Senior Legal Associate – 12-Month Fixed Term Contract

Role Overview

• Lead on the review, mark-up and negotiation of Client Master Services Agreements (MSAs) on both client and JKR paper
• Advise stakeholders on contractual risk areas and coordinate approvals for any deviations from JKR’s contractual guardrails
• Oversee and manage contract renewals with relevant business leads.
• Review and negotiate corporate and project-specific NDAs.
• Provide clear, solution-focused advice on copyright, ownership and infringement risks across creative outputs.
• Advise on the intersection between AI-generated content and IP risk.
• Support initial trademark reviews and related advice.
• Collaborate with Creative Services teams on licensing queries, copyright issues and template updates.
• Maintain and update licensing and copyright assignment templates
• Play an active role in supporting the rollout and maintenance of JKR’s AI initiative, advising on legal and strategic considerations of AI tools, platforms and processes.
• Review and update internal and external AI policies and draft new documentation where required.
• Advise creative and account teams on client AI policies, procurement of AI stock imagery and internal AI-generated content development.
• Review and mark up Data Processing Agreements and related data protection clauses.
• Complete and file internal DPIAs where required.
• Advise on data protection risks relating to internal projects.
• Support the execution of JKR’s annual data protection review process
• Create and update contract templates and internal documentation in response to regulatory or process changes.
• Draft and amend internal and external policy documents.
• Develop engaging contract summaries and deliver training sessions to account and creative teams.
• Respond to ad hoc legal queries across both UK and US studios.

Requirements

• To be best suited to this role you will be a UK qualified Solicitor approximately 5–8 years’ PQE and be able to demonstrate:
• Experience within a consultancy, agency or creative business environment (highly desirable)
• Commercially astute, pragmatic and comfortable operating within areas of legal nuance.
• Excellent communication skills, able to translate complex legal concepts into clear, business-oriented advice.
• Calm under pressure, highly organised and able to prioritise effectively across multiple concurrent matters.
• Comfortable knowing when to escalate to the GCLO and when to provide confident, independent guidance.
• Personable and collaborative; with the ability to build strong working relationships across senior executives, creative teams and corporate functions.

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Lively Shoreditch studio location
• Hybrid working policy, minimum 2 days pw in the studio
• Bupa Healthcare, including dental option
• Income protection & life insurance
• Classpass credits
• Group personal pension
• 25 days holiday + time given at Christmas and new year
• Summer Fridays x 2
• Birthday day off

After probation:

• Season ticket loan
• Cycle to work scheme
• Enhanced parental leave policies
• Referral scheme for new hires
• 2 weeks work from anywhere, by agreement with line manager