Legal Operations & Compliance Specialist

About Circo

Great content deserves more than views. Creators should own their work, reach their audiences, and build sustainable businesses around what they create.

At Circo, we're building the infrastructure behind the next generation of independent media businesses. Our technology brings together video distribution, monetisation, content protection, and audience engagement to help creators, studios, and media businesses thrive.

We're building a team that takes ownership, challenges conventional thinking, and turns complex problems into exceptional products.

About the role

We're looking for a Product Legal & Compliance Specialist to help build the legal, compliance, and operational foundations of Circo.

You'll work closely with Product, Engineering, and Business Development to ensure our products comply with applicable legal requirements and that the underlying processes are properly designed, documented, and implemented.

A key part of your role will be supporting Circo's content compliance lifecycle — from creator onboarding and content preparation to publishing, live events, monetisation, and post-release operations. You'll help establish the compliance workflows and controls that align with regulatory obligations.

You'll also coordinate external legal counsel, manage commercial documentation, and support internal governance and people operations.

This role requires someone who can move comfortably between legal thinking, product systems, and operational execution.

What you'll be doing

Product legal & compliance

• Working with Product and Engineering to identify and implement legal and regulatory requirements across Circo's products

• Reviewing creator onboarding, KYC/KYB, payments, monetisation, data protection, content publishing, and rights-management workflows

• Translating legal requirements into actionable product specifications, operational controls, and implementation criteria

• Drafting and maintaining Terms of Service, Privacy Policies, Master Service Agreements, creator agreements, and other product documentation

• Working with engineers to ensure product behaviour aligns with contractual obligations, documented policies, and applicable regulations

• Coordinating regulatory assessments, compliance reviews, and specialist advice from external legal counsel

Content lifecycle & operations

• Developing and standardising operational compliance workflows covering creator onboarding, content submission, review, publishing, monetisation, and post-release management

• Coordinating with relevant teams to establish launch-readiness processes for content releases, premieres, live broadcasts, and other media experiences

• Ensuring operational requirements covering content rights, licensing, approvals, access controls, and commercial agreements are addressed before launch

• Establishing clear procedures for live-event preparation, incident escalation, cancellations, refunds, replays, and other applicable post-event activities

• Documenting responsibilities, dependencies, and handoffs between Business Development, Product, Engineering, Marketing, and Operations

• Identifying operational gaps, improving processes, and helping teams execute content launches consistently and efficiently

Legal operations & internal governance

• Drafting and managing commercial agreements, service contracts, partnership agreements, and internal legal documentation

• Supporting HR with employment agreements, contractor documentation, intellectual-property assignments, and workplace policies

• Coordinating contract reviews, approvals, and legal matters with external counsel

• Maintaining organised records of legal obligations, compliance requirements, contracts, and internal policies

• Supporting leadership with operational documentation, process standardisation, and cross-functional coordination

What you'll need

• An LL.B. degree and qualification to practise law

• 3+ years of experience in legal, media//content compliance, or legal operations

• Strong commercial contract drafting, legal research, and documentation skills

• Working knowledge of corporate, contract, intellectual-property, consumer-protection, and data-protection laws

• The ability to understand digital products, user journeys, and operational workflows

• Strong organisational skills and experience coordinating processes across different teams

• Ability to translate complex requirements into practical, executable processes

• Clear experience in a technology startup, SaaS business, digital media company, or content platform

• Excellent communication, commercial judgment, and problem-solving skills

• A proactive, ownership-driven approach to getting things done

Nice to have

• Familiarity with content licensing, copyright, streaming, digital rights management, or creator monetisation

• Experience supporting content operations, digital product launches, or live-event workflows

• Experience working directly with product managers and engineers

• Familiarity with process documentation, project management, and operational systems

At Circo, we value independent thinking, accountability, and people who take pride in their work. We're committed to building an inclusive workplace where different perspectives contribute to better products and stronger teams.

Circo. Worth seeing.