Description

Blue Nile is the largest online retailer of diamonds, engagement rings and fine jewelry. Our standards are amongst the highest of all jewelers.  We provide a superior customer experience, extraordinary value and industry leading product quality and style.  We embrace a culture of adaptability.  Our teams are innovative and resourceful and make an impact on both the business and each individual customer’s personal experience.  We value hard-work, flexibility, and curiosity.  We collaborate to creatively solve problems, constantly improve and implement meaningful changes. 

Blue Nile is seeking a talented, business-savvy corporate attorney to support and advise a fast growing e-commerce business.  This role is responsible with mitigating risk and facilitating business cross-functionally across a variety of teams. The corporate counsel will advise all levels of the business, including the executive team.   

Responsibilities:

• Draft, revise, and negotiate all types of agreements, with an emphasis on technology vendor, marketing, and supplier agreements.
• Interpret, advise, and provide practical business counsel to management on applicable laws, rulings and regulations relevant to e-commerce, including consumer protection, marketing, and immigration.
• Oversee Blue Nile’s privacy program, including managing data subject requests and internal data governance and protection.
• Manage the governance of Blue Nile’s global subsidiaries.
• Design, build, and improve legal department processes to keep pace with growth, while appropriately managing risk.
• Manage Blue Nile’s intellectual property portfolio, and review Blue Nile’s marketing copy.
• Support the business by managing Blue Nile’s insurance coverage portfolio.
• Support general business operations and complete special projects as requested.

Qualifications:

• 3-5 years of experience as a practicing attorney (prior in-house experience preferred)
• Current member in good standing with the Washington Bar
• Strong drafting, negotiating and analytical skills and deal-making experience
• Experience in recommending practical solutions to internal clients while mitigating risk.
• Willingness to learn and develop in multiple practice areas.
• Decisive, organized, efficient and detail oriented with demonstrated analytical, conceptual and problem solving skills.
• Ability to effectively present information including effective communication of business performance, project status and project changes in one-on-one and group meetings throughout the organization.
• Strong leadership and teambuilding skills; able to work under tight deadlines to achieve goals.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience working with technology clients.
• Experience with consumer privacy laws, including CCPA and GDPR.
• E-commerce, particularly international e-commerce, experience is a plus.