[Hiring] Marketing Law Attorney @Cobalto Talent

Role Description

We are conducting a confidential search for an experienced Marketing Law Attorney to join a sophisticated U.S. law firm serving enterprise and consumer-facing clients. This opportunity is ideal for an attorney with strong experience in marketing and advertising law, consumer-facing legal matters, commercial transactions, and client counseling who enjoys providing practical, business-oriented legal advice. Depending on experience and quality of work product, the position may be structured as Senior Associate, Counsel, or Partner. The role is fully remote, with flexible full-time or part-time options.

Key Responsibilities

• Advise clients on marketing, advertising, promotions, and consumer-facing legal matters.
• Review advertising campaigns, claims, substantiation, disclosures, disclaimers, and promotional materials.
• Advise on digital and social media marketing, email and SMS marketing, influencer programs, sponsorships, and branded content.
• Handle legal matters involving sweepstakes, contests, loyalty programs, rewards programs, and consumer promotions.
• Draft, review, and negotiate marketing agency, influencer, talent, sponsorship, production, and advertising agreements.
• Advise on websites, applications, consumer-facing terms, disclosures, and marketing technology.
• Identify legal issues involving consumer protection, privacy, intellectual property, technology, and advertising compliance.
• Draft and negotiate commercial and technology agreements.
• Advise clients on key provisions including indemnification, limitation of liability, warranties, insurance, confidentiality, IP, and data security.
• Provide practical legal advice that balances legal risk with business objectives.
• Work directly with sophisticated clients, in-house legal teams, marketing teams, technology teams, and business leaders.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of full-time experience specifically practicing Marketing, Advertising, Consumer, or closely related transactional law.
• Significant experience handling marketing, advertising, promotions, consumer-facing, or commercial legal matters.
• Strong contract drafting and negotiation skills.
• Strong client counseling and communication skills.
• Ability to understand business objectives and provide practical, actionable legal advice.
• Experience working with sophisticated enterprise clients, consumer brands, in-house legal teams, agencies, or technology companies.
• Ability to independently manage multiple legal matters and priorities.
• Excellent attention to detail and strong legal judgment.
• Strong ownership, accountability, and follow-through.
• Ability to work effectively in a fully remote and highly autonomous environment.
• Active license to practice law in at least one U.S. jurisdiction.
• J.D. from a Top 60 U.S. law school OR graduation within the Top 20% of the class.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working with enterprise in-house legal departments.
• Experience as a seconded or embedded legal resource.
• Experience advising sophisticated consumer-facing brands.
• Experience at the intersection of marketing and data privacy.
• Experience with technology transactions, SaaS, MarTech, or digital platforms.
• Experience with advertising technology, influencer marketing, digital media, or consumer promotions.
• CIPP/US or CIPP/E certification.
• Experience mentoring, hiring, onboarding, or training other attorneys.

Benefits

• 100% remote work from anywhere in the United States.
• Full-time or part-time flexibility.
• Flexible working hours based on client needs.
• Approximately 15–40 hours per week, depending on the selected schedule.
• Sophisticated transactional and marketing law work without the traditional Big Law lifestyle.
• Opportunity to serve as an outside General Counsel and trusted business advisor.
• Opportunity to work alongside sophisticated in-house legal teams.
• Collaborative environment with experienced attorneys.
• Opportunities for secondment and overflow transactional work.
• Paid vacation and flexible leave options.
• Health insurance reimbursement.
• 401(k) with employer matching.
• Access to Practical Law and Westlaw.
• Annual bar dues reimbursement.
• Flexible start date.

Why This Opportunity?

This is an opportunity for a marketing attorney who wants to go beyond simply identifying legal risks. The ideal candidate enjoys understanding how the business works, what the client is trying to accomplish, and how to build a legally sound path to get there. You will have the opportunity to work closely with sophisticated businesses and become a trusted legal partner across marketing, advertising, technology, consumer, and commercial matters.