Legal Associate

Overview of Position Earthbound is seeking a Legal Associate to join our in-house legal team. This role reports directly to and works closely with our VP of Legal, primarily supporting our Licensing and New Business teams on deal memos, agreements, and transactional work, and supporting our Home and Apparel Design and Product Development teams on intellectual property, brand clearance, and design review. This is a broad, hands-on role designed for someone early in their legal career. The majority of the work is transactional — drafting, reviewing, and negotiating the agreements that underpin our licensing and new business activity, and owning the process that moves them from term sheet to signature. Alongside that, you will handle the intellectual property work that comes with representing major consumer brands: trademark clearance on product names, copyright and design review on original artwork, and coordination with outside IP counsel. Bar admission is not required. Earthbound currently operates in a hybrid model — in office Monday through Wednesday, remote Thursday and Friday. Job Functions Licensing & New Business - Draft, review, redline, and help negotiate deal memos, license agreements, amendments, renewals, extensions, NDAs, and vendor and consultant agreements. - Prepare deal summaries and issue lists that translate legal terms into clear commercial takeaways for Licensing and Business Development leadership. - Track and flag key contractual obligations — territory, channel, category and term restrictions, approval rights, minimum guarantees, royalty and reporting requirements — and surface conflicts across the portfolio. - Support new business efforts by reviewing pitch and RFP materials for legal and IP exposure ahead of submission. - Build and maintain a template and clause library so routine agreements move faster and more consistently. Contract Process & Operations - Shepherd agreements end to end through