Responsibilities
TikTok is the leading destination for short-form mobile video. Our mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy. TikTok has global offices including Los Angeles, New York, London, Paris, Berlin, Dubai, Singapore, Jakarta, Seoul and Tokyo.
Why Join Us
At TikTok, our people are humble, intelligent, compassionate and creative. We create to inspire - for you, for us, and for more than 1 billion users on our platform. We lead with curiosity and aim for the highest, never shying away from taking calculated risks and embracing ambiguity as it comes. Here, the opportunities are limitless for those who dare to pursue bold ideas that exist just beyond the boundary of possibility. Join us and make impact happen with a career at TikTok.
About the Team:
We are looking for an innovative counsel to join the public policy subject matter expert team made up of seasoned tech policy leaders from an array of disciplines. The team provides strategic advice to the business and anticipates policy trends and impacts. We also proactively drive thought leadership by seeking out new ideas to help the company lead the industry. You will focus on helping policymakers and external stakeholders understand TikTok's free expression efforts, and serve as a subject matter expert for the broader Americas public policy team, based in Washington, DC.
Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with cross-functional internal teams on issues related to online speech and creativity, such as safe harbor laws (e.g., Digital Millennium Copyright Act, Section 230) and how they interplay with other intermediary liability frameworks globally.
• Analyze and evaluate proposed legislation or regulations relating to content moderation, intermediary liability, copyright, issues relating to music licensing and digital distribution, and related intellectual property issues.
• Help external stakeholders shape content moderation, intermediary liability, intellectual property rights, and related policy.
• Ensure that Americas public policy external communications are accurate and comprehensible to a general audience. This requires the ability to precisely translate and clearly communicate complex topics into more relatable explanations.
• Analyze and explain TikTok's approach to content moderation and free expression to external audiences while setting and maintaining a high ethical standard.
• Represent TikTok before elected officials and government agencies engaged in setting content moderation, copyright, and free expression policy.
• Develop and maintain a strong network of third-party public interest groups, industry associations and academics engaged in speech and content moderation policy issues. Represent TikTok at industry gatherings, trade associations and coalition meetings.
• Provide policy advice, including issue-spotting and strategizing solutions for new policies and products.
• Work with internal and external counsel and government affairs experts to stay ahead of and on top of evolving content regulations and other legal requirements across the Americas.
• Advise Americas public policy team on a broad range of technology, strategy, and policy issues associated with these topics.

Qualifications
Required

• 5 years of experience working in the legal or technology policy field.
• Demonstrated understanding of content moderation, intermediary liability, copyright, and intellectual property rights.
• Experience working across multiple functions, influencing, and collaborating with others to successfully implement programs and initiatives; history of successful cross-functional team and leadership collaboration.
• Strong research and analysis abilities: the individual will need to take complex situations and effectively communicate their implications for the company, as well as defend priorities for the public policy function.
• Outstanding judgment, persuasive and advocacy skills, creativity, and the ability to work in a dynamic, fast-paced, and often uncertain environment. A problem-solver experienced at remaining focused and calm when problems come your way.
• Ability to work collaboratively on finding practical, implementable tools and operational solutions.
• Self-motivated; can identify and complete work without being instructed.

Preferred:

• Experience analyzing and shaping tech policy at a tech company, trade association, law firm, think tank, or nonprofit.
• Experience in partnering with global stakeholders.
• Knowledge of music, media, tech, IP, and/or consumer issues.
• JD or relevant advanced degree.
• Demonstrated comfort with public speaking.

TikTok is committed to creating an inclusive space where employees are valued for their skills, experiences, and unique perspectives. Our platform connects people from across the globe and so does our workplace. At TikTok, our mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy. To achieve that goal, we are committed to celebrating our diverse voices and to creating an environment that reflects the many communities we reach. We are passionate about this and hope you are too.
TikTok is committed to providing reasonable accommodations in our recruitment processes for candidates with disabilities, pregnancy, sincerely held religious beliefs or other reasons protected by applicable laws. If you need assistance or a reasonable accommodation, please reach out to us at recruiting.corp@tiktok.com