Job Description

Publicis is seeking a talented and flexible Data Privacy Counsel to assist our North American businesses. The role is broad and involves advising our business on the various privacy risks, obligations and other issues related to privacy. This is a full-time position Ideally this team member would be located in Chicago and able to work from our office at 35 W Wacker once a week or as needed for group meetings. We will consider remote workers located in the United States as well. You will be a member of our Global Data Privacy Office (GDPO) and report to Publicis Groupe´s North American Managing Counsel for Privacy.

** Responsibilities**

• Member of the Publicis Groupe global data privacy team supporting select Publicis North American business units, as assigned
• Support internal teams, providing them with appropriate advice and guidance, with the ability to effectively collaborate and communicate with diverse cross-functional teams.
• Collaborate with internal business clients and our Global Security Office on responding to current/potential customer privacy/security assessment questionnaires.
• Coordinate with internal teams across Publicis Groupe on multi-agency initiatives.
• Provide support to members of the legal team on privacy matters and serve as subject matter expert on advertising technology, media, and advertising/marketing privacy issues for internal legal and business teams.
• Assist the legal team in drafting, reviewing and negotiating data privacy provisions in complex commercial contracts.
• Collaborate with our privacy operations team to adapt data governance materials such as inventory templates, vendor due diligence questionnaires, proprietary system questionnaires, and privacy impact assessment questionnaires.
• Inform privacy operations team on new legislation and regulations, and partner to develop privacy program requirements and tasks
• Draft and review consent forms, website privacy notices, cookies policy, and other privacy notices and disclosures.
• Maintain current knowledge of all relevant privacy legislation and regulations and distribute this knowledge across both the legal function and the wider business.
• Monitor and evaluate the impact of evolving legislative, regulatory and industry proposals mainly for the advertising technology and marketing sector.
• Help develop data privacy training materials and conduct privacy trainings.
• Assist with privacy projects, such as policy and process development, in coordination with global GDPO members across Publicis Groupe.

Qualifications

• Juris Doctorate degree with an active law license to practice law in one or more states in the United States;
• Privacy certification (such as CIPP/E, CIPP/US from IAPP or similar) or willingness to obtain upon hire;
• 4+ years of legal experience, with a minimum 1+ years of relevant privacy experience;
• Marketing and advertising technology experience preferred, including legal support for ad serving, programmatic buying, and data management.
• Direct experience applying U.S. and European privacy laws, regulations, and industry guidelines, especially those relevant for media and advertising;
• Practical and advanced understanding of the digital landscape and the compliance challenges related to data collection and processing in both identifiable and pseudonymous spaces;
• Ability to work independently, take ownership of projects and tasks and see them through to completion
• Strong business acumen to spot issues, and recommend effective solutions while partnering with internal teams to solve business issues;
• Strong transactional background, including drafting and negotiating commercial transactions with respect to privacy and consumer protection issues;
• Willingness and flexibility to be a team player and take on new responsibilities and challenges as privacy and Publicis Groupe’s services continues to evolve;
• Commercially-minded and having good communication and inter-personal skills to work with all levels of internal management and negotiate with external clients and partners;
• Enthusiastic, energetic data protection and privacy subject matter expert, with good knowledge of the latest regulatory changes and the related impacts on the media and advertising industry;
• Able to work in fast-paced environment, provide advice under tight deadlines and competent in managing a varied workload;
• A personable, team player.

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee(s) currently in this position. Employee(s) will be required to follow any other job related instructions and to perform any other job-related duties requested by any person authorized to give instructions or assignments.

A review of this position has excluded the marginal functions of the position that are incidental to the performance of fundamental job duties. All duties and responsibilities are essential job functions and requirements and are subject to possible modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities. To perform this job successfully, the incumbent(s) will possess the skills, aptitudes, and abilities to perform each duty proficiently. Some requirements may exclude individuals who pose a direct threat or significant risk to the health or safety of themselves or others. The requirements listed in this document are the minimum levels of knowledge, skills, or abilities.

This document does not create an employment contract, implied or otherwise, other than an "at-will" relations.