Guild Legal Counsel

Guild Education is helping working adults in America go back to school, advancing their education and career while on the job. Guild’s education benefits software platform makes offering education as a benefit an easy choice for F1000 companies, with products and features that helps HR leaders turn their education cost centers into a positive ROI. Meanwhile, Guild’s network of online, nonprofit universities and learning providers offer a consortium of classes, programs, and college degrees, along with college advising and retention coaching, helping each student navigate the worlds of work and college.

We are a mission driven, double bottom line company. In late 2016, we closed a $8.5M Series A from top tier investors including Redpoint Ventures, Social Capital, Harrison Metal, and Cowboy Ventures and have expanded from our founding team to more than 50 employees. Our clients include a wide variety of companies that employ frontline Americans, such as Chipotle Mexican Grill, DaVita Healthcare Partners, HealthOne / Hospital Corp of America, Taco Bell, Denver Public School District, and the Public Service Credit Unions.

Guild is looking to bring on in-house legal counsel. If you’re looking to make an impact with your expertise, consider joining our team.

We’re excited to learn more about you. If you think this is the next role for you, please submit a resume and responses to the application questions to demonstrate how your experience and expertise will enable you to effectively accomplish the specific objectives listed below.

As our legal counsel, you will:

• Have broad exposure to Guild’s legal matters, with a specific emphasis on corporate contracts, agreements and client partnership specifics as we grow and expand into new relationships across industries with diverse companies
• Respond to ad hoc requests from Guild team members for product, compliance or employment counsel
• Play an active role in the growth and development of our mission-driven and venture-backed company as a trusted advisor to leadership, client and university partnership teams, finance, HR and others
• Provide proactive and strategic legal and regulatory advice and recommendations based on business priorities and industry context
• Respond to urgent or evolving dynamics with expertise, quick research and thorough and thoughtful counsel
• Create processes and systems that streamline the development, creation, negotiation and approval of legal documents, agreements and activities
• Diplomatically navigate complex situations with diverse audiences both internal to Guild and external (clients, universities, etc.)
• Manage our relationships with outside counsel - including partners at Wilson Sonsini and Potomac Law - representing venture, contracts, and higher education law
• Have a JD degree, be admitted to practice law in Colorado and bring 4-6 years of relevant experience to draw upon as our first internal legal hire

As we move through the hiring process, we’ll prioritize the following:

• Desire to thrive in a startup where there is frequent change, high pressure and a need to demonstrate and act with a sense of urgency
• Demonstrated ability to flex your expertise across the diverse legal scenarios you might encounter - sometimes in the course of a single day
• Ability to balance research, risk and practical applications in partnership with Guild team members or leaders
• Clear commitment to maintaining exceptional ethical standard and high quality work regardless of the nature of the request
• Exceptional communication, negotiation and problem solving skills
• Passion for higher education and our mission - Guild is pioneering a new path for education as a benefit in a complicated and regulated space - success means quickly learning the landscape and effectively adapting your expertise

Guild Education believes that a diverse and inclusive team will contribute toward our ability to achieve our mission and will dedicate intentional effort to building a team that reflects that belief.