What are the responsibilities and job description for the Litigation Paralegal position at TikTok?
Responsibilities
About the Team:
Our Global Litigation Team provides key support for TikTok and the family of related products. We empower innovation by delivering integrated legal guidance that supports our business teams in achieving their boldest ambitions. The Global Litigation team is responsible for managing high-stakes litigation and disputes across all regions.
We are seeking an exceptional litigation paralegal to serve on the North America Litigation team, a high-performing team responsible for some of the most complex and high-profile disputes facing the company. This role offers the opportunity to shape and drive the company's global litigation strategy, partnering closely with cross-functional partners to navigate legal and reputational risks in a dynamic and fast-moving environment. This is a highly collaborative, on-site role and requires five days per week in the office.
Responsibilities:
- Support TikTok's Global Litigation team to manage litigation, pre-litigation disputes, investigations, and regulatory matters from intake through resolution. This position will oversee the patent docket, in addition to providing support to employment matters
- Drive case management support, including intake, tracking, file management, and calendaring
- Support fact investigation and discovery, including assisting with custodial interviews, acting as a liaison for witnesses and outside counsel, document collections, review, and coordinating with outside counsel and e-discovery teams for processing and production.
- Work with cross-functional partners to gather, organize, and maintain information and data to support TikTok's litigation matters
Manage document preservation and legal hold processes in collaboration with eDiscovery, Forensics, and IT teams
- Review and process a wide array of legal process, inquiries, and documents
- Systematically collect key metrics and identify trends to support operational improvements
- Work with leadership and finance to prepare metrics and audit reports
- Assist in implementing and optimizing internal processes and creating standard operating procedures for the litigation team
- Provide administrative and operational support on a broad range of legal matters, workflows, systems, and tooling
- Develop and refine litigation playbooks, templates, and internal processes to increase operational efficiency
- Collaborate with and provide support to attorneys, partners, stakeholders, and leadership on cross-functional projects
Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications
- 5 years of litigation experience at an in-house, tech, or law firm environment
- Bachelor's degree or Paralegal Certificate from an ABA-accredited program
- Proficient knowledge of the litigation process, including motion practice, discovery, trial, and appellate procedures, and the ability to administratively manage all phases of litigation
- Technically savvy and comfortable quickly learning and using various tools
- Ability to be flexible in a fast-paced environment, balance competing priorities with a broad set of stakeholders, and manage products timely
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills along with organizational and time management skills, with keen attention to detail
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience handling patent/intellectual property or employment matters
- Excellent legal and business judgment, critical thinking, and ability to manage multiple matters simultaneously
- Detail-oriented and willing to provide administrative and operational support
- Ability to think strategically and use good judgment to build scalable processes and escalate matters that require attention
- Excellent interpersonal and cross-cultural communication skills, with the ability to build alignment across teams in a diverse, global environment
About TikTok
TikTok is the leading destination for short-form mobile video. At TikTok, our mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy. TikTok's global headquarters are in Los Angeles and Singapore, and we also have offices in New York City, London, Dublin, Paris, Berlin, Dubai, Jakarta, Seoul, and Tokyo.
Why Join Us
Inspiring creativity is at the core of TikTok's mission. Our innovative product is built to help people authentically express themselves, discover and connect – and our global, diverse teams make that possible. Together, we create value for our communities, inspire creativity and bring joy - a mission we work towards every day.
We strive to do great things with great people. We lead with curiosity, humility, and a desire to make impact in a rapidly growing tech company. Every challenge is an opportunity to learn and innovate as one team. We're resilient and embrace challenges as they come. By constantly iterating and fostering an "Always Day 1" mindset, we achieve meaningful breakthroughs for ourselves, our company, and our users. When we create and grow together, the possibilities are limitless. Join us.
Diversity & Inclusion
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 Accommodation
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 https://tinyurl.com/RA-request
Job Information
【For Pay Transparency】 Compensation Description (Hourly)
The hourly rate range for this position in the selected city is $41.54- $65.38.
Compensation may vary outside of this range depending on a number of factors, including a candidate’s qualifications, skills, competencies and experience, and location. Base pay is one part of the Total Package that is provided to compensate and recognize employees for their work, and this role may be eligible for additional discretionary bonuses/incentives, and restricted stock units.
Benefits may vary depending on the nature of employment and the country work location. Employees have day one access to medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401(k) savings plan with company match, paid parental leave, short-term and long-term disability coverage, life insurance, wellbeing benefits, among others. Employees also receive 10 paid holidays per year, 10 paid sick days per year and 17 days of Paid Personal Time (prorated upon hire with increasing accruals by tenure).
The Company reserves the right to modify or change these benefits programs at any time, with or without notice.
For Los Angeles County (unincorporated) Candidates:
Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal, state, and local laws including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act. Our company believes that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship on the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of the conditional offer of employment:
1. Interacting and occasionally having unsupervised contact with internal/external clients and/or colleagues;
2. Appropriately handling and managing confidential information including proprietary and trade secret information and access to information technology systems; and
3. Exercising sound judgment.
About the Team:
Our Global Litigation Team provides key support for TikTok and the family of related products. We empower innovation by delivering integrated legal guidance that supports our business teams in achieving their boldest ambitions. The Global Litigation team is responsible for managing high-stakes litigation and disputes across all regions.
We are seeking an exceptional litigation paralegal to serve on the North America Litigation team, a high-performing team responsible for some of the most complex and high-profile disputes facing the company. This role offers the opportunity to shape and drive the company's global litigation strategy, partnering closely with cross-functional partners to navigate legal and reputational risks in a dynamic and fast-moving environment. This is a highly collaborative, on-site role and requires five days per week in the office.
Responsibilities:
- Support TikTok's Global Litigation team to manage litigation, pre-litigation disputes, investigations, and regulatory matters from intake through resolution. This position will oversee the patent docket, in addition to providing support to employment matters
- Drive case management support, including intake, tracking, file management, and calendaring
- Support fact investigation and discovery, including assisting with custodial interviews, acting as a liaison for witnesses and outside counsel, document collections, review, and coordinating with outside counsel and e-discovery teams for processing and production.
- Work with cross-functional partners to gather, organize, and maintain information and data to support TikTok's litigation matters
Manage document preservation and legal hold processes in collaboration with eDiscovery, Forensics, and IT teams
- Review and process a wide array of legal process, inquiries, and documents
- Systematically collect key metrics and identify trends to support operational improvements
- Work with leadership and finance to prepare metrics and audit reports
- Assist in implementing and optimizing internal processes and creating standard operating procedures for the litigation team
- Provide administrative and operational support on a broad range of legal matters, workflows, systems, and tooling
- Develop and refine litigation playbooks, templates, and internal processes to increase operational efficiency
- Collaborate with and provide support to attorneys, partners, stakeholders, and leadership on cross-functional projects
Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications
- 5 years of litigation experience at an in-house, tech, or law firm environment
- Bachelor's degree or Paralegal Certificate from an ABA-accredited program
- Proficient knowledge of the litigation process, including motion practice, discovery, trial, and appellate procedures, and the ability to administratively manage all phases of litigation
- Technically savvy and comfortable quickly learning and using various tools
- Ability to be flexible in a fast-paced environment, balance competing priorities with a broad set of stakeholders, and manage products timely
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills along with organizational and time management skills, with keen attention to detail
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience handling patent/intellectual property or employment matters
- Excellent legal and business judgment, critical thinking, and ability to manage multiple matters simultaneously
- Detail-oriented and willing to provide administrative and operational support
- Ability to think strategically and use good judgment to build scalable processes and escalate matters that require attention
- Excellent interpersonal and cross-cultural communication skills, with the ability to build alignment across teams in a diverse, global environment
About TikTok
TikTok is the leading destination for short-form mobile video. At TikTok, our mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy. TikTok's global headquarters are in Los Angeles and Singapore, and we also have offices in New York City, London, Dublin, Paris, Berlin, Dubai, Jakarta, Seoul, and Tokyo.
Why Join Us
Inspiring creativity is at the core of TikTok's mission. Our innovative product is built to help people authentically express themselves, discover and connect – and our global, diverse teams make that possible. Together, we create value for our communities, inspire creativity and bring joy - a mission we work towards every day.
We strive to do great things with great people. We lead with curiosity, humility, and a desire to make impact in a rapidly growing tech company. Every challenge is an opportunity to learn and innovate as one team. We're resilient and embrace challenges as they come. By constantly iterating and fostering an "Always Day 1" mindset, we achieve meaningful breakthroughs for ourselves, our company, and our users. When we create and grow together, the possibilities are limitless. Join us.
Diversity & Inclusion
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 Accommodation
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 https://tinyurl.com/RA-request
Job Information
【For Pay Transparency】 Compensation Description (Hourly)
The hourly rate range for this position in the selected city is $41.54- $65.38.
Compensation may vary outside of this range depending on a number of factors, including a candidate’s qualifications, skills, competencies and experience, and location. Base pay is one part of the Total Package that is provided to compensate and recognize employees for their work, and this role may be eligible for additional discretionary bonuses/incentives, and restricted stock units.
Benefits may vary depending on the nature of employment and the country work location. Employees have day one access to medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401(k) savings plan with company match, paid parental leave, short-term and long-term disability coverage, life insurance, wellbeing benefits, among others. Employees also receive 10 paid holidays per year, 10 paid sick days per year and 17 days of Paid Personal Time (prorated upon hire with increasing accruals by tenure).
The Company reserves the right to modify or change these benefits programs at any time, with or without notice.
For Los Angeles County (unincorporated) Candidates:
Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal, state, and local laws including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act. Our company believes that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship on the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of the conditional offer of employment:
1. Interacting and occasionally having unsupervised contact with internal/external clients and/or colleagues;
2. Appropriately handling and managing confidential information including proprietary and trade secret information and access to information technology systems; and
3. Exercising sound judgment.
Salary : $42 - $65