Employment Legal Counsel

About the Role

We are looking for an autonomous, strategic and high-performing Counsel - Employment Legal, to support our North America region (“NAMER”), and provide practical and business-focused guidance to internal business stakeholders. 

This role is based in New York or Los Angeles and reports to the Senior Director - Employment Legal (NAMER and LATAM) who is based in LATAM.

Responsibilities:

• Partnering closely with our Human Resources team to evaluate legal risks and provide practical, business-oriented guidance across the employee lifecycle.
• Drafting, reviewing and negotiating a variety of employment-related documents and agreements, including offer letters/contracts, contractor agreements, standard agreements, authorizations, commission agreements and release agreements.
• Assisting with workplace investigations, employee claims and disputes.
• Supporting the management of employment claims and litigation, including partnering with outside counsel, coordinating internal fact gathering, reviewing and providing input on submissions and supporting on risk and settlement strategy.
• Supporting workforce restructurings, reductions in force, and organizational changes, including legal risk assessment, impact analysis, and compliant separation planning.
• Collaborating with the Human Resources team on projects to drive legal compliance, including reviewing policy and process rollouts and implementation.
• Collaborating with Legal & Business Affairs to establish and enforce production-specific labor guidelines, mitigating misclassification risks across all productions.
• Advising key production stakeholders on day-to-day crew member employment and onboarding requirements to ensure legal compliance. 
• Creating and delivering internal training related to employment matters such as manager training, orientation, local legislation updates and harassment training.
• Staying up to date with the most recent developments in employment laws and ensuring internal policies and procedures are updated accordingly.
• Working with our internal employment legal team in other regions, including EMEA and APAC on cross-functional matters related to employment issues, to ensure that we establish and follow global best practices.

About You

The essentials:

• J.D. and a member of the Bar in good standing in at least one U.S. jurisdiction. New York or California preferred.
• 5+ years of experience advising multinational companies on federal and state employment and labor laws.
• Demonstrable experience in and understanding of labor and employment issues in production and advertising strongly preferred.
• Excellent written and verbal communication.
• Ability to work independently in a fast paced environment and generally exercise excellent judgment.
• Must enjoy working cross-functionally with many different teams.
• Employment litigation experience is preferred.

At Monks, we believe in fostering an environment where a diversity of perspectives can thrive. We proactively work to design hiring processes that promote equity and inclusion while mitigating bias. We celebrate diversity and are committed to building a team that reflects the communities we serve. We welcome and encourage qualified applicants, from all backgrounds, who are excited to contribute to our mission.