 per month - including travel insurance, gym membership, season ticket loan, Tastecard, dental insurance and more

• Holiday - 25 days plus bank holidays and an additional day off for your birthday

• Access to discounts on a wide range of Samsung products

• Access to a discount shopping portal

A note on equal opportunities

We are an equal-opportunity employer and value diversity at our Company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status or disability status.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

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