
Associate General Counsel, Commercial CTV & Advertising
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The Trade Desk is seeking an experienced commercial transactions attorney to support advertising and streaming TV initiatives. The role structures and negotiates commercial agreements, advises cross-functional teams on complex legal matters, and helps develop scalable commercial processes. It also provides practical guidance on legal risks and monitors legislative changes affecting the company globally.
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The Trade Desk is a global technology company and the world's leading independent platform for digital advertising, with nearly 4,000 employees across more than 30 offices. Our technology helps advertisers reach the right audiences across the open internet - from streaming TV and podcasts to mobile apps, news, and more. Advertising powers the content people love. By making it more transparent, effective, and responsible, we help support trusted journalism, quality entertainment, and creators worldwide. The world's brands and agencies rely on us to reach their customers and grow their businesses responsibly. The scale of our platform brings unique technical challenges - from processing massive datasets in real time to building systems that operate reliably on a global scale. When you work here, your impact is worldwide. We welcome diverse perspectives, encourage curiosity, and build teams that learn from one another. If you're driven to solve meaningful challenges, we'd love to meet you.The Trade Desk is changing the way global brands and their agencies advertise to audiences around the world. How? With a media buying platform that helps brands deliver a more insightful and relevant ad experience for consumers - and sets a new standard for global reach, accuracy, and transparency. We are proud of the culture we have built. We value the unique experiences and perspectives that each person brings to The Trade Desk, and we are committed to fostering inclusive spaces where everyone can bring their authentic selves to work every day.So, if you are talented, driven, creative, and eager to join a dynamic, globally-connected team, then we want to talk!What we do:The Trade Desk is a dynamic, fast-growing technology company and we require excellent leadership at all levels. We are looking for an experienced commercial transactions attorney who has excellent judgement, loves to analyze complex legal issues, find creative solutions, and effectively negotiate deals. We are looking for someone able to collaborate cross-functionally while also balancing competing demands, working independently, maintaining a positive attitude and, hopefully, contributing some humor to our legal slack channel. The Trade Desk is a company that will invest in its employees' professional development- as we grow, we want our employees to grow with us.What you'll do: * Structure, draft, review, negotiate, and manage a variety of commercial agreements, including advertising agreements, license agreements, agreements relating to first impression global strategic initiatives, and CTV distribution agreements for the new Ventura streaming TV operating system. * Work closely with the team building the Ventura streaming TV operating system to develop and bring to market cutting-edge technology and the world's best content in a unique streaming TV OS that unlocks value for consumers, advertisers, publishers, and OEMs. * Negotiate deals with the largest advertising agencies and brands in the world. * Collaborate with key leaders on our Ventura, business development, client services, and finance teams to advise on complex legal matters and develop creative solutions to contribute to the overall success of the company. * Continually improve our legal commercial processes to help us scale globally with a consistent but locally relevant approach and to help the company to move quickly and thoughtfully. * Provide practical advice on legal issues and risks, complex agreement structures and company policies in a risk-tolerant, but compliance-oriented environment. * Identify, research, analyze, and advise teams on a wide range of relevant legal topics (e.g., licensing, intellectual property, commercial, data security, and privacy law), issues, and risks. * Keep abreast of legislative changes that may affect the company globally.Who you are: * 8+ years inhouse or in combination with an internationally/nationally recognized law firm experience requir
How this job compares
Set against the 460 open Commercial Counsel jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 28, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- New York median$200–250K/yr44 salary ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 61 open Commercial Counsel jobs in New York and 460 across the US. 9% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
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- Experience
- Commercial Counsel postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 4 to 7 years (433 postings).
- Education
- 325 of the 460 open Commercial Counsel jobs (71%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
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