5 days ago

Legal Counsel - Content Safety, Product & Privacy

Canva

Sydney

5 days ago

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Canva is seeking a Legal Counsel for its Product and Privacy team in Sydney, Australia. The role involves advising on legal issues related to content safety, privacy, AI, and platform laws, supporting product launches, and collaborating with global teams. Candidates should have 8+ years of legal experience, familiarity with online safety and privacy regulations, and a deep understanding of AI technology.

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Legal Counsel - Content Safety, Product & Privacy

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AI-enabledHybridFull-timeSeniorLegal

Salary

Not specified

Work Location

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, AU

Work Model

Hybrid: flexibility to work remotely and come together on campus for meaningful in-person collaboration

Experience Required

8 years

Employment Type

Full-time

Experience Level

8+ years practicing law

Core Qualifications

Technical (Must-have)

LegalOnline Safety LawsPrivacy LawsPlatform LawsConsumer LawsGenerative AIAI RegulationRisk AssessmentIncident ManagementRegulatory ComplianceLegal PlaybooksStakeholder ManagementCollaborationTime Zone Flexibility

Soft Skills

CollaborativePragmaticBusiness-mindedCreativeCuriousMotivatedClaritySimplification

Preferred Qualifications

Technical (Nice-to-have)

AIGPCIPP/ETechnologyAI Experimentation

Key Responsibilities

•Identify and advise on legal issues in key areas including online content and product safety (including youth and AI), platform, privacy, intellectual property, AI regulation.
•Build strong relationships with key stakeholders, advising on product development (including Generative AI products), go-to-market strategy, and risk mitigation, with a particular focus on safety issues.
•Contribute to the development and operationalization of company-wide safety policies and processes, including regulatory, government and law enforcement inquiry handling, scalable risk assessment frameworks, and regulatory monitoring.
•Draft and maintain legal playbooks and internal guidance.
•Collaborate closely with policy, IP, security, product, trust and safety regulatory and engineering teams.
•Help build scalable and effective processes for legal review to enable the launch of new products.
•Participate in the review and coordination of potential safety, privacy or data security incidents (including on call), including investigations, notifications, and other resolution efforts.
•Stay up to date with global AI, safety and privacy regulations and relevant industry standards, conduct impact mapping of incoming regulations, and drive compliance projects including annual online safety risk assessments.
•Respond to and triage incidents and escalations.
•Support with Canva-wide privacy and legal training and awareness initiatives.
•Help us redefine the role of in-house counsel - build tools and processes for continued growth and success.

Legal CounselContent SafetyPrivacyAIProductHybridFull-timeSydneyCanvaSenior

Core Qualifications

Technical (Must-have)

Soft Skills

CollaborativePragmaticBusiness-mindedCreativeCuriousMotivatedClaritySimplification

Key Responsibilities

•Identify and advise on legal issues in key areas including online content and product safety (including youth and AI), platform, privacy, intellectual property, AI regulation.

•Build strong relationships with key stakeholders, advising on product development (including Generative AI products), go-to-market strategy, and risk mitigation, with a particular focus on safety issues.

•Contribute to the development and operationalization of company-wide safety policies and processes, including regulatory, government and law enforcement inquiry handling, scalable risk assessment frameworks, and regulatory monitoring.

•Draft and maintain legal playbooks and internal guidance.

•Collaborate closely with policy, IP, security, product, trust and safety regulatory and engineering teams.

•Help build scalable and effective processes for legal review to enable the launch of new products.

•Participate in the review and coordination of potential safety, privacy or data security incidents (including on call), including investigations, notifications, and other resolution efforts.

•Stay up to date with global AI, safety and privacy regulations and relevant industry standards, conduct impact mapping of incoming regulations, and drive compliance projects including annual online safety risk assessments.

•Respond to and triage incidents and escalations.

•Support with Canva-wide privacy and legal training and awareness initiatives.

•Help us redefine the role of in-house counsel - build tools and processes for continued growth and success.