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At Nielsen, we are passionate about our work to power a better media future for all people by providing powerful insights that drive client decisions and deliver extraordinary results. Our talented, global workforce is dedicated to capturing audience engagement with content - wherever and whenever it’s consumed. Together, we are proudly rooted in our deep legacy as we stand at the forefront of the media revolution. When you join Nielsen, you will join a dynamic team committed to excellence, perseverance, and the ambition to make an impact together. We champion you, because when you succeed, we do too. We enable your best to power our future.

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Job Description

Nielsen seeks to hire a talented, enthusiastic and business-oriented lawyer to join the Legal Department’s Product & Digital Support team as Legal Counsel, Product & Digital supporting Nielsen’s Audience Measurement business.

The successful candidate will play an important role in supporting Nielsen's product development and deployment efforts and will work closely with product, partnerships, engineering, and data science teams to identify and manage contractual, regulatory, privacy, and other legal risks. In addition to advising product-related teams, this position will draft and negotiate product, alliance, supplier and commercial sales agreements relating to data and information, licensing, technology, and market research at the forefront of the evolving media landscape.

The ideal candidate is a reliable problem solver who thrives in a fast-paced environment, takes a rigorous, detail oriented approach to matters, and who offers practical solutions that accommodate business needs and legal risks. Nielsen is seeking a good communicator comfortable engaging with internal and external clients to identify key issues and resolve matters. The Counsel will work in a collaborative culture advising teams regarding compliance with contracts, internal policies and regulatory requirements (including AI and data privacy), and will draft and negotiate agreements with networks, streaming services, digital/social media companies, data suppliers, and service/equipment providers. This role provides an opportunity to make an impact on the media, entertainment and advertising industries at an exciting and transformative time.

Candidates will work in a hybrid model in our New York location 3x's per week.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Provide legal support for partnerships, product development, distribution and sales using an ability to understand,
• interpret and translate legal, business and technical concepts to provide practical and business-oriented
• opinions on legal risks and ensure appropriate contractual terms.
• Assess product features, functionalities, and designs, data processing proposals, and other product-
• related initiatives to identify potential legal issues, protect intellectual property rights, and ensure
• compliance with contractual commitments and regulatory requirements.
• Draft, review, negotiate and manage commercial contracts, including data supplier and integration
• agreements, inbound and outbound licenses, technology services agreements, alliance agreements,
• and supplier agreements.

Qualifications

• Juris Doctor degree and at least three years of legal experience as a lawyer.
• Experience in a digital media, digital advertising, ad tech, data analytics, or technology practice at a law firm and/or in-house.
• Experience drafting and negotiating complex commercial agreements involving online media, consumer data, digital advertising technology, market research, and/or data products, including sales agreements with varied compensation structures.
• Working knowledge of internet, online, and mobile communications and connected-device technologies, such as IP protocols and addresses, device identifiers, cookies, content and ad delivery, APIs, and SDKs.
• Experience advising or supporting data-processing teams working with identity graphs or spines, data matching, data modeling and algorithms, identity resolution, and data clean rooms.
• Knowledge of applicable laws and regulations relating to contracts, technology and computer systems, licensing, intellectual property, and privacy.
• Working knowledge of intellectual property and data privacy law as they apply to consumer data.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
• Preferred Qualification
• Academic or professional background in computer science, engineering, or mathematics.

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