Business Development Executive

Law-Hire Limited; City of Edinburgh; Hybrid; GBP 32,000 - 50,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days holiday

Private medical insurance

Job summary

TLT is a leading UK law firm seeking a Business Development Executive to support multiple practice teams in BD, marketing and campaigns. You will create materials, manage events and help pursue new clients while coordinating with sector teams and external partners.

The role offers hybrid working with a flexible approach and a focus on client engagement, thought leadership and marketing activity across national and international clients.

Qualifications

• Experience in business development or marketing in a professional service environment.
• Experience supporting bids, proposals, client development activity or marketing campaigns.
• Proficiency with Word, PowerPoint and Excel and ability to produce well-presented documents.
• Experience using CRM systems and maintaining data quality.
• Strong writing skills for bids, proposals and client communications.

Responsibilities

• Produce high-quality sales materials including credentials, proposals, pitch presentations and bid content.
• Support business development planning and sales activity, targeting new clients and cross-selling opportunities.
• Deliver marketing activity including reports, digital marketing, website and social media content.
• Plan, coordinate and deliver events and campaigns (virtual, hybrid, in-person).
• Support thought leadership and PR activities, including digital content creation.

Skills

Business development experience

Marketing experience

Bid/proposal support

CRM systems

Microsoft Office

Strong written communication

Stakeholder engagement

Team collaboration

Education

Degree level or equivalent

Tools

Microsoft Office Suite

CRM systems

Job description

Join our nationwide Business Development team and help shape how we grow.

As a Business Development Executive, you’ll play a hands‑on role in winning new work, deepening client relationships and elevating TLT’s presence in the market. From supporting campaigns and creating compelling materials to delivering client events, you’ll be involved in work that has real impact.

This is a varied, fast-paced role with plenty of opportunity to build your skills across sales enablement, marketing and stakeholder engagement. You’ll work alongside colleagues across business development, marketing and bids—and with external partners—to bring ideas to life and deliver high-quality, client‑focused activity.

What You’ll Be Doing:

You will provide business development support to several practice teams in the firm, including competition, trade and regulation. The practice teams you will work with may vary from time to time. You will also work very closely with our sector teams, feeding into and supporting our to‑market approach.

This Role Requires You To:

Producehigh‑qualitysales materials including credentials documents, proposals, pitch presentations and bid content; and support the central bids team through effective use of precedent and pitch management systems.
Support business development planning and sales activity, helping to target new clients,identifycross‑sellingopportunities and progress business development and client plans.
Deliver marketing and communications activity, including servicereports, digital marketing, website and social media content, directory and award submissions, and internal communications.
Plan,coordinateand deliver events and campaigns (virtual, hybrid andin‑person), managing all aspects of event delivery from invitations and materials through to supplier liaison, reporting andfollow‑up.
Support thought leadership and PR activity, including producing digital content (videos, podcasts), working with external partners, being mindful ofbudgets and supplier costs for marketing activity.

Skills & Experience We’re Looking For:

Experience in a business development or marketing role within a professional service or similarly regulated environment
Experience supporting bids,proposals,client developmentactivityormarketingcampaigns
Goodworking knowledge of Microsoft Office (particularlyWord,PowerPointand Excel) with the ability to producewell-presenteddocuments,reportsand presentations
Experience of using CRM systems,maintainingaccuratecontactdataand supporting data quality
Strongwritten skills, with the ability to draft clearand engaging contentfor bids,proposalsand client communications
Ability tosupport the identification ofopportunities andcontribute ideas to supportbusiness development objectives
Strong attentionto detail, with the ability to produceaccurate,high-qualitywork under time pressure
Ability tosupport the coordination ofprojectsand tasks, ensuring activity is delivered on time and to a high standard
Ideally qualified to degree level or equivalent (equivalent experience will be considered).

Your Team

You will report into a Business Development Manager and be part of the Business Development & Marketing team. The Business Development & Marketing team are instrumental in creating awareness of our brand to identify and win new business opportunities as well as delivering for our existing clients. This involves establishing and nurturing relationships and using everything from events to media relations to tenders to explore new business ideas.

Within the team, we have specialists in business development, bids, internal and external communications, campaigns, PR, client engagement, marketing and design, and marketing operations.

TLT is different because we live our values. This comes down to the hard work we have put in building and promoting a strong brand that aligns to our business strategy.

About TLT

Fast paced, fast growing and forward thinking, TLT is the law firm that helps clients stay one step ahead, and we do the same for our people.

With local, national and international reach, we have over 1,800 people in offices across the UK and a network of partner firms across Europe, India and the US. Over the last few years TLT’s successful growth, delivery of high-quality work and support for colleagues has been consistently recognised by The Times and at the Legal Business, The Lawyer and British Legal Awards.

Our ambition is to create opportunities for what comes next for our clients, recognised as their 1st tier adviser and being valued for our values. We do this in our unique way by creating social value and a dynamic environment where our people are curious, creative and ambitious for their success.

In our open and collaborative culture, we encourage everyone to be their whole self, to have a voice and to contribute to the success of TLT.

Our Benefits

We value our employees highly and we want you to feel valued. You’ll receive a competitive salary with an annual pay review. You will also have access to an extensive range of benefits via our flexible benefits scheme including 25 days holiday (which will increase to 30 days based upon length of service) and private medical insurance.

At TLT we have a progressive fully flexible working approach. We empower our people to work in a place and at a time that meets their needs, those of their clients and of the wider team and firm. Part of this agile approach is a focus on hybrid working and supporting the work/life balance of our people. We’re happy to talk about how flexible working can work for you and this role.

TLT is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive working environment and encourages applications from all suitably qualified people, regardless of disability, race, gender identity, sexual orientation, or any other characteristics protected by the laws in the locations in which we operate.

We welcome applications from people with disabilities and are committed to providing reasonable adjustments, where necessary, to make interviews and jobs more accessible. Should you have any difficulty during the recruitment process, require any reasonable adjustments or an application to Access to work please contact the recruitment team on [e-mail].