Senior Marketing Assistant

A&O Shearman; Belfast; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job description

Job Description

A&O Shearman is a new global industry-leading law firm, with nearly 50 offices in 28 countries worldwide. Our fluency in English law, US law, and the laws of the world's most dynamic markets, enables us to provide unmatched insight and seamless delivery to clients. We work on challenging and important deals and disputes that have the potential to shape the future.

We offer exceptional opportunities for our people; opportunities to work for the world's leading businesses; to transform the status quo, and to deliver your best work, helping you and your career to thrive, while delivering unparalleled outcomes for our clients.

Whether you're helping clients solve complex challenges, transforming the ways we manage our business, or ensuring the smooth-running of our operations, this is an environment where you can belong and excel. We provide first-rate training and development, we are committed to an inclusive environment, and we provide support and ways of working that help you optimise your wellbeing.

What truly defines a career with us? We recruit the best and ask for the best of you. And together, we will redefine success.

Role and Department Purpose

Our coordinated business development, marketing and communications teams contribute to the setting and achievement of the firm's business objectives, which include developing our client relationships, increasing the visibility of the firm globally, and supporting our partners and associates in their pursuit of becoming our clients' trusted advisers.

The Senior Marketing Assistant will support the Business Development (BD) team, providing day-to-day support on a variety of marketing and business development projects: winning new business (helping to produce effective client-facing brochures), growing key client and sector relationships, and raising the profile of one of our practice groups and its partners. The successful applicant will work closely with the practice group's Business Development team and with wider business development and marketing team members from other practice groups and with other support areas such as Finance, Know-How, Document Production, Creative Services and Marketing Technology.

The role will suit someone who is highly organized and efficient, who enjoys a fast-paced work environment, dealing with a variety of work.

Key relationships

• Global Head of BD
• Senior BD Managers
• BD Managers
• Global BD Team
• Other teams - Library, Finance, Creative Services, Document Production, Marketing Technology

Role and responsibilities

1. Assist in collating information for and delivering brochures, placemats and contact cards; presentations; legal directory (UK and Global) submissions; and deal updates.
2. Assist with research requests for client BD and pitch meetings, conferences and marketing trips, and business planning exercises - eg organising and assisting with collating client/market research and financials.
3. Assist with internal and external events, including preparing mailing lists, invitations and supporting materials.
4. Assist in collating information for and delivering regular internal communications.
5. Assist on pitch documents (both matter and panel) and credential statements for new or existing clients.
6. Update website, including liaising with the Marketing Technology team to upload publications and news items, and assisting in organising related social media posts.
7. Assist with the creation and distribution of client updates using our email marketing tool.
8. Assist with the formatting of client facing materials including, where appropriate, liaising with the Creative Services team.
9. Capture and update experience databases, to support BD activity.
10. Assist with the maintenance of various marketing systems including the global experience, proposals and contacts databases, CVs and collateral module.
11. Support the team, with BD and marketing initiatives and other inputs as required.

Key requirements

The role would ideally suit someone with some professional services BD experience. This is an excellent opportunity to develop marketing and BD experience within the legal environment. The ideal candidate will be ambitious and possess the following attributes and skills:

1. Previous Business Development experience, preferably in the professional services environment.
2. Excellent attention to detail.
3. Ability to multitask, managing priorities and work well under pressure.
4. Strong writing skills, including the ability to tailor written work product to different audiences.
5. Strong time management skills.
6. Ability to keep up to date with legal and commercial developments relevant to the practice area and sectors.
7. Strong client focus.
8. Good communication skills and interpersonal skills.

Desirable

1. Advanced Excel, PowerPoint and Word skills.
2. Understanding of social media.
3. Strong research skills would be advantageous.

Should you require additional support at any stage of the recruitment process due to a disability or a health condition, please do not hesitate to contact a member of our recruitment team who will work with you to provide any adjustments as required.

We are an equal opportunities recruiter and do not discriminate on the basis of race, colour, sex, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, or any other protected characteristic.

We recognise the value of flexible working and embrace hybrid working, allowing our people to work from home up to 40% of their working time. We do however remain committed to working together in person for the remaining 60% of time so that we can learn, grow and succeed together.