Content Removal Specialist

We are looking for a detail-oriented Content Removal Specialist to join our team focused on helping individuals and businesses manage harmful, outdated, or unlawful online content. This role involves identifying problematic content, determining the appropriate legal or policy grounds for removal, and ensuring that such content is removed, corrected, or de-indexed effectively. The position operates at the intersection of legal, privacy, and negotiation functions, similar to roles like compliance specialists or paralegals, and is not related to marketing or content creation.

Key Responsibilities
- Evaluate news articles, blogs, forums, and search engine results to identify content eligible for removal.
- Determine the correct legal or policy basis for removal requests, including defamation, GDPR or right to erasure, copyright/DMCA claims, or violations of platform policies.
- Draft formal removal requests and negotiate with journalists, editors, webmasters, and platform trust and safety or legal teams to facilitate content takedown.
- Utilize GDPR de-indexing requests and tools such as Google’s removal mechanisms to eliminate content from search results.
- Maintain comprehensive records for each case, tracking progress, outcomes, and success rates.
- Escalate complex or sensitive cases to external legal counsel as required.

Required Qualifications
- At least 3 years of experience in content or reputation removal, privacy or data protection, media law, or a paralegal/compliance role involving takedowns or dispute resolution. Experience with DMCA takedowns, brand protection, or trust and safety legal-removal work is highly relevant.
- Practical understanding of defamation law, GDPR, the Digital Services Act (DSA), DMCA, and platform takedown policies, with demonstrated application in real-world scenarios.
- Strong formal written English skills and confidence in negotiation and communication.
- Proven success in securing content removals, ideally supported by measurable results or case examples.
- Highly organized, discreet, and capable of handling confidential client information with professionalism.
- Based in Lahore or willing to relocate, with the ability to work on-site.

This role does not require SEO, content writing, or general marketing experience.

Candidates interested in this position should submit their CV along with a brief description of a removal or takedown case they have personally managed, including the approach used to achieve the outcome.

Language Requirement
- Proficiency in English is mandatory.

Location
- Lahore (In-person work required).