Global Legal Directories & Awards Manager

TN United Kingdom; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Global Legal Directories & Awards Manager to join a dynamic Business Development & Marketing team. This role offers a unique opportunity to shape the firm's reputation through strategic management of legal directories and awards submissions. The successful candidate will collaborate with global teams, ensuring messaging consistency and implementing best practices. With a focus on innovation and client service, this forward-thinking firm values diverse perspectives and supports professional growth. Join a culture that emphasizes inclusivity and community engagement while making a real impact in the legal field.

Qualifications

• Experience managing legal directories is essential.
• Strong project management and communication skills required.

Responsibilities

• Lead the global legal directories and awards submission programme.
• Develop policies and processes for global consistency.

Skills

Project Management

Communication Skills

Leadership Skills

Critical Thinking

Problem-Solving

Education

Business Development/Marketing Experience

Experience with Legal Directories

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28.04.2025

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Job Description:

Kennedys is looking for a Global Legal Directories & Awards Manager to join our Business Development & Marketing (BD&M) team. The successful candidate will work closely with the Head of Marketing and Communications, and other members of the Global BD&M Leadership team to develop and deliver a legal directories & awards roadmap for the global function, ensuring we manage the legal directories and our awards submission process across the network.

This is a new role, providing a unique opportunity for an ambitious professional to join a dynamic, growing, global law firm, and have a real impact on helping to build the reputation of our people and the firm in the market.

Team

Kennedys' Business Development & Marketing team promotes Kennedys' services and supports the firm's global growth ambition and our key clients and markets.

There are four distinct global functions: Pursuits, Clients and Markets, Marketing & Communications and Marketing Technology & Data. These functions support the BD&M activity across five regions – APAC, EMEA, LATAM, UK and the US.

This role reports into the Head of Marketing and Communications and will work closely with each of the global functions.

Key responsibilities

1. Lead the global legal directories and awards submission programme on behalf of the function, working in close collaboration with our global BD&M colleagues responsible for the directories and awards submissions in their regions.
2. Lead stakeholder engagement across the network to ensure messaging consistency regarding the directories and awards programme, aligning external messaging with our global strategic priorities.
3. Develop policies, processes, and guidance to ensure global consistency.
4. Create a global infrastructure to track deadlines, standardize processes, support colleagues, implement best practices, and share rankings and quotes for firm-wide use.
5. Provide editorial support, guidance, and quality control to team members.
6. Draft submissions for legal directories and awards as needed.
7. Ensure data compliance in sharing client and matter information.
8. Manage relationships with directory and awards providers.
9. Oversee the firm's award submission process to enhance our profile internally and externally.

Required experience

• Experience managing legal directories is essential; experience with awards programs is desirable.
• Previous experience in a business development/marketing role within professional services is essential.
• Strong project management, communication, leadership, and influencing skills are required.
• Ability to work collaboratively in a virtual global team, with critical thinking and problem-solving skills.
• A curious mind interested in how directories and awards support client experience programs and firm reputation.

Please let us know if you require additional support or adjustments for your application.

*Experience levels are guidelines; applications from candidates with more or less experience are welcome.

About Kennedys

Kennedys is a global law firm with expertise in dispute resolution and advisory services, with over 2,500 people across 45 offices worldwide. We handle contentious and non-contentious matters, with a focus on litigation and dispute resolution, especially in insurance and liability claims.

We are a forward-thinking firm that values diverse perspectives, innovation, and client service. We support our people’s growth through various development opportunities, including virtual learning, secondments, and global mobility.

Our culture emphasizes approachability, support, and diversity, equity, and inclusion (DE&I). We are committed to an inclusive environment, sustainability, and community engagement.

Kennedys is an equal opportunity employer, committed to inclusive recruitment and compliance with all relevant policies and procedures.