Stellar Labs, Inc

Stellar Labs, Inc

Marketing Counsel

New York

Sponsorship not specified$165k-$225kDetected 5 days ago
Strategic CommunicationsBusiness DevelopmentNegotiationIntellectual PropertyLeadershipCommunicationCollaboration

About the role

  • Interested in working on cutting-edge blockchain technology and creating equitable access to the global financial system?
  • Marketing Counsel at SDF is a high-impact role at the center of how SDF shows up to the world.
  • Together, Stellar is where blockchain meets the real world.

Responsibilities

  • Own legal review for SDF's outward-facing marketing and communications materials across channels, including social, web, mobile, PR, blogs, digital ads, decks, FAQs, event collateral, scripts, product explainers, disclosures, and early-stage campaign concepts.
  • Advise Marketing, Communications, Product, Business Development, Ecosystem, Policy, and Legal stakeholders on public-facing content, campaign strategy, product messaging, partner marketing, and external positioning.
  • Provide end-to-end legal support for marketing aspects of broader strategic business deals, including diligence, KYC coordination, drafting, negotiation, deliverables, and payment mechanics.
  • Serve as a legal partner to Marketing leadership on marketing strategy, campaign planning, thought leadership, strategic messaging, and cross-functional issues involving Marketing, Product, BD, Comms, Events, Ecosystem, and Legal.
  • Support SDF-owned and third-party events, by advising on event strategy, venue and vendor contracts, sponsorships, waivers, releases, collateral, activations, and time-sensitive operational issues.
  • Support SDF's brand and IP function, including trademark portfolio management, brand policy questions, brand asset use, naming and rebrand initiatives, clearance coordination, contested IP matters, and brand protection.
  • Help develop and maintain practical legal processes, templates, guidelines, playbooks, training, and intake workflows that allow teams to move efficiently while staying aligned with SDF's risk tolerance and public posture.
  • Developers and companies around the world build on it, and the SDF team is expanding to support the rapidly growing and changing Stellar ecosystem.
  • You will partner across Marketing, Communications, Product, Business Development, Ecosystem, Policy, and Legal to help teams move quickly while keeping external messaging, campaigns, grants, product launches, events, brand protection, and partner-facing work aligned with SDF's legal, regulatory, reputational, and mission-driven priorities.
  • This is a rare opportunity for someone who wants meaningful ownership, close partnership with senior business leaders, and room to build deep expertise at the intersection of blockchain, payments, digital assets, advertising, consumer protection, and global public policy.

Nice to have

  • Experience in blockchain, digital assets, crypto, payments, fintech, financial services, or another regulated technology sector.
  • Prior in-house experience supporting marketing, product, advertising, media, or other fast-moving business teams.
  • Familiarity with smart contracts, open-source technology, or the Stellar ecosystem.
  • Experience supporting product launches, product marketing, user-facing flows, or technical content for external audiences.
  • Experience with grants, sponsorships, marketing development funds, ecosystem funding, or partner incentive programs.
  • Experience supporting events, conferences, sponsorships, speaker programs, attendee terms, waivers, or international event logistics.
  • Experience with trademark portfolios, brand policies, naming reviews, rebrands, trademark clearance, contested IP matters, or online brand protection.
  • Experience creating practical legal resources, such as templates, playbooks, guidelines, training, intake processes, or self-serve review frameworks.

Compensation

  • We offer competitive pay with a base salary range for this position of $165,000 - $225,000 depending on job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and location.

Benefits

  • Competitive health, dental & vision coverage with most plans covered at 100% for the employee + any dependents
  • Flexible time off + 15 company holidays including a company-wide holiday break
  • Generous paid parental leave for all parents, plus paid pregnancy disability leave for birthing parents
  • Gym reimbursement ($80 per month)
  • Short & Long term disability
  • Health & Dependent Care FSA Accounts
  • Commuter benefits with $250/month employer contribution
  • Health Savings Account (HSA) with monthly employer contribution
  • Family building benefits through Kindbody
  • Wellbeing benefits (One Medical, Rightway, Headspace)
  • As a nonprofit foundation, SDF puts the health of the Stellar network and the Stellar ecosystem and its mission above all else.

Equal opportunity

  • equal opportunity employer.

Visa & Work Authorization

  • Draft, review, and negotiate marketing, advertising, SaaS, event, vendor, sponsorship, strategic partnership, grant, and services agreements related to Marketing and other outward-facing initiatives.
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