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We are looking for an energetic, organised and enthusiastic Business Development (BD) Executive to join us in a role within the business development arm of our Marketing and Business Development team. Based in our Putney office, but with the opportunity to work across all of our three offices, the role will provide a high degree of visibility for the successful candidate and will involve working closely and collaboratively with senior stakeholders and lawyers across the firm.
Job Responsibility:
Working closely with departments across the firm to implement BD and client/ referrer relationship management best practice activities, and provide guidance on effective marketing and BD to reach identified target audiences
Working with the BD Manager and Head of BD to support relevant departments and teams across the firm on tenders and work winning opportunities, helping create and ensure delivery and seeking feedback on outcomes
Being a link between departments, spotting opportunities and facilitating progress around cross departmental and team collaboration
Support on routine and opportunity focused firm-wide BD initiatives and projects for specific departments and involving collaboration with multiple departments at once
Lead routine and opportunistic/ pro-active research projects, aimed at targeting clients and providing an infrastructure for the firm and individuals/ teams to win work
Acting as a gateway between the lawyers and the wider marketing and business development team, helping the firm understand effective marketing and business development is and who in the team supports on what
To support on targeted events and mailings where needed, focused on reaching the right audiences in the right way and on event execution geared towards winning work
Requirements:
Experience working in or with a business development and marketing department, preferably within professional services
Experience working on client facing documents, ideally proposals and work winning opportunities with clients
Energy and an appetite for working with a range of stakeholders in different areas of the business
Strong interpersonal and communication skills
Comfort with challenge, working towards being considered ‘the expert’ on BD and a point person to stakeholders across different levels of seniority around best practice and skills
A team player, with an interest in all areas of marketing and business development
Ambition, to come into a relatively new team and make a positive impact