Trainee Trade Mark Administrator

Abel & Imray; Bath; Hybrid; GBP 24,000; Full time

Job summary

A distinguished intellectual property firm is seeking a Trainee Trade Mark Administrator for its Bath office. This pivotal role involves supporting trade mark attorneys with administrative tasks and correspondence with global clients. No prior experience is required as comprehensive in-house training will guide you through the journey. The firm promotes an inclusive culture and offers career progression opportunities. Apply with your CV and cover letter by 6 February 2026.

Benefits

Private Medical Insurance

Life assurance

Income protection

Flexi-time and hybrid working opportunities

Pension scheme

Cycle to work scheme

Electric car scheme

Season ticket loan

Annual flu jabs

Social events

Mentoring scheme

Free period care within our offices

Career Progression support

Inclusive Culture

Qualifications

• No prior experience required, but eagerness to learn is essential.
• Ability to efficiently manage administrative tasks.
• Must be a team player with a positive attitude.

Responsibilities

• Correspond with clients and trade mark offices globally.
• Revise and prepare formal documents.
• Maintain electronic files and manage diaries.
• Prepare charges and invoices.

Skills

Strong English language skills

Competency at maths / basic arithmetic

Excellent attention to detail

Curiosity and a willingness to learn

Ability to use own initiative

Basic IT / PC skills

Organised and methodical

Comfortable working with deadlines

Good communication skills

Job description

Trainee Trade Mark Administrator – Bath Office

Salary: £23,500 per annum (for a 35‑hour week)

Have you considered a career helping businesses and creators protect their ideas and innovations?

With an office in the heart of Bath, Abel & Imray LLP is a firm that excels at advising on all aspects of patents, trade marks and designs in the UK, Europe and around the world. We also have offices in London, Cardiff, and Delft, Netherlands. A large part of what we do is assisting UK and international clients to protect their intellectual property (“IP”), whether that’s obtaining patents for their latest inventions, acquiring trade marks for new brands, or registering the appearance of new products with registered designs.

The Bath office is a friendly and vibrant working environment housed in modern offices in the centre of the city. It has over 50 staff split between fee‑earning legal professionals (patent attorneys, trade mark attorneys, and associated trainees) and specialist support staff, including patent administrators, trade mark administrators, patent paralegals, and trade mark paralegals.

We are now looking for a Trainee Trade Mark Administrator to join us as part of the support team of paralegals and other admin staff in this challenging and rewarding work.

As you begin the journey towards becoming an Administrator, you will be guided by structured and practical training and will learn how to provide efficient organisational support to our trade mark attorneys by assisting them with administration tasks and various other office duties. Having the interest to learn administration skills goes without saying, but you’ll also need to be the kind of person who enjoys a challenge and likes using your initiative. In return, we’ll give you training and a varied and rewarding working environment.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Correspondence with clients and trade mark offices around the world.
• Typing – including revision of documents and tailoring standard documents.
• Formalities relating to trade mark procedures, including preparation of forms.
• Maintenance of electronic files.
• Diary management.
• Preparing charges and invoices.

WHO WE'RE LOOKING FOR

Prior experience is not required or expected – we will train you! We are primarily looking for someone bright, keen to learn, happy to undertake the training required to equip you for the role, and excited to be part of a team of paralegals and other support staff that help us serve our clients.

Whatever your circumstances, if you have at least a few of the following skills (or the ability to quickly acquire them), we’d love to hear from you:

• Strong English language skills.
• Competency at maths / basic arithmetic (with a calculator).
• Excellent attention to detail.
• Curiosity and a willingness to learn.
• Ability to use your own initiative and be a positive team player, with a ‘can‑do’ attitude.
• Basic IT / PC skills – e.g. word‑processing / using Microsoft Office.
• Organised and methodical.
• Comfortable working with deadlines.
• Good communication skills.

COMPANY BENEFITS

• Private Medical Insurance
• Life assurance
• Income protection
• Flexi‑time and hybrid working opportunities
• Pension scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Electric car scheme
• Season ticket loan
• Annual flu jabs
• Social events
• Mentoring scheme
• Free period care within our offices
• Career Progression: Ongoing support towards a full qualification and an environment where your career can blossom
• Inclusive Culture: We have a long history as an inclusive, equal opportunities employer and are proud members of IP Inclusive. That means treating everyone fairly, as well as respecting each employee’s personal goals and ambitions.

MORE ABOUT US

Abel & Imray is a firm of patent attorneys and trade mark attorneys. Patent attorneys are like geeks turned lawyers – a love of science and technology helps, as most of the inventions we protect are science‑based. All our patent attorneys have a STEM degree and learn about patent law when training on the job. Very few patent attorneys have a law degree – we are not solicitors or general lawyers. Trade mark attorneys do not need a science degree but, as with patent attorneys, they learn the law and the skills of the attorney as part of their training when first employed. Our trade mark attorneys have backgrounds in law, languages and sciences.

Our clients range from established global brands to UK‑based start‑ups, who need legal advice and support to protect their intellectual property. We help safeguard their ideas and innovations by securing patents, trade marks and design registrations. That requires us to work with government‑run intellectual property offices in the UK, across Europe and around the globe.

Everything we do is centred around providing the highest service and professional standards to our clients, to help them navigate the legal world of intellectual property rights. This often involves complex issues and a need to invest time and effort to truly understand the client’s needs and the issues at hand. We need to make our clients’ lives easy and give them solutions, not added problems. That means we work as a team to take the highest level of care over our work and the advice we send to our clients. Our support team plays a vital role in doing that.

We are committed to improving equality, diversity and inclusivity within our firm and also the wider IP community. We were one of the early signatories to the charter of IP Inclusive, the network set up specifically to promote and improve equality, diversity, inclusion and wellbeing throughout the UK’s intellectual property (IP) professions.

You can read a bit more about our culture on our website.

MORE ABOUT THE ROLE AND HOW TO APPLY

All the training you will require to become a Trade Mark Administrator will be provided, primarily by us “in‑house”. Progression to the position of paralegal and beyond is available with the career structure provided. You can get a feel for what a day in the life of a paralegal is like on our website.

We have a regular home‑working policy which would allow you to work from home three days a week, although we would like you to come into the office at least 4 days per week during your initial training as it is beneficial to spend time with others in the team and for training to take place in person.

If a role in the world of IP as a Trainee Trade Mark Administrator in our Bath Office interests you, then please apply with your CV and a covering letter. The CV should include details of your academic qualifications (or predicted grades) and your work experience if you have any. Your cover letter can provide any extra explanation or details you would like to provide to us about you and should briefly explain why you would like the job and why you think you would make the ideal candidate.

The closing date for applications is Friday 6 February 2026 and interviews are likely to take place in February and/or March.

If you would like an informal chat about what it is like to be an IP administrator, please do give us a call and ask to speak to Ellie Pilott or Calypso Squibb, who have recently joined us as trainee administrators.