Want to do the best work of your life? With 24 million customers in 6 countries, make your mark at Europe’s leading media and entertainment brand. A workplace where you can proudly be yourself; our people make Sky a truly exciting and inclusive place to work.

You will be advising Sky’s most creative and innovative people and leading on industry issues concerning advertising, marketing, consumer law, telecoms regulation, media regulation and contractual issues surrounding the sale, marketing and distribution of Sky’s wide range of products and services including Sky TV, Sky Broadband, Sky Talk and NOW.

What you’ll do:

Acting as a key contact for Sky’s fast paced sales & marketing and product teams for advice on day-to-day advertising, marketing and consumer law issues. This may include liaison with consumer-facing bodies such as the ASAI, Clearcast in the UK, ComReg and with Sky’s competitors.

Advising on product and service propositions from initial concept to development, launch and beyond including customer contracts.

Advising on broadcast and non-broadcast advertising, campaign development and product / service claims development.

Advising on the impact and implementation of consumer law, telecoms and media regulation and contributing to the development of new consumer, telecoms and media policy and law in consultation with industry regulators and the wider Sky business.

Advising on and sometimes leading on Sky’s response to public consultations at EU and Irish level on areas of interest such as consumer, telecoms and media regulation.

What you’ll bring:

Essential:

Be a qualified lawyer with strong academics and experience in private practice or in a leading in-house team

Have a positive outlook and enjoy working in a collegiate and collaborative way

Be competent and confident in your field, with strength in legal advisory work, and have the ability to think laterally to find solutions, work at pace and prioritise effectively

Have experience managing multiple stakeholders with a resilient and pragmatic approach to getting the job done

Advantageous:

An understanding of and ability to apply consumer law and regulation to the advertising and sale of Sky’s goods and services, and good working knowledge of industry guidance in these areas

Experience in the pay TV, telecommunications, digital services, media or general retail sectors

Consumer or regulatory law experience in the telecoms or media sectors

A good working knowledge of data protection law, in particular as it relates to marketing and sales.

Experience of drafting and advising on consumer and commercial contracts

Team Overview

As a team, we pursue the highest standards and demonstrate commitment, integrity and judgement. We exist to add real value by sustainably providing the highest quality business-focussed legal expertise that keeps Sky competitive. Through our work we help to bring better content and innovation to all of our customers, better connecting them to more of what they love. Our vision is to create the Legal team of the future, together – operating at the heart of Sky, famous for adding value.

The Rewards:

There’s a reason people can’t stop talking about #LifeAtSky. Our great range of rewards really are something special, here are just a few:

Sky Q, for the TV you love all in one place

A generous pension package

Private healthcare

Discounted mobile and broadband

Access a wide range of exclusive Sky VIP rewards and experiences

Where you’ll work:

Our striking Ireland HQ has an A-list location on Burlington Road, walking distance from central Dublin. Grand Canal Dock and Pearse train stations are both around 1.5km away, and we’re a short stroll from the buses of Baggot Street, Leeson Street and Waterloo Road. There’s plenty of parking for cyclists and drivers, too!

Inclusion:

We take pride in our approach to diversity and inclusion: we’ve been recognised by The Times and Stonewall for this, and we’ve committed £30million to support the fight against racial injustice. We’ve also set ambitious targets for increasing ethnic diversity and representation throughout our organisation.

At Sky we don’t just look at your CV. We’re more focused on who you are and your potential. We also know that everyone has a life outside work, so we’re happy to discuss flexible working.

And we’ll do everything we can to support you during your application. If you need us to make any adjustments to our recruitment process, speak to our recruitment team who will be happy to support you.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

Why wait?

Apply now to build an amazing career and be part of a brilliant team. We can’t wait to hear from you.

To find out more about working with us, search #LifeAtSky on social media. A job you love to talk about.