Company Overview
Be an integral part of a high-growth, groundbreaking e-commerce company disrupting the home furnishings space.
 

Ruggable is a Los Angeles-based, venture-backed e-commerce company revolutionizing the market for residential rugs. Our patented 2-Piece Rug System allows you to remove the top layer of your rug and wash it in your home washing machine, offering an affordable, stylish and convenient solution for young families, pet owners, and busy individuals. We're a small, entrepreneurial team with big ambitions. We have a strong brand, established traction, and amazing advisors fueling our steady growth. This is an opportunity to get in at the ground floor of a quickly growing e-commerce startup at a very exciting time.

Job Summary
As Ruggable continues its rapid growth, we are exploring new partnerships, scaling up our operations, and building out our core teams. The Legal Counsel will join Ruggable as its third in-house lawyer (reporting to the General Counsel), where the sky is the limit for job growth. You will establish relationships across the company and support all functional teams with their legal needs. You will create internal processes, manage outside counsel, and support the Legal Team on a range of legal matters, including commercial agreements, corporate governance, compliance, and intellectual property. 

Responsibilities
 

• Work across teams to manage regulatory compliance
• Review, draft, and negotiate a variety of commercial agreements between Ruggable and all types of partners and vendors, including design, technology, marketing, celebrity, influencer, supply chain, and product companies
• Work closely with marketing, product, ops, and other business teams to summarize and communicate legal concepts clearly and effectively and help them synthesize legal frameworks in developing their business strategies
• Manage and expand intellectual property portfolio
• Support on corporate governance matters
• Advise our business teams on relevant legal contexts, issues and risks, complex agreement structures, approval processes, and company policies and procedures
• Improve our legal processes to help us scale globally
• Support the Legal Team with all other legal matters
• Manage outside counsel

Experience
 

• Qualified attorney and Member of the California Bar (in good standing) or eligible to register as California Registered In-House Counsel
• 4+ years of experience working in a law firm and/or in-house legal department
• Experience working in the technology/e-commerce sectors is a plus
• Excellent problem-solving capabilities, judgment, communication (written and verbal) and interpersonal skills
• Proven ability to provide quick-thinking, pragmatic, business-oriented advice while properly balancing risks and business reward
• Entrepreneurial spirit of a self-starter with an eagerness to build and grow relationships
• Ability to manage workloads, multiple demands, and shifting priorities
• Ability to operate autonomously while being a team player who brings a positive attitude to the workplace
• Comfortable operating in a fast-paced, rapidly-growing workplace
• Desire to grow, learn on the job, and expand skill set

At Ruggable, we offer competitive salaries and benefits. Ruggable is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We proudly recruit and hire a diverse workforce and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.