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Job description
About Us
Beast Industries is a multifaceted media and entertainment company founded by Jimmy Donaldson, popularly known as MrBeast, the most watched person in the world. Renowned for revolutionizing digital content creation, Beast Industries encompasses a diverse portfolio of ventures that extend far beyond its origins on YouTube. With a mission to entertain, inspire, and create significant social impact, Beast Industries operates across various domains including digital media, philanthropy, consumer products, and innovative business initiatives. At Beast Industries, we believe in the transformative power of digital media and its potential to entertain, educate, and effect positive change. Our commitment to innovation, creativity, and philanthropy drives us to explore new frontiers, create unforgettable experiences, and build a legacy that inspires future generations.
Role Overview
The Associate General Counsel, Labor & Employment is the company's lead legal advisor on employment matters, partnering closely with Human Resources and business leaders to help Beast Industries scale responsibly. This role provides practical, business-focused legal guidance across the employee lifecycle while helping the company navigate a rapidly evolving workforce, new business lines, and increasingly complex employment regulations.
The Role
This role owns employment legal strategy and day-to-day counseling across Beast Industries. Working closely with HR, Finance, Production, and executive leadership, you'll help build scalable people practices that support growth while managing legal and regulatory risk. You'll advise on everything from hiring and organizational changes to workplace investigations, compensation, employee relations, litigation, and compliance. Success in this role requires balancing legal judgment with practical business solutions that enable teams to move quickly and confidently.
What You'll Do
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.
What You'll Bring
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.
Target total compensation ranges from $300,000 - $396,000, including a fixed annual salary of $250,000 - $330,000, a discretionary annual cash bonus, plus an employee equity grant, and comprehensive benefits.
Benefits
The Perks, Why Work On the MrBeast Team We are redefining what entertainment and storytelling look like at global scale. Every piece of content we publish reaches millions and influences culture in real time. This is your opportunity to lead the team that decides how those moments come to life across every screen.
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
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Worksite address
new york, NY, 10261, US
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