Job Title: Assistant, Business Development
Job Responsibilities:
- Manage the collection and maintenance of deal experience data, ensuring timely updates to internal tracking and databases, including Foundation.
- Assist in drafting bids and RFP responses to clients and prospective clients, including drafting periodic reports on bid activity, collecting and publishing historical proposal data, and locating source files. Develop and distribute internal communications for promoting bid activities.
- Monitor content quality by cleaning, editing, updating, and organizing content and related experience lists used for go-to-market initiatives to ensure accuracy and consistency.
- Support events, such as industry conference sponsorships, client presentations and seminars, client dinners, and other events related to the promotion of the practice.
- Support basic research projects (., company relationship information, executive profiles, etc.) working with others to finalize and deliver.
- Assist with submissions in legal directories (such as Chambers and Legal 500) and practice/industry surveys.
- Assist with the production of client-targeted marketing materials such as briefs, presentations, and external publications.
- Support and promote the use of social media platforms and tools used to promote firm news and insights.
- Assist team members in the lateral integration/onboarding process as needed.
- Assist in the updating of web content, practice descriptions, and marketing collateral as needed.
Other duties include that the job description does not cover or contain all activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.
Education and Experience Information:
- Graduate caliber with demonstrable and/or professionally recognized marketing or communications qualification.
- Bachelor’s degree required.
- 1-3 years of experience, preferably in professional services.
- Consulting, corporate, or law firm experience is a plus.
- High degree of intellectual curiosity and enthusiasm for learning.
- Highly-motivated self-starter with solid relationship-building and interpersonal skills.
- Must be comfortable interacting with lawyers, other professionals, and staff within the firm; possess diplomacy, enthusiasm, perseverance, and a sense of humor.
- Must be comfortable in a fast-paced environment, and have skills in written/verbal communication, organizational ability, prioritization, and dealing with ambiguity.
- A problem solver who is detail-oriented and highly organized; ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
- Hands-on experience using all programs under the Microsoft Suite (including direct experience with PowerPoint and advanced functions within Excel).
- Promotes and demonstrates business principles of quality, unity, and integrity.
Salary Information:
The salary information is not directly provided in the job description. However, the role includes a comprehensive and competitive benefits package that supports employees, their health, and their families. Benefit packages include access to three medical plans, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance. Employees can also access pre-tax benefits such as health savings and flexible spending accounts. The law firm helps provide financial security by allowing employees to participate in a 401(k) savings plan and profit-sharing plans if eligible. Full-time employees are eligible to access fertility benefits designed to support fertility and family-forming journeys. Additionally, the firm offers a competitive paid time off plan, providing a minimum of 20 days off based on role and tenure, a generous paid parental leave benefit allowing parents to take a minimum of 14 weeks of paid leave, and entitlement to 11 firm holidays.
The law firm is an Equal Opportunity Employer and complies with all applicable federal laws and their implementing regulations. The firm is committed to providing reasonable accommodation to applicants with disabilities and uses E-Verify in its hiring practices to achieve a lawful workforce.
