At the core of Epic’s success are talented, passionate people. Epic prides itself on creating a collaborative, welcoming, and creative environment. Whether it’s building award-winning games or crafting engine technology that enables others to make visually stunning interactive experiences, we’re always innovating.
Being Epic means being a part of a team that continually strives to do right by our community and users. We’re constantly innovating to raise the bar of engine and game development.
LEGALWhat We Do
Epic's multi-specialized team of attorneys and legal professionals partner across our organization to provide legal solutions as well as consult and inform on the products we build and games we develop.
What You'll Do
Epic’s Marketplaces Legal team supports Epic’s digital marketplaces including the Epic Games Store (PC, Mac, iOS, and Android), Fab, Sketchfab, and Artstation. Additionally, the Marketplaces Legal team supports Epic’s critically acclaimed third-party video game publishing business. Partnering closely with Epic’s marketplace product and business teams (with a particular focus on the Epic Games Store), you will help manage day-to-day legal affairs for Epic’s marketplace products and the Epic Games Publishing team, including partner management, product counseling, marketing, and inception-to-release support of Epic Games Publishing’s diverse stable of titles in development.
In this role, you will
- Serve as representative counsel and a cross-functional stakeholder for Epic’s Marketplaces Products and Epic Games Publishing for companywide initiatives, participate in escalation, strategy, and planning discussions with company leadership
- Collaborate with outside counsels, subject matter expert counsels and stakeholders on Regulatory, Compliance, Privacy, Trust and Safety, and Litigation teams, supervising and executing implementation of advice in Epic’s products
- Draft, implement, revise, and update consumer and developer-facing policies, documentation, and agreements
- Draft, negotiate, and serve as a primary Legal stakeholder for key agreements related to Epic’s digital marketplaces and Epic Games Publishing
- Provide specific, actionable, and risk-adjusted counsel to business units and product teams; assist customer support and marketplace operations and release management teams with addressing user and developer outreach
- Review marketing materials, product communications, UI mock-ups, product requirement documentation, and feature designs
- Drive efficiency through process optimization and the use of technology
What we're looking for
- Licensed in good standing to practice law; 6+ years legal experience, including 3+ years relevant experience focused on digital marketplaces and/or videogames (in-house experience at a fast-paced technology company preferred)
- Familiarity with global legal frameworks regulating digital marketplaces (consumer protection, IP, intermediary liability of online platforms, content moderation, privacy, online safety, AI, marketing, merchandising, etc.)
- Proven experience managing complex projects with multiple cross-functional stakeholders and outside counsel
- Proficiency in prioritization and management of multiple projects/initiatives simultaneously, from inception to completion
- Curiosity in following and engaging global legal trends and emerging legal and policy issues
- Strong issue-spotting skills; agile in prioritizing and meeting deadlines
- A natural problem-solver and strategic thinker, comfortable with ambiguity and able to bring structure to challenging situations
- Tech-savvy and have hands-on experience working with legal technology and legal technologists to drive process and efficiency in an in-house legal department
- Familiarity with the videogame industry, e-commerce, and digital content distribution
- Strong verbal and written communication skills, an ability to operate autonomously as a legal generalist and as an expert in digital marketplaces while exercising good judgment about escalation and collaboration, and confidence in being a primary legal point of contact for Epic’s marketplaces
This role is open to multiple locations across the US (including CA, NYC, & WA).
Pay Transparency Information
The expected annual base pay range(s) for this position are detailed below. Each base pay range is relevant only for individuals who are residents of or will be expected to work within the specified locale. Compensation varies based on a variety of factors, which include (but aren’t limited to) things such as skills and competencies, qualifications, knowledge, and experience. In addition to base pay, most employees are eligible to participate in Epic’s generous benefit plans and discretionary incentive programs (subject to the terms of those plans or programs).
New York City Base Pay Range
$199,625—$292,783 USD
California Base Pay Range
$199,625—$292,783 USD
Washington Base Pay Range
$195,466—$286,683 USD
Epic Games spans across 25 countries with 46 studios and 4,500+ employees globally. For over 25 years, we've been making award-winning games and engine technology that empowers others to make visually stunning games and 3D content that bring environments to life like never before. Epic's award-winning Unreal Engine technology not only provides game developers the ability to build high-fidelity, interactive experiences for PC, console, mobile, and VR, it is also a tool being embraced by content creators across a variety of industries such as media and entertainment, automotive, and architectural design. As we continue to build our Engine technology and develop remarkable games, we strive to build teams of world-class talent.
Like what you hear? Come be a part of something Epic!
Epic Games deeply values diverse teams and an inclusive work culture, and we are proud to be an Equal Opportunity employer. Learn more about our Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy here.
Note to Recruitment Agencies: Epic does not accept any unsolicited resumes or approaches from any unauthorized third party (including recruitment or placement agencies) (i.e., a third party with whom we do not have a negotiated and validly executed agreement). We will not pay any fees to any unauthorized third party. Further details on these matters can be found here.
What We Do
Founded in 1991, Epic Games is an American company founded by CEO Tim Sweeney. The company is headquartered in Cary, North Carolina, and has more than 50 offices worldwide. Today Epic is a leading interactive entertainment company and provider of 3D engine technology. Epic operates one of the world’s largest games, Fortnite, and Epic has over 600 million accounts with over 5 billion friend connections across Fortnite, Fall Guys, Rocket League, and the Epic Games Store. Epic also develops Unreal Engine, which powers the world’s leading games and is also adopted across industries such as film and television, architecture, automotive, manufacturing, and simulation. Through Unreal Engine, Epic Games Store, and Epic Online Services, Epic provides an end-to-end digital ecosystem for developers and creators to build, distribute, and operate games and other content.
