SENIOR BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT EXECUTIVE

LAW CHOICE RECRUITMENT; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 46,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus scheme

GPP pension scheme

Private medical insurance

Job summary

A leading Birmingham law firm is seeking a Senior Business Development Executive to join its Operations team. The role offers scope to shape and own internal business development communications and digital content strategy across regions.

You will manage campaigns, newsletters, intranet governance and video content, collaborating with senior partners to drive the firm’s growth. Prior experience in professional services and strong stakeholder skills are essential.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in a business development, marketing or communications role, ideally within professional services.
• Proficiency in digital content creation for intranets, newsletters and multimedia.
• Strong skills in managing internal digital communication and business development channels.
• Ability to interpret engagement data and use it to shape content and campaign strategy.
• Familiarity with design and multimedia tools such as Canva and Adobe Creative Suite.
• Excellent stakeholder management and project management skills, with confidence engaging senior partners.
• An innovative mindset with a genuine interest in emerging digital communication trends and formats such as podcasts.

Responsibilities

• Develop engaging digital and multimedia content for business development campaigns and strategic initiatives.
• Provide specialist advice to fee-earners and content owners on effective business development communications.
• Manage the creation and delivery of a weekly business development newsletter.
• Take ownership of internal business development channels, including a review of the intranet within the first six months.
• Collaborate with the Business Development Manager to coordinate and schedule campaign messaging.
• Support senior partners with the delivery of quarterly business updates to the firm.
• Implement and champion effective governance of digital business development channels.
• Create templates, banners and multimedia assets for business development campaigns.
• Produce video content, including short films, gifs and animation, with scope to run internal video shoots.
• Work with internal teams to improve business development tools and resources for efficiency and accessibility.
• Monitor engagement metrics and prepare insightful reports on the impact of business development activity.

Skills

Digital content creation

Intranet management

Newsletters

Multimedia production

Canva

Adobe Creative Suite

Stakeholder management

Project management

Engagement analytics

Podcasts awareness

Tools

Canva

Adobe Creative Suite

Job description

SENIOR BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT EXECUTIVE

Birmingham Full Time Permanent Salary up to £42,000

THE ROLE

A top law firm is seeking a Senior Business Development Executive to join its Operations team in Birmingham. This is a newly created role offering genuine scope to shape and own the firm's internal business development communications and digital content strategy, working closely with senior partners and colleagues across multiple regions.

The Senior Business Development Executive will play a key role in enhancing the firm's internal business development communications, using digital content, campaign management and channel ownership to support the firm's wider growth strategy.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Develop engaging digital and multimedia content for business development campaigns and strategic initiatives
• Provide specialist advice to fee-earners and content owners on effective business development communications
• Manage the creation and delivery of a weekly business development newsletter
• Take ownership of internal business development channels, including a review of the intranet within the first six months
• Collaborate with the Business Development Manager to coordinate and schedule campaign messaging
• Support senior partners with the delivery of quarterly business updates to the firm
• Implement and champion effective governance of digital business development channels
• Create templates, banners and multimedia assets for business development campaigns
• Produce video content, including short films, gifs and animation, with scope to run internal video shoots
• Work with internal teams to improve business development tools and resources for efficiency and accessibility
• Monitor engagement metrics and prepare insightful reports on the impact of business development activity

WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR

• Significant experience in a business development, marketing or communications role, ideally within professional services
• Proficiency in digital content creation for intranets, newsletters and multimedia
• Strong skills in managing internal digital communication and business development channels
• Ability to interpret engagement data and use it to shape content and campaign strategyFamiliarity with design and multimedia tools such as Canva and Adobe Creative Suite
• Excellent stakeholder management and project management skills, with confidence engaging senior partners
• An innovative mindset with a genuine interest in emerging digital communication trends and formats such as podcasts

BENEFITS

• Annual bonus scheme
• GPP pension scheme
• Private medical insurance, including discounted gym membership, free cinema tickets and health assessments

This is an excellent opportunity for a Senior Business Development Executive to make a significant, visible impact in a newly created role at a top law firm.