Paralegal/Associate Council at Remote only Full Time

Who We Are:

HighLevel is an all-in-one, white-label marketing platform for agencies & consultants. Our goal as a business is to create a sustainable, powerful, “all things marketing” operating system that creates limitless opportunities for our customers. With over 20,000 customers, we need people like YOU to help us grow and scale even further in the coming years. 

We currently have 600+ employees worldwide, working remotely as well as in our headquarters, which is located in Dallas, Texas.  

Our goal as an employer is to maintain a strong company culture, foster creativity and collaboration, and, above all, encourage a healthy work-life balance for our employees wherever they call home. 

Who You Are:  

As a member of the legal team, you will have an important role in implementing risk mitigation strategies and compliance programs. You must be comfortable issue-spotting, collaborating with the business, and thinking strategically. You will leverage your legal expertise to mitigate potential risks and accelerate business results in a fast-paced environment that requires quick and creative counseling. 

You will have a proven track record of strong verbal and written communication skills, high attention to detail, responsiveness, creativity, and a solutions-based mindset . You are comfortable developing and implementing effective processes in a high-performance, high-accountability environment. Previous in-house experience is a plus, but not required. An interest in intellectual property, consumer protection, marketing law, and privacy law are preferred. 

What You’ll Be Doing:

• Reviewing and negotiating contracts with vendors, customers, and affiliates
• Monitoring and enforcing customers’ and affiliates’ compliance with Highlevel’s policies in partnership with account managers and business leads
• Developing and protecting HighLevel’s intellectual property portfolio
• Collaborating with other departments to implement compliance programs and processes
• Educating the organization on new laws, regulations, and best practices
• Providing some administrative support to the Director of Legal Affairs
• Other legal projects as requested

What You’ll Bring: 

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. 

Experience/Education/Certifications Required:

• Law graduate with 0-4 years of experience OR
• Bachelor’s degree and at least 7-8 years experience as a paralegal in a law firm or supporting in-house lawyers, preferably in tech, software, or SaaS industry

Competencies:

To perform the job successfully, an individual should demonstrate the following competencies:

CUSTOMER OBSESSION

• Support and guide our customers by keeping them at the heart of everything we do
• Deliver value to our customers through every interaction
• Utilize customer insights to drive & guide improvements for our product and services
• Ensure your customer commitments are met or exceeded
• Communicate effectively by practicing active listening and professional verbal & written communication

DRIVE FOR RESULTS

• Takes action, is decisive
• Displays a high energy and enthusiasm on a consistent basis
• Smoothly adjusts and responds to changing situations with resiliency and professionalism
• Conveys a sense of urgency to address problems and opportunities
• Collaborates & works across teams to attain company KPI’s

GOOD TO GREAT

• Has a mindset of continuous learning and seeks out opportunities to develop new skills
• Consistently takes initiative to improve product, service and processes.
• Actively seeks feedback from colleagues, management and customers
• Brings forth ideas and solutions to make the boat go faster

DO WHAT IS RIGHT

• Displays a high standard of ethics and integrity
• Takes ownership for their decisions regardless of the outcome
• Acts with the customer, team and company in mind
• Can be counted on to do what they say they are going to do

EEO Statement:

At HighLevelwe value diversity. In fact, we understand it makes our organization stronger. We are committed to inclusive hiring/promotion practices that evaluate skill sets, abilities and qualifications without regard to any characteristic unrelated to performing the job at the highest level. Our objective is to foster an environment where really talented employees from all walks of life can be their true and whole selves, cherished and welcomed for their differences, while providing awesome service to our clients and learning from one another along the way!

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

The preceding job description has been designed to indicate the general nature and essential duties and responsibilities of work performed by employees within this classification. It may not contain a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees to do this job.