Counsel, Commerical
Scopely is seeking an experienced, pragmatic, and business-minded Counsel, Commercial to join our legal team in Culver City, California. This role will serve as a legal lead for commercial matters, acting independently while partnering closely with cross-functional stakeholders across the business and collaborating with global Legal teammates. This is an individual-contributor role for an experienced lawyer who thrives in fast-moving environments, exercises strong judgment, and approaches legal work as a strategic business partner aligned with Scopely’s global strategy.
The Counsel, Commercial will serve as the lead attorney for a broad range of commercial matters supporting Scopely’s business teams and initiatives, as well as various games in Scopely’s portfolio. Responsibilities include drafting, reviewing, negotiating, and advising on a wide variety of agreements, such as Adtech and UA IO agreements, Data Processing Agreements (DPAs) and data-related commercial terms, AI, automation, and legal technology agreements (including SaaS, software licensing, and service addenda), marketing, influencer, sponsorship, and co-marketing agreements, vendor and procurement agreements, confidentiality agreements, and other commercial arrangements common to the gaming, technology, and digital media ecosystem. The role also involves partnering closely with IT, Product, Procurement, Finance, and Business Operations teams to structure deals that balance speed, risk, and business objectives, acting as a trusted advisor by engaging early with stakeholders, understanding business goals, and offering creative, compliant solutions, identifying legal and reputational risks and clearly communicating tradeoffs, and contributing to the development of and utilizing playbooks, templates, checklists, and drafting guidelines to drive efficiency, consistency, and predictable risk management.
Candidates should have 4-6+ years of legal experience, with a strong focus on complex commercial transactions, a law degree from an accredited institution and qualification to practice law in California, and experience in AdTech, Privacy, technology, gaming, digital media, or SaaS-driven businesses preferred. The role requires proven ability to operate independently as a senior legal advisor, owning matters end-to-end with minimal oversight, strong commercial judgment and the ability to translate legal concepts into practical business guidance, experience working closely with marketing, product, sales, and procurement teams in fast-paced environments, demonstrated, hands-on experience using AI tools, automation, or legal technology in legal workflows, excellent communication skills, with the confidence to advise senior stakeholders and influence outcomes, and comfort working in a global organization across time zones and cultures. This role is based out of Culver City, CA, with a hybrid working model. Qualified candidates currently based in other jurisdictions with the ability to relocate are welcome to apply.
For candidates in CA, CO, NJ, NY, and WA, the annual salary range is provided below. In addition to base pay, employees may be eligible for equity, bonuses, and a comprehensive benefits package, including healthcare benefits, retirement benefits, pet insurance, paid holidays, paid Scopely free days, and unlimited paid time off. Base pay offered may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.