Senior Marketing & Business Development Executive

• Contribute to and implement the marketing and business development plans for some key L&I teams including Business & Commercial Disputes, International Arbitration, Real Estate Disputes & Construction Disputes, Employment & Labor and Financial Services Disputes & Investigations
• Work with partners and Knowledge Development Lawyers across the team to identify issues and opportunities for us to develop new business or cross-sell
• Support on the delivery of projects, or run and own projects, for other practices or L&I generally
• Work within agreed budgets and guidelines
• Develop pitches, capability statements and presentation materials (either leading or supporting depending on pitch requirements)
• Collaborate with the global Proposal Team on responses to firmwide pitches (e.g. panel, RFPs)
• Provide L&I content to non-L&I led pitches
• Play a role on L&I led campaigns as required
• In conjunction with the marketing events team, manage internal and external event coordination and execution for practice-hosted webinars, conferences, seminars and receptions, as well as local functions for other practices and office functions, as necessary
• Own the BD targeting and proactively work with lawyers on it, including the follow-up/ROI
• Collaborate with the Research Intelligence Team and other firm resources to facilitate competitive intelligence and marketing research reports
• Work with the Creative Services Team on the creation of and maintenance of practice marketing materials, including infographics
• Assist with the development and distribution of major reports and publications
• Working with our external consultant and other BCLP stakeholders, play a role in managing the group’s participation in relevant legal directories (e.g., Chambers, Legal 500)
• Write award submissions as required
• Responsible for Dynamics (database) awareness initiatives across L&I
• Send out client communications through Dynamics using Vuture software (in the absence of the BD hub support)
• Working with our PR team on the coverage of successful matters and initiatives, including coordinating social media posts
• Proactively drive internal communications for allocated practice areas
• Support internal communications initiatives as required
• Work with the L&I marketing administrator to ensure all matter information is proactively used, e.g. for website updates, internal comms

• Degree preferred but not essential
• Experience within a law firm or professional services is preferred
• Strong Marketing and Business Development experience with the ability to operate confidently in a structured, commercial setting
• Ability to work autonomously as well as part of a team
• Highly enthusiastic with a positive attitude
• Self-motivated and proactive - a self-starter
• Excellent attention to detail
• Highly organized and able to multi-task and manage competing priorities/projects
• Able to work under pressure and to tight deadlines
• Flexible in approach
• Professional and confident
• Willing to put forward new ideas and suggest new ways of working
• Strong written and oral communication skills
• Good project management skills

Marketing qualifications such as CIM are a plus