Legal Specialist - Financial Advertising Compliance (UK) - Full-Time Contractor

Persado is an innovative Marketing AI platform that integrates high-performance creative generation with automated review of compliance risks. Used by 8 out of the top 10 US banks today, the Persado platform orchestrates and facilitates interactions between a bank's marketing team and its compliance team as they generate collateral that balances performance and compliance risk. Persado is at the forefront of helping marketing teams in highly regulated industries—such as banking, insurance, and financial services—manage content with speed, compliance, and confidence.

Our platform empowers enterprise marketing departments to generate and deliver personalised timely, compliant content across channels with unparalleled efficiency and oversight. As an employer, Persado is committed to creating a place where everyone's unique perspective is valued. We understand that our team members and our inclusive culture are what make Persado special.

What We Are Looking For

Persado is looking for a Legal Specialist - Financial Advertising Compliance (full-time contractor) to join our team in London or remotely. In this role, you will collaborate closely with a cross-functional team including language and legal experts, data scientists, product managers, engineers, and commercial teams to refine our Compliance Analyzer product for the UK.

What You Will Work On

• Regulatory Organization: Enumerate the relevant financial advertising regulations in the UK; define the applicability of the regulations across channels, products, and audience segments.
• Regulatory Automation: Utilize and refine our AI tools to automate and enhance regulatory analysis, ensuring compliance with evolving legal standards.
• Risk Assessment & Solutions: Analyze regulatory findings to identify potential compliance risks and develop innovative solutions to address them.
• Legal Prompt Engineering: Collaborate with cross-functional teams to write and optimize prompts for Large Language Models so that they adhere strictly to legal guidelines.
• Customer & Internal Stakeholder Support: Serve as a key advisor on product functionalities, providing clear, actionable insights to both customers and internal teams, ensuring legal and regulatory alignment.

What You Bring

• UK law degree.
• Minimum of 2-3 years of professional experience.
• Experience in a UK compliance or regulatory environment, with an emphasis on financial advertising and regulatory compliance in the UK.
• Regulatory experience should extend beyond privacy regulations to all areas of consumer protection.
• Familiarity with the FCA Principles for Businesses (PRIN 7), Consumer Duty (PS22/9), Financial Services and Markets Act 2000, UK GDPR & DPA 2018, Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations (PECR), and ASA CAP Code (Advertising), among others.
• A strong interest in LLMs and automation.
• Able to take ownership of tasks and work as a team member.
• Excellent organizational, problem-solving, and communication skills.
• Able to hit tight deadlines with strict attention to detail.
• Can-do attitude – Able to plan and deliver demanding projects.
• Able to get complex projects completed independently and contribute to cross-departmental issues.

What We Offer

• Persado's hybrid working model empowers both remote and in-office work equitably.
• Competitive and equitable compensation.
• Generous benefits packages globally.
• 401(k) matching (USA); Pension Scheme (certain EU locations) to prepare for your future.
• We encourage professional growth through our dedicated enablement and training teams, as well as on-demand tools and resources.
• Employee Enrichment Fund to pursue a passion or upgrade your home office.
• Structured onboarding program to ensure a confident start and long-term success for new hires.
• Strong emphasis on career development and mobility, continuous feedback loops and performance management.
• Flexible time off to support work-life harmony (including Summer Fridays and a one-week Winter Holiday Break).
• #PersadoCares! 2 paid volunteer days per year and charitable donation match.
• Robust Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging initiatives; culture month celebrations, monthly diverse speaker series, commitment to bias-free recruitment, ERGs (#culture, #mindsmatter, #parents, #women, #green, #pride and growing).

Valuing diversity at Persado means recognizing and respecting human differences and similarities. Persado is committed to diversity with respect to all aspects of employment. All decisions regarding recruitment, hiring, promotion, compensation, employee training and development, and all other terms and conditions of employment, will be made without regard to race, religious beliefs, color, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital status, physical and mental disability, age, ancestry or place of origin.

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