Marketing and Business Development (M&BD) Coordinator – Corporate & Finance Practice Group

Hogan Lovells; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global law firm in London seeks a Marketing and Business Development Coordinator for its Corporate & Finance practice. Responsibilities include supporting various business development activities, coordinating pitches and marketing campaigns, and client engagement. The ideal candidate has experience in marketing, strong communication skills, and project management capabilities. This role offers flexible working arrangements, encouraging a hybrid approach for up to 40% remote work.

Benefits

Hybrid working options

Training and development opportunities

Collaborative work environment

Qualifications

• Previous experience in a business development/marketing environment.
• Ability to write compelling propositions with attention to detail.
• Experience in a professional services environment.

Responsibilities

• Support M&BD activities for Corporate & Finance practice.
• Assist in client targeting and cross-selling efforts.
• Coordinate marketing campaigns and events.

Skills

Business development understanding

Written and verbal communication

Project management skills

Creativity and design

Interpersonal skills

Education

Relevant marketing or sales qualification

Tools

MS Office

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Job Title

Marketing and Business Development (M&BD) Coordinator – Corporate & Finance Practice Group

Department

Marketing and Business Development (M&BD)

Office Location

London

Reports To

M&BD Manager – Corporate & Finance - UK

Working Hours

35 hours per week, 9:30am to 5:30pm but additional hours may be required. We are happy to consider agile and flexible working patterns. Our approach to hybrid working allows for up to 40% of time working from home and 60% working in the office,please contact a member of the recruitment team to discuss further.

Firm Description

Hogan Lovells is one of the leading global law firms. Our distinctive market position is founded on our exceptional breadth of our practice, on deep industry knowledge, and on our 'one team' global approach. Formed through the combination of two top international law firms, Hogan Lovells has over 40 offices in the Americas, Asia-Pacific, Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

With a presence in the world's major financial and commercial markets, we are well placed to provide excellent business-oriented advice to our clients locally and internationally. Our people are the key to our success, which is why we seek to recruit and retain the most talented individuals in all regions of our global practice.

Department Description

We have a well-established global Marketing and Business Development (M&BD) team, which supports the firm on a wide range of business development, marketing and client relationship management activities. The team is divided into several key areas: including practice M&BD, clients and sectors, pitches and pursuits, which manage strategic global and regional pitches; corporate communications, which comprises public relations, brand, design, events, and digital; and campaigns and projects.

Role Overview

We need a capable and enthusiastic coordinator to support the M&BD team in BD and marketing activities for the Corporate & Finance practice - a broad remit across some fast-paced and interesting areas of law.

The role will encompass a range of business development and marketing activities for the Corporate & Finance practice, working collaboratively with the firm's industry sector groups, including: pitching and credentials; client targeting and cross-selling; client/sector and competitor analysis; profile raising and marketing campaigns including communications such as directory submissions, online content (intranet, hoganlovells.com etc), and BD evaluation and reporting, as well as some administrative tasks to support the team.

Key Responsibilities / Accountabilities

Pitches & Credentials

• Assist with the coordination of pitch responses, credentials statements and CVs ensuring best practice methodology is applied.
• Prepare input to firm-wide pitches and assist colleagues in other offices with their pitches in these practice areas.
• Assist in providing and producing background research, strategy, client briefings and competitor analysis documents in preparation for pitches and other client meetings.
• Issue Pitch Alerts and provide input to the firm-wide pitch management system.

Knowledge Management

• Maintain key M&BD resources including on the global intranet, hoganlovells.com, master credentials documents and practice and industry specific CVs.
• Support to update and maintain the internal deals database.
• Produce internal communications including electronic newsletters.
• Support lawyers in maintaining their CVs and in tailoring them for specific pitches and industry sectors.
• Encourage full and effective use of the firm's CRM database (InterAction) and experience database (Foundation).

Profile Raising and Marketing Campaigns

• Coordinate and support on client events/seminars including preparing targeted mailing lists and liaising with other internal stakeholders including the events, IT, AV and other various internal teams.
• Contribute to the drafting, review, collation and updating of practice area entries in legal directories, award submissions and league tables.
• Liaise with the firm’s design agency using their online portal to create various internal and external facing marketing materials and collateral.
• Prepare the production and uploading of client alerts on our Engage platform, liaising with the authors, the Engage team and other internal stakeholders.
• Assist the Corporate & Finance M&BD team and central PR team on effective profile-raising plans and campaigns for the practice, working collaboratively with the firm's industry sector groups.
• Assist the Corporate & Finance M&BD team in thought leadership campaigns, aligned with the firm's industry sectors.
• Assist the Corporate & Finance M&BD team on effective profile raising through social media activity.

Wider BD Initiatives and Administrative Tasks

• Support the Corporate & Finance Leadership team and M&BD team with meeting planning and administrative support, including preparation of internal reports.
• Contribute to the wider M&BD effort, which will include participating in specific firm-wide M&BD initiatives and projects, as required.
• Deal with ad hoc enquiries about the practice areas or its clients from other parts of the firm or members of the M&BD team.
• Any other tasks that may reasonably be required.

Specific duties or responsibilities may be reviewed from time to time to reflect changes in personnel and management structure, staff location or services.

All members of the firm participate in our Responsible Business program.

Person Specification

Qualifications and Training

Essential

• Previous experience working in a business development/marketing environment.
• A general understanding of marketing and business development processes.
• Ability to create a positive impact with colleagues, peers, partners and clients and to demonstrate diplomacy, listening and influencing skills.
• Good written and verbal communication skills with excellent attention to detail and the ability to write compelling propositions.
• Demonstrates creativity and an eye for design with the ability to create impactful presentations and marketing materials.
• Effective project management skills including the ability to plan ahead and prioritise conflicting demands to meet deadlines for the team.
• Demonstrates an understanding of the firm's business and marketplace.
• Experience in, and comfortable with, working in a partnership or equivalent professional services environment.
• Proficient across MS Office including PowerPoint.

Desired

• Prior knowledge and experience of working in a law firm and/or in a Corporate and/or Finance practice role would be advantageous.
• A general understanding of the legal market (in terms of key players and product areas) to aid familiarity with terminology and to add as much value as possible when talking with partners.
• A relevant marketing or sales qualification, such as the CIM or equivalent.

General Attributes

• A general understanding of the commercial world and its drivers.
• Demonstrates a keen interest in self-development and shows initiative.
• Team player who is proactive with a 'can do attitude'.
• Demonstrates consistent excellent service delivery to internal clients.

Agile Working Statement

Our goal is to embed flexibility across our business by giving everyone the opportunity to work in an agile way, whether as a regular pattern or on an ad hoc basis, and we will be happy to discuss this further.

Equal Opportunities Employment Statement

It is the policy of Hogan Lovells to provide equal opportunities for all employees in relation to recruitment, training and promotion. Decisions in these areas will be made only by reference to the requirements of the job and shall not be influenced by any consideration of racial or ethnic origin, religion, sex , gender and gender identity, age, sexual orientation, marital and civil partnership status, pregnancy or disability.