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Legal Counsel Marketing IP & Online, Greater London
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Location:
Greater London, United Kingdom
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Other
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Yes
Job Reference:
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Posted:
02.03.2025
Expiry Date:
16.04.2025
Job Description:
Why Superdrug?
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Passionate about Beauty and Health? Want to be part of an innovative, trend-setting retailer? Our vibrant Head Office, based by East Croydon station is a fantastic environment filled with hundreds of brilliant personalities.
We’re a team that puts our customers and our teams at the heart of everything we do. At Superdrug, we aim to be the best in accessible health & beauty, loved by our customers for value, choice, friendly advice, service, and fun.
Role Purpose:
We have an excellent opportunity for a highly motivated, experienced, and talented commercial lawyer to join AS Watson UK’s legal team (“Team Legal”), supporting our three beloved retail business units (Superdrug, Savers, and The Perfume Shop).
A typical day in this role includes:
* Building relationships and interacting with a variety of stakeholders in the business units and legal.
* Being the principal specialist legal advisor on Marketing & IP matters.
* Creating an agile strategy designed to support an effective and efficient compliance approach to Marketing & IP.
* Developing a robust and engaging training programme to ensure the business units are educated to deliver legally sound initiatives.
* Working collaboratively in cross-functional teams to support the delivery of new business initiatives.
* Building a strong network of relationships with peers to benchmark legal approach and share best practice.
* Developing your relationship with relevant regulatory bodies (e.g. ASA).
* Supporting strategic commercial contracts, for example with marketing agencies.
* Building proactive plans to manage potential risk from changes to legislation.
* Keeping technically up to date, especially in the fast-moving areas of Marketing and IP.
This job is a good fit for you if:
* You enjoy working in a fast-paced, ever-changing retail environment.
* You are dynamic, flexible, pragmatic, relatable and inspire trust and confidence from stakeholders.
* You have strong interpersonal skills, a commercial mindset and a proven ability to effectively influence.
* You rise to a challenge and remain calm during times of uncertainty.
* You have a passion for what you do, staying up to date with Marketing and IP.
* You can manage a project through to completion effectively.
* You are at your best when problem-solving.
* You can operate at both a strategic and operational level.
* You have developed the ability to use a blend of data and instincts to make decisions.
* You are tech-savvy and understand the importance of technology.
What you’ll need:
* License to practice law in the UK, Europe, US or other common law jurisdiction.
* At least 3 years PQE experience focused on Marketing and IP gained at a top law firm and/or in-house.
The team:
We are a diverse team on a mission to provide best in class support to the UK business by following our Team Legal Tenets, which are:
* Anticipate: Proactively identify and mitigate potential legal risks.
* Synergise: Collaborate and communicate clearly.
* Work smart: Innovate and simplify for efficiency.
* Advocate: Encourage high standards of compliance and integrity.
* Think big: Support data-driven decision making.
* Solutions-orientated: Identify root causes and offer pragmatic solutions.
* Ownership: Go the extra mile to drive results.
* Nurture: Lead with empathy and respect diverse perspectives.
The office:
Our stylish, modern and collaborative office is located a short 5-minute walk away from East Croydon train station.
About us:
AS Watson is the world’s largest international health and beauty retailer operating over 16, stores under 12 retail brands in 29 markets.
Here's what's in it for you:
* 33 days holiday rising to 38 days with length of service.
* 2 staff discount codes for yourself and a family member or friend.
* 30% discount on Superdrug Own Brand Products.
* Hybrid working patterns available.
* Company pension matching and bonus.
* Access to Wagestream - a money management app.
* Unrivalled Learning and Development programmes.
* Enhanced maternity/shared parental/adoption leave, company sick pay, and pregnancy loss support.
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Remote working/work at home options are available for this role.