Associate Legal Counsel - Us Remote

Our Team:

Vista Legal delivers full spectrum legal guidance to the Vista business, as well as customs and trade compliance support. We are a global team, with 15 team members located across the United States, Spain, Canada, the Netherlands, United Kingdom and Ukraine. Vista Legal strives to help Vista achieve its strategic and business objectives. To that end, we take pride in delivering creative, practical, and solution-oriented advice aimed at enhancing strategic and business outcomes, and minimizing friction on business execution, all while keeping important compliance and risk mitigation considerations in proper focus. As a team, we are smart, passionate, and driven to contribute to Vista’s success, while still keeping it relaxed, collaborative and fun along the way.

What You Will Do:

This is an entry level Associate Legal Counsel position with the Vista Legal team. The position is expected to begin in August. The Associate Legal Counsel will primarily work within Vista Legal’s Contracts and Commercial Transactions practice, focusing on a wide range of commercial transactions across Vista’s global business. In addition, the Associate Legal Counsel will contribute to general day-to-day legal matters that arise across the Vista business. Candidates must be able to work independently, set priorities, meet deadlines, pay meticulous attention to detail, and be responsive.

• Collaborating with internal teams to understand business needs and provide legal guidance on contract terms and negotiations.
• Analyzing, revising and negotiating a wide variety of commercial contracts, guided by Vista’s business objectives and the practical risk assessment of the transaction.
• Ensuring commercial contracts that involve personal data comply with relevant privacy laws, including the GDPR and CCPA.
• Stay updated on relevant legal developments and industry trends in e-commerce and commercial transactions.
• Building and refreshing Vista Legal’s template contracts library and developing and publishing self-help resources for Vista business team members pursuing commercial transactions without hands-on Legal team involvement.

Your Qualifications:

• Self-directed, highly motivated individual who can work effectively in a dynamic, fast-paced, high-volume environment.
• Strong organizational skills, with the ability to effectively and timely manage multiple projects simultaneously.
• Willingness to learn quickly, dig into subject matter and contribute to the team.
• Superior written and verbal communication skills, with a demonstrated ability to clearly and accurately explain complex issues to diverse technical and business audiences.
• Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree from an accredited law school and admission to the bar.
• A drive for excellence and for delivering outstanding service that exceeds client expectations.
• A passionate self-starter with a “get things done” mind-set and approach, but always consistent with the highest professional and ethical standards.
• Demonstrated academic achievement and strong analytical problem-solving skills.
• Interest in commercial contracts and business law, e-commerce, online technology and privacy law.

Why You'll Love Working Here:

There is a lot to love about working at Vista. We are an award winning Remote-First company. We’re an inclusive community. We’re growing (which means you can too). And to help orient us all in the same direction, we have our Vista Behaviors which exemplify the behavioral attributes that make us a culturally strong and high-performing team.

About Us:

Vista is the design and marketing partner to millions of small businesses around the world. For over 20 years we’ve been inspired by small businesses, and we work incessantly to deliver solutions to their evolving needs. VistaCreate, 99designs by Vista and VistaPrint, all under the parent brand Vista, represent a full-service design, digital and print solution, elevating small businesses’ presence in physical and digital spaces and powering them to achieve success. Vista is focused on making great marketing and design accessible to every small business owner, allowing them to create a cohesive brand image for use in-store, online and on-the-go.

Commitment to Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion:

Vista exists to help our customers live their dreams. Each dream is unique – and the Vista team needs to be as well. We believe in the unique contributions of everyone within a diverse global organization. We are collaborative, inclusive, and innovative. We strive to role model and live an inclusive culture of fairness, respect and belonging for all. And we work together to empower each other, creating a space in which each of us can spark our next great idea.

Equal Opportunity Employer:

Vista, a Cimpress company, is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. All qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, national or ethnic origin, nationality, age, religion, citizenship, disability, medical condition, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender presentation, legal or preferred name, marital status, pregnancy, family structure, veteran status or any other basis protected by human rights laws or regulations. This list is not exhaustive and, in fact, in many cases, we strive to do more than the law requires.

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