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Associate Commercial Counsel

Discord · San Francisco Bay Area or Remote (U.S.) · Remote

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About Discord

Discord is great for playing games and chilling with friends, or even building a worldwide community. Customize your own space to talk, play, and hang out. Backed by Index.

About the role

Discord has a highly engaged community of millions of daily active users who use the platform for many different reasons, but there’s one thing that nearly everyone does: play video games. Discord plays a uniquely important role in the future of gaming, and we are focused on making it easier and more fun for people to hang out before, during, and after playing games. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

What they're looking for

  • Draft, negotiate, and close a high volume of commercial agreements. These include Advertising, API and SDK integration agreements, commerce and in-app purchase agreements, and ad tech related transactions
  • Negotiate IP licensing agreements with game, anime, and entertainment licensors for digital collectibles and in-app content
  • Review, advise on, and support sponsorship and marketing efforts
  • Structure novel monetization and revenue models, such as virtual currency, bundled subscriptions, rewards programs, and revenue share
  • Support payments and platform agreements, including payment processors, gift card distribution, and app store and developer program terms
  • Build and maintain scalable templates, playbooks, and self-serve processes, including simplifying complex agreements into modular, easy-to-use forms
More about this role

Discord has a highly engaged community of millions of daily active users who use the platform for many different reasons, but there’s one thing that nearly everyone does: play video games. Discord plays a uniquely important role in the future of gaming, and we are focused on making it easier and more fun for people to hang out before, during, and after playing games.

Discord's Commercial & Marketing Legal (CoMa) team is the legal engine behind Discord's revenue and partnership business. We partner with Global Partnerships, Developer & Platform Solutions, Corporate Strategy, Ad Solutions, Data Science, AdTech, Marketing, and Procurement to structure and close the deals that bring games, creators, and brands to Discord's community. As Associate Commercial Counsel, you'll be a key advisor for integrating Discord's social features into games, enabling in-game commerce and digital collectibles, and building new monetization models alongside some of the biggest names in gaming and entertainment. You will also support our marketing and events teams on creative endeavors that promote Discord in the industry and to users. You'll handle a high volume of deals with real ownership, and you'll...

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