Associate Counsel, Product & Privacy

Scopely · Culver City

Finance & Legalposted 2w ago

Scopely is currently looking for an Associate Counsel, Product & Privacy to join our legal team in our Barcelona hub on a hybrid basis. You will report to the Senior Director located in Barcelona and will work at the intersection of several game teams (including Marketing, Engineering, Art, User Acquisition, Player Experience, Community teams), QA, Infosec and other legal and business functions across our fast paced mobile games business. This is a highly collaborative role for someone who is comfortable managing a broad portfolio, connecting people and issues across teams, and finding practical solutions in an environment where priorities move quickly.

What You Will Do:

Serve as day to day product counsel for multiple game teams of diverse genres, advising on new game features, in game events, launches, live operations, product changes, and other player facing initiatives
Advise on marketing and advertising matters across several titles of the Scopely portfolio, including campaigns, user acquisition, CRM communications, community initiatives, advertising claims, and player facing disclosures
Lead legal support for tournaments, contests, sweepstakes, and other promotions, including structure, rules, communications, international considerations, and related intellectual property and rights of publicity issues
Support strategic intellectual property counseling for supported games and portfolio initiatives, partnering early with business teams on naming and brand strategy, launches and rebrands, trademark strategy, copyright, licensing, third party content, asset and font clearance, rights of publicity, portfolio protection, and infringement matters
Support senior Product & Privacy counsel on EU regulatory initiatives affecting video games, including research, impact assessments, implementation, and cross functional coordination
Respond to routine privacy and data protection questions and identify issues that require escalation, working closely with Scopely's dedicated Privacy specialists on more complex or technical matters
Develop proactive, practical guidance for business teams, including training, guidelines, templates, and other scalable resources on marketing, advertising, intellectual property, promotions, and consumer protection topics
Identify opportunities to simplify and improve recurring legal work through better processes, standardization, automation, and the responsible use of AI tools, while also supporting broader Product Legal and regulatory initiatives across the portfolio

What You Will Need:

Minimum 3 years of legal experience at a law firm and/or technology, entertainment, gaming, or other consumer facing company advising on intellectual property, marketing, advertising, consumer protection, and product matters
Strong practical experience with marketing and advertising review and intellectual property matters, including promotions, trademarks, copyright, and asset clearance
Working knowledge of privacy and data protection requirements, sufficient to handle routine questions, identify risk, and recognize when specialist input is needed
Bachelor's degree, MSc preferred (or equivalent)
Excellent verbal and written fluency in English (Spanish is a plus)
Exceptional organizational, communication, collaboration, and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build trusted relationships, connect stakeholders across functions, and manage multiple priorities, deadlines, and time zones in a fast paced environment
A problem solving mindset and a track record of taking ownership, exercising sound judgment, balancing legal risk with product and business needs, and approaching new technology with curiosity, including an eagerness to use AI tools and improve how legal work gets done

Desired:

Experience working with global teams across multiple time zones
Experience working with mobile game developers, digital products, entertainment, or other consumer facing businesses, and familiarity with legal issues particular to the gaming industry
Experience with legal operations, process improvement, automation, or AI enabled legal workflows
Sense of humor and a passion for mobile gaming

Please ensure that the résumé/CV you attach is written in English.

About Scopely

Scopely is a leading video game and global interactive entertainment company, home to many of the world’s most beloved and enduring experiences, including two of the most successful mobile games of all-time “MONOPOLY GO!” and “Pokémon GO,” along with “Stumble Guys,” “Star Trek™ Fleet Command,” “MARVEL Strike Force,” “WWE Champions,” the Scrabble® franchise, “Yahtzee® With Buddies,” and many others. Across mobile, web, PC, and console, Scopely creates, develops, publishes, and live-operates one of the most diversified and award-winning portfolios in the games industry — bringing hundreds of millions of players together through a shared love of play.

Founded in 2011, Scopely is powered by its exceptional team — including thousands of world-class gamemakers around the globe, a distinctive tenet-driven culture, and its proprietary technology platform, Playgami. Together, these strengths have fueled Scopely’s position as the #1 mobile games company in the U.S. and #2 globally, generating more than $10 billion in lifetime revenue. Whether building global sensations like “MONOPOLY GO!” from the ground up, or expanding through strategic acquisitions, including the FoxNext, GSN, and Scopely Explore games businesses — Scopely consistently delivers experiences players love today and return to for years to come.

Recognized multiple times as one of the "100 Most Influential Companies in the World" by TIME magazine and one of Fast Company's "World's Most Innovative Companies" and “Best Workplaces for Innovators,” Scopely believes that video games can be a force for good — creating meaningful connections, vibrant communities, and making life better through play.

Scopely has global operations and partners across four continents in more than a dozen countries worldwide. For more information, visit: https://www.scopely.com/.

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