Hybrid Legal Counsel

at Naked Wines

• Job title: Legal Counsel
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Mid level, Senior
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: Professional Certificate
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Norwich, United Kingdom

About the role

• Mid-level Data Privacy Lawyer advising on data protection for a wine company. Overseeing compliance across multiple regions and working on commercial legal projects.

Responsibilities

• Be the friendly face (and sharp mind) advising on data protection across the UK, Australia, and the US.
• Serve as the primary point of contact with privacy regulators.
• Partner with our product, tech, and commercial teams to bake privacy into what we build - without slowing things down.
• Advise our procurement and tech teams on evolving AI policy and regulatory frameworks.
• Roll up your sleeves to draft, review and negotiate contracts with a privacy lens.
• Keep our privacy policies, data processes, and training fresh and practical.
• Spot changes in the law before they land on our doorstep and help us navigate them.
• Translate complex legal issues into plain English that makes sense to non-lawyers.
• Jump in on other commercial projects and deals when Naked needs you.

Requirements

• You love wine.
• Ideally, you are UK-qualified (but if you’re qualified elsewhere and pragmatic, we’re listening).
• You have 3-5 years of experience, working on data protection and privacy.
• You have a sharp pen, and are fluent in English (written and spoken).
• Bonus points if you have some in-house experience or experience counseling consumer good clients. Extra bonus points if you’ve thrived in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial setting.

Benefits

• A competitive salary - we're very proud to be a Real Living Wage employer
• 26 days holiday and bank holidays (you can buy or sell holiday too)
• A £300 annual personal development budget - we're passionate about supporting people to follow their dreams inside or outside of Naked
• £450 every year to treat yourself to some of our delicious wines...all in the name of research, of course
• We want to do our bit for the community and give everyone paid leave to volunteer
• We have Wellbeing Champions and access to mindfulness resources including the Headspace app
• Enhanced parental leave
• Honeymoon leave - newlyweds get an extra week of annual leave
• We like to surprise and delight you with lovely thoughtful gifts including Naked Wine and lots more...