Business Development Executive

Clyde UK Services Company; London; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading legal services firm is seeking a Business Development Executive to support client development and marketing initiatives. This role involves working with teams to manage pitches, client events, and marketing activities. The ideal candidate will have prior experience in business development and marketing within professional services. This position offers hybrid working, requiring 2 days in the office per week and provides opportunities for growth and skill development.

Benefits

Healthcare

Retirement planning

Wellbeing initiatives

Qualifications

• At least one year’s experience in business development and marketing.
• Effective team-player with good interpersonal skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and meet tight deadlines.
• Excellent IT skills, including knowledge of Word, PowerPoint, and Excel.

Responsibilities

• Support pitching efforts with the BD team.
• Manage client events from planning to execution.
• Support marketing campaigns and manage mailings.
• Produce reports on CRM activity and performance.

Skills

Team player

Interpersonal skills

Verbal communication

Written communication

Organizational skills

Attention to detail

IT skills

Education

Experience in business development and marketing

Tools

Word

PowerPoint

Excel

Legal CRM systems

Job description

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Business Development Executive

Apply locations London Liverpool Guildford Birmingham Edinburgh time type Full time posted on Posted 15 Days Ago job requisition id JR381

Title: Business Development Executive

Location: Preferably London but happy to consider other locations in the UK

Type: Permanent

Hybrid working: 2 days per week in the office

The Team

Our strategy seeks to:

• Manage and develop clients and profile
• Adopt a content and product led approach in taking our practice groups to market
• Prioritise the use of integrated digital marketing channels
• Position our most senior staff as advisors to the business, supported by expert execution teams
• Our principles dictate that the highest value clients and opportunities command the highest value BD attention and bespoke tactics

Key Responsibilities

Pitching - Working with the wider BD team to provide support on pitches including:

• Ability to understand RFPs and ensure final draft meets the requirements
• Sourcing standard content as it relates to the brief such as company information, CVs and capability statements suitably tailored to the client/sector
• Preparing briefs for formatting documentation to RFP requirements
• Assisting with pitch presentations
• Updating procurement portals with standard company information
• Ability to liaise with stakeholders for input

Event Management - Working with the BD and Events’ team to manage in person or online client events from start to finish including:

• Managing event lists and coordinating the invitation lists
• Coordinating production of Event collateral including invitations, presentation content and marketing materials
• Liaising with key vendors to arrange necessary logistics
• Project managing the delivery of client webinars
• Attending in person events and providing ‘on site’ management
• Reporting and providing analysis of the ROI of online and in person events

Marketing/CRM systems

• Supporting the BD & Marketing team with the creation of client mailings for campaigns and initiatives and managing distribution
• Managing the production of brochures and key marketing materials
• Producing reports on CRM activities to support and measure BD & Marketing campaigns and initiatives
• Using analytics to monitor performance of activity and report appropriately ensuring maximum ROI is achieved
• Creating and maintaining content on the firm’s website
• Assisting with the production of podcasts
• Acting as an ambassador for brand and process best practice with opportunities to take on champion role in specialist areas

Directories

• Contributing to the legal directory process, including collation of content, managing submissions, interviews and reporting back to the business.

Reporting/analysis/research

• Assisting with client relationship management programmes, including collation and analysis of client feedback
• Providing ad hoc support to revenue generating initiatives such as client and market research and assisting with the production of data/financial reports

Essential Skills and Experience

Business Development Executives are provided with training and exposure to all of the core BD & marketing disciplines as well as the opportunity to develop understanding of the firm’s core sectors to prepare them for their future careers. A willingness to learn, positive attitude and ability to apply sensible judgement are highly valued.

The ideal candidate will:

• Have at least one year’s experience in business development and marketing within a professional services organisation
• Be an effective team-player and have good interpersonal skills
• Possess excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Have strong organisational skills and attention to detail, as well as the ability to prioritise multiple tasks and projects, manage expectations of stakeholders and meet tight deadlines
• Possess excellent IT skills with knowledge of Word, PowerPoint, Excel and Internet research tools. Knowledge of common legal CRM and marketing systems for client mailings and webinars is preferable
• Be able to develop effective working relationships with the wider team and across the business

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