Associate Director of Legal, King

Privacy

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Expert level
London

1-4 days a week in office (Soho, London)

King

Mobile games developer

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King

Mobile games developer

1001+ employees

B2CGamingEntertainmentMobile

Be an early applicant

Salary not provided
Expert level
London

1-4 days a week in office (Soho, London)

1001+ employees

B2CGamingEntertainmentMobile

Company mission

At King, we’re Making the World Playful. Heard of Candy Crush? We’re the creators behind it. But we aren’t just crushing it with candies, we’re also behind Farm Heroes, Bubble Witch, Pet Rescue and loads of other sweet games.

Role

Who you are

  • PQE 7+ (or equivalent), with experience gained in a similar role, either in a law firm and/or in house, with significant exposure to data protection and privacy issues in Europe
  • Experience and knowledge of UK and European laws
  • Strong experience advising on data protection & privacy requirements, with an emphasis on use of EU/UK data in a sophisticated market scenarios
  • Qualified to practice law in the UK or equivalent
  • Excellent attention to detail, written & communication skills (English)
  • Good understanding of online technologies and their privacy implications
  • Strong organizational skills, with an ability to identify, prioritize, and resolve issues quickly and effectively in a sophisticated organisation
  • Ability to manage varied workload through proper work balance, prioritisation and delegation
  • Strong interpersonal skills, with the ability to to communicate effectively with individuals at all levels of the organisation and across group legal teams
  • Full commitment to the position and a passion for privacy
  • Positive attitude
  • Pragmatic and curious thinker, not afraid to work outside the box
  • Great commercial awareness

Desirable

  • Prior experience in the Tech, mobile, video game and/or entertainment industry is appreciated
  • CIPP/E accreditation preferred or any similar data protection practitioner certificate
  • Knowledge of OneTrust software a plus
  • Knowledge of other languages a plus

What the job involves

  • Reporting to: Head of Legal, King
  • Activision Blizzard King seeks an Associate Director, Legal (Privacy) to join our Legal and privacy team to have a significant impact on our global privacy program
  • You’ll work with multiple partners, products, services and franchises across the group and will help us maintain and improve our world-class privacy standards
  • As a valued member of our cross-group Legal Privacy Team, based in London, you will play a key role in driving the improvement and implementation of our global privacy program across ABK, covering King globally and Activision Blizzard in EMEA, LATAM and ANZ
  • Priorities can often change in a fast-paced environment like ours, so this role includes, but is not milited to, the following responsibilities: Lead various global privacy projects to ensure compliance with new privacy laws and regulations in different parts of the business, including games and marketing
  • Collaborate with international cross-functional teams on a variety of products and services (games, shared & central tech and marketing & advertising teams) to ensure privacy compliance, and advise them on innovative privacy challenges
  • Manage the group’s GDPR compliance program, including records of data processing activities (ROPA) and various privacy risk assessments including AI, data protection impact assessments (DPIA), legitimate interest assessments (LIA) and transfer impact assessments (TIA/TRA)
  • Prepare, maintain and update privacy documentation, including data protection agreements, standard contractual clauses, and internal policies
  • Apply a risk-based approach to data protection reviews and guidance
  • Keep up to date with changes in laws, regulations and guidelines across the EMEA region and beyond that may impact the design, development and marketing of our products and services
  • Serve as a senior adviser for Customer Support when responding to customers queries related to privacy
  • Prepare and deliver privacy & data protection training when needed
  • Support the EMEA legal team in improving processes, efficiency, compliance framework and standard methodologies and support the team in responding to privacy queries
  • Manage & support privacy legal counsel role

Salary benchmarks

Our take

Gaming is one of the world’s fastest-growing industries, but many still view gaming as inconvenient, inaccessible, or niche. King solves that problem by designing mobile games with broad market appeal.

Since its launch, King has released more than 200 titles in 14 languages, including Candy Crush, Farm Heroes, Bubble Witch, Pet Rescue, and more. The company pioneered in-game spending, which allows it to monetize user interactions without charging them to buy the game. Titles such as Candy Crush are designed to be highly accessible to demographics that wouldn’t usually define themselves as β€œgamers”, including older users. King now boasts more than 200 million monthly active users, making it a clear market leader.

In 2016, King was bought by gaming giant Activision Blizzard, which has since been purchased by Microsoft. While the company still operates with a high degree of independence, it has greatly profited from the financial and marketing support of its parent corporation. This support has been instrumental in enabling King to maintain its competitiveness in the constantly evolving mobile gaming industry.

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Focus on employee wellbeing

"There is an amazing worklife balance that the company puts an emphasis on. On top of that there are amazing benefits to take part in, for example in..."

Funding (2 rounds)

Sep 2005

$43m

SERIES A

Jun 2005

$41m

EARLY VC

Total funding: $84m

Company benefits

  • πŸ₯ Private medical, dental, critical illness and pension plans
  • 🌴 Generous paid holidays, with additional time off close down between 25th December and the New Year
  • πŸ₯― Next-level offices that provide numerous creative spaces as well as free breakfast, snacks, and drinks
  • πŸŽ’ Exclusive, free goodies
  • πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ Four employee-led diversity-focused networks and other community groups that raise awareness
  • ❀️ Reimbursements for both physical and mental health-related activities. Some offices also have their own onsite gyms.
  • πŸ… Community Day, charity donation matching, free and discounted Activision Blizzard games, and our Royal Recognition Awards rewarding commitment of long-serving Kingsters

Company values

  • Fun & Friendly 🧑 We create an inclusive environment where everyone can belong. We build trust, we're supportive and demanding in everything we do, and we're not afraid to have fun along the way
  • Care & Craft πŸ€— We put our heart and soul into everything we do - and we do it for our players. It takes all Kingsters, contributing in different ways, to craft and operate brilliant mass-appeal games
  • Humble & Open πŸ“– We treat each other as equals. We seek and give feedback, we listen, we learn, and we're honest with ourselves and others
  • Fast & Fluid ⏩ We are responsive and embrace change. We take smart risks, are always ready to dust ourselves off, learn fast, and try again
  • Creative Champions πŸ… We are curious about our players and we drive innovation in big and small ways to delight them every day. We boldly seek new ways of thinking to unleash creativity
  • Passion & Performance πŸ“ˆ Our passion guides us to set ambitious goals for ourselves and each other. We hold each other accountable, see things through, and contribute to our sustainable growth

Company HQ

Soho, London, UK

Leadership

Tjodolf Sommestad

(President )

President from February 2022. Previously served as King’s Chief Development Officer.


People progressing

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Diversity & Inclusion at King

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Vikki Leach (Senior Director, DE&I)

  • A great saga needs all sorts of heroes. At King, we share a passion for making the world playful. To achieve this, it takes people with different skills, experiences, and world views to work together.
  • There’s no such thing as a typical gamer. That’s why we embrace and celebrate what makes us different rather than what makes us the same
  • Our Employee Networks help us to stay connected as individuals and as a company; Kaleidoscope (ethnic, cultural, and national diversity), Royal Unicorns (LGBTQIA+), Women@King (crushing bias and equal opportunities) and CAN (collective abilities).

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