Senior Counsel – Employment

Are you an experienced California attorney with a background in employment law (including wage and hour compliance), supporting human resources teams, and experience negotiating contracts? Do you want to join a growing business and use your knowledge and skills to help build out great products, services and tools for the entertainment industry? Are you excited about impacting the trajectory of the project economy? Then this may be the role for you.

The Senior Counsel will be on the Wrapbook Legal team and play a crucial role providing in-house legal counsel regarding matters across the company, including advising internal teams on employment regulations and best practices incorporated into Wrapbook’s platform and offerings as an employer of record, supporting our internal human resources team, negotiating customer and vendor contracts, along with additional support as needed for the Labor Relations, Operations, and Tax teams.

What You’ll Do:

• Provide in-house legal counsel on contract and product related matters as they relate to Wrapbook’s offerings, its role as an employer of record, along with its corporate employees, which may include, but are not limited to, wage and hour laws, workers’ compensation, labor relations, human resources issues, employee agreements and policy related issues, employment related litigation, grievances and arbitration, FMLA matters and generally assisting the General Counsel and Deputy General Counsel and supporting the People, Labor Relations, Operations, Tax, and Engineering, Product, and Design (EPD) teams.
• Internal lead for handling any claims related to labor and employment matters.
• Supervise, manage and evaluate outside counsel on labor and employment related matters, including litigation.
• Support the EPD team, including by advising on labor, employment, and tax laws and regulations and best practices as they relate to Wrapbook’s platform and offerings as an employer of record.
• Support the People team, including by advising on labor and employment related matters as they relate to Wrapbook and its workforce.
• Support the Operations and Tax team by advising on labor, employment, and tax (including payroll tax) matters or questions that may arise.
• Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders and manage projects with a team-oriented approach.
• Identify and assess legal risks and opportunities within labor and employment and advise accordingly.
• Review, negotiate, and draft agreements with customers and vendors.
• Educate clients and stakeholders on legal matters, policies, and procedures.
• Establish and maintain relationships, credibility, and trust with stakeholders, legal team members and other colleagues.
• Lead and assist the General Counsel and Deputy General Counsel with other legal matters as needed.

What You’ll Have:

• A juris doctor (JD) degree from an accredited law school.
• Bar certified to practice law in California.
• 5+ years experience as an employment attorney with relevant in-house and/or law firm experience, including wage and hour law compliance.
• Excellent oral and written communications skills.
• An ability to collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders in a fast-paced environment to drive program and process adoption.
• Keen business sense with strong judgment, advising, negotiation, drafting, and decision-making skills.
• Ability to prioritize and operate independently and effectively in a dynamic environment.
• Experience developing and driving program and process adoption with cross-functional stakeholders.
• Ability to work efficiently, meet demanding deadlines, and balance multiple tasks in a fast-paced and agile environment.

We Think You’ll Be An Especially Amazing Fit If You Have:

• Experience as lead for handling claims related to employment law matters in California – and experience dealing with New York employment law matters a plus.
• Experience/strong interest in working in a start-up environment.

Why Join Us

At Wrapbook, creativity meets technology — and not just in the product.

In addition to a competitive salary and all the benefits you can expect from a fast-growing technology company, you’ll get access to a team of creative problem solvers and the chance to see your contributions make large impacts. Benefits include:

• Unlimited Paid Time Off
• Work from anywhere in Canada and USA
• Health and Dental benefits
• Up to $1500 towards IT set up for your home
• Up to 2% matching RRSP / 401K
• Learning and Development opportunities
• Up to $50 USD/ $66.50 CAD towards Internet/Cell phone service

Our Pledge to Fostering an Inclusive and Safe Workplace:

Wrapbook pledges to be a harassment- and discrimination-free space for everyone, regardless of age, disability, ethnicity, gender identity or expression, nationality, neurotype, personal appearance, political affiliation, professional background, race, religion, or sexual identity or orientation.

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