Associate General Counsel, Labor & Employment
MrBeast· Legal
New York, NY$250k - $330kfull-timePosted 2mo ago
About the role
The Associate General Counsel, Labor & Employment is the company’s lead legal advisor on employment matters, partnering with HR and business leaders to scale responsibly and provide practical, business-focused legal guidance across the employee lifecycle in a fast-moving, high-growth environment.
Responsibilities
- Serve as the primary in-house legal advisor on labor and employment matters across Beast Industries.
- Partner with Human Resources throughout the employee lifecycle, including hiring, onboarding, performance management, employee relations, disciplinary actions, and separations.
- Lead legal strategy and provide guidance for workplace investigations involving harassment, discrimination, retaliation, misconduct, and other sensitive employment matters.
- Advise leaders on federal, state, and local employment laws, including wage and hour compliance, leave and accommodations, equal employment opportunity, and labor relations.
- Counsel business leaders on organizational changes, workforce planning, reductions in force, contingent workforce issues, and multi-state employment matters.
- Draft, review, and maintain employment agreements, restrictive covenant agreements, employee policies, handbooks, separation agreements, and related employment documentation.
- Partner with HR and Finance on compensation, benefits, pay equity, and incentive programs to ensure legal compliance while supporting competitive talent practices.
- Manage employment litigation, administrative agency matters, and outside counsel, including strategy, budgets, and resolution.
- Monitor changes in employment law and proactively recommend updates to policies, practices, and training.
- Develop practical legal guidance, playbooks, and training that help managers make consistent, compliant employment decisions.
- Build trusted partnerships across the organization by providing clear, risk-calibrated advice that enables the business to move quickly while protecting the company.
Qualifications
- Juris Doctor (J.D.) from an accredited law school.
- Active membership in good standing with at least one U.S. state bar.
- 8-10+ years of employment law experience, including significant in-house or law firm experience advising employers.
- Strong knowledge of federal, state, and local employment laws, including Title VII, ADA, FMLA, FLSA, NLRA, and related state employment regulations.
- Experience leading workplace investigations involving discrimination, harassment, retaliation, and other employee relations matters.
- Experience advising on compensation, benefits, pay equity, performance management, workforce planning, and organizational change.
- Experience drafting and negotiating employment agreements, restrictive covenant agreements, separation agreements, and employment policies.
- Experience managing employment litigation, agency investigations, and outside counsel.
- Ability to provide practical, business-oriented legal advice in a fast-moving, high-growth environment.
- Strong judgment, communication skills, and the ability to build trust with leaders across all levels of the organization.
- Experience supporting media, entertainment, technology, creator economy, consumer products, or other high-growth businesses is a plus.
Skills
Required:Employment law expertiseWorkplace investigationsEmployment agreements & policies
Benefits
- Competitive Salary
- Generous Medical (Blue Cross Blue Shield), Dental, Vision and company-paid Life Insurance
- Company contributions to employee Health Savings Accounts (HSA)
- 401k Plan with Safe Harbor company-matching
- Flexible vacation policy and paid company holidays
- Company-provided technology package
- Relocation assistance where applicable, including travel and company-provided housing for the first 90 days
Last updated Sep 26, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
About MrBeast
We do the impossible.
Work for the biggest YouTube channel in the world. Apply now!
YouTubecontent creationviral marketingbrand partnershipsgamingproductionpost production
More open roles at MrBeast
- Senior Recruiter1w agoAtlanta, GA · Human Resources
- Staff Mobile Security Engineer1w agoRemote · Engineering
- Senior Recruiter1w agoLos Angeles · Human Resources
- Account Director, Strategist - Financial Services2w agoHybrid (New York, NY) · Sales
- Director of Social Media, X2w agoLos Angeles, CA, Hybrid (US (remote with frequent travel)) · Vertical Platforms