Senior Client Development Executive

Larbey Evans Ltd; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Great employee benefits

Hybrid working pattern

Job summary

Larbey Evans Ltd is seeking a Senior Client Development Executive to support the firm's Technology, Consumer and Sport practice groups in London on a permanent basis. You will help initiate and execute projects including marketing planning, client targeting, pitches, and events.

The role requires strong writing, organisational skills and 5+ years in marketing/client development within professional services. Hybrid working with a 3:2 pattern is offered.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Marketing/Communications or related field
• 5+ years of experience in a marketing/client development role
• Law firm or professional service experience preferred
• Excellent organisational and planning skills
• Excellent writing skills and ability to communicate clearly
• Detail-oriented project management and ability to juggle multiple projects

Responsibilities

• Support the CDM in implementing sector strategy and delivering marketing objectives.
• Develop, review and update business planning and budgeting materials.
• Prepare meeting materials and follow up on actions.
• Track major case successes and client developments; report at team meetings.
• Maintain priority client and prospect lists and track relationship activity.
• Lead on selected relationship initiatives and campaigns across sectors.
• Identify cross-selling opportunities and growth areas with the wider team.
• Monitor budgets for campaigns and ensure adherence to pre-agreed plans.

Skills

Marketing

Client development

Communication

Project management

Writing skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Marketing/Communications

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Senior Client Development Executive

A hugely successful UK law firm is looking to hire a new Senior Client Development Executive to join on a permanent basis to support the firm’s transactional practice groups (specifically Technology, Consumer and Sport) in London. The Senior Client Development Executive will help to initiate and execute a wide range of projects that involve marketing planning, industry and client targeting, pitches and proposals, directory submissions, events, and communications.

What’s on Offer:

• Competitive Salary
• Great Employee Benefits
• Hybrid Working pattern 3:2

Senior Client Development Executive – What you will be doing:

• Support the Client Development Manager (CDM) in the implementation of the Technology, Consumer & Sport (TCS) sector strategy, helping to deliver the group’s strategic marketing, relationship development, and business planning objectives.
• Support the CDM on developing, reviewing, and updating business planning and budgeting materials, participating in meetings, producing notes, amending documents and following up on action points.
• Support the CDM maintain a clear overview of TCS priorities, upcoming activity, partner leads, agreed actions and progress against objectives, including preparing meeting materials, producing notes and following up on next steps.
• Keeping track of all the major case successes and developments, new clients and instructions, reporting back to the teams at regular team meetings and managing the matter collation process.
• Supporting the CDMs on the targeting and pipeline process by maintaining priority client and prospect lists, tracking relationship activity, coordinating follow-up and helping partners progress agreed opportunities.
• Lead on selected TCS relationship initiatives, including sector campaigns and follow-up actions designed to support growth across Technology, Consumer and Sport. Work closely with the TCS campaign leads and the CDM on delivering the TCS business plans.
• Collaborate with the wider Client Development team to identify cross-selling opportunities, growth areas and priority targets that support both the TCS sector plan and wider firm objectives.
• Act as the point person for CD budget tracking for the campaigns within the TCS sector focus group, working alongside our CDM to ensure that campaigns and the wider divisions are keeping to pre-agreed budgets.

Senior Client Development Executive – What we are looking for:

• Bachelor’s degree in marketing, Communications, or a related field.
• 5+ years of experience in a marketing/client development role.
• Law firm or other professional service experience.
• Excellent organisational and planning skills.
• Excellent writing skills.
• Detailed-oriented project management capabilities and ability to prioritise multiple projects, meet tight deadlines and coordinate own work.
• Understanding of the marketing functions, needs and expectations of attorneys and clients.
• Proven ability to communicate successfully, both in writing and verbally, with attorneys and other business service professionals to build relationships and achieve results.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office; Interaction is a plus.
• Detail-oriented and organised.
• Good interpersonal skills; polite, professional, positive manner.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality.