Our prestigious international law firm client is looking to appoint a business development/marketing professional, ideally with at least 1-2 years experience in a law firm or other professional services environment. A fantastic opportunity has arisen to join a dynamic BD and marketing department, which, led by the Director of Strategy, currently consists of a senior BD Manager, three BD managers, a senior BD & Communications Executive, a BD executive and a marketing assistant. As the BD and marketing department grows, the aim of the firm is to recruit astute, motivated and enthusiastic individuals to represent the firm's brand. The firm offers exceptional training and career development and the opportunity to learn from some of the best in the business. As a Marketing Assistant in the BD and marketing department, your role is to provide day-to-day support to the firm's Business Development Managers and to assist, through the maintenance and development of systems and processes, in the delivery of key projects to support the firm's strategic ambitions and growth. Responsibilities will include but are not limited to:
Supporting and reporting into the Senior BD Manager to deliver marketing and BD support for cross departmental BDMs and Senior Internal Communications Executive.
Marketing systems - become the BD team's 'go to' support on end to end marketing systems - from capturing data through to managing it and through to using it. Becoming proficient and, in time, a leader in the team in InterAction (our CRM system); Vuture (our EMS solution); sourcing data and research internally and externally, including client data.
Working with the Senior BD Manager and other BDMs in supporting on planning, execution and tracking of marketing and BD activities. To be familiar and comfortable with using InterAction to find and input data to support marketing and BD initiatives and events.
Support the Senior BDM on the firm wide GDPR project and systems requirements relating to the project.
Coordinate relating to the firm wide joiners and leavers process including InterAction, website and communications activities.
Website effectiveness and upkeep - act as team lead on editing and adapting the website (using the Craft CMS platform) plus increasingly taking a role in improving its functionality and integration with InterAction and other systems providing suggestion on how the website can be improved to deliver a best of breed B2B site.
BD team effectiveness and efficiency - continuing to provide the on-going support on the BD side to the BDMs and, over time, adding value and being proactive. Providing advice as well as beginning to identify new approaches and ideas.
Collate, manage and maintain a searchable firm wide deals database. Liaising with BDMs and partners to ensure this is consistently kept up to date. Feed into the directories process with the best deals captured.
Managing firm stock of promotional merchandise. Ensuring all merchandise ordered is in line with brand guidelines and budget and relevant to the targeted audience relating to specific sector events.
Support BDMs on invite creation and invite lists for external events and webinars.
Support BDMs on creation and mailing of client communications such as newsletters or legal alerters.
Providing occasional support for the Senior Internal Communications Executive in developing internal staff Vuture mailings and uploading material onto the firm's intranet.
Deputising for the Senior Internal Communications Executive and Senior Digital Marketing Executive in times of planned absence (updating the firm's social media feeds & support on communications).
Our prestigious international law firm client is looking to appoint a business development/marketing professional, ideally with at least 1-2 years experience in a law firm or other professional services environment. A fantastic opportunity has arisen to join a dynamic BD and marketing department, which, led by the Director of Strategy, currently consists of a senior BD Manager, three BD managers, a senior BD & Communications Executive, a BD executive and a marketing assistant. As the BD and marketing department grows, the aim of the firm is to recruit astute, motivated and enthusiastic individuals to represent the firm's brand. The firm offers exceptional training and career development and the opportunity to learn from some of the best in the business. As a Marketing Assistant in the BD and marketing department, your role is to provide day-to-day support to the firm's Business Development Managers and to assist, through the maintenance and development of systems and processes, in the delivery of key projects to support the firm's strategic ambitions and growth. Responsibilities will include but are not limited to: