Business Development Intern

STEPHENSON HARWOOD LLP; Singapore; On-site; SGD 39,000 - 61,000; Full time

Job summary

STEPHENSON HARWOOD LLP in Singapore is seeking a proactive student to join our Business Development team. You will support pitches, proposals, and tender submissions, helping shape our client-facing strategies and brand presence.

You will coordinate marketing literature, draft internal and external communications, and assist with rankings and directory submissions, events, and general BD coordination.

Qualifications

• Students in a bachelor's degree programme seeking a BD career.
• Highly motivated with a growth mindset.
• Excellent organisational, attention to detail and analytical skills.
• Confidentiality and ability to handle sensitive information.
• Proficient in English and Chinese, written and verbal.
• MS Office: Word, PowerPoint, Excel.

Responsibilities

• Assist in pitches, proposals and tender submissions.
• Create and update profile sheets/CVs for lawyers; proofreading marketing literature.
• Draft communications for intranet, LinkedIn, and WeChat; weekly BD updates.
• Coordinate submissions for legal directories and awards.

Skills

Organisational skills

Attention to detail

Analytical thinking

English & Chinese

MS Office

Education

Bachelor's degree student

Tools

MS Office

Job description

WHAT WE WILL OFFER

We will offer you a place where you can be yourself and where there are no limits on what you can achieve. With us, you can take ownership of your career and have honest conversations throughout. You would join an ambitious firm with a clear strategy for profitable growth where you can get early responsibility and early involvement in growing the business. Here you can expect a competitive and fair reward as well as recognition based on all round performance. This forms part of our internal promise to you, The Deal, between the firm and its employees.

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES

Pitches, proposals and tender submissions

• Assist in pitches and proposals process, working with the teams on pitch strategy and approach

Marketing literature

• Working with secretaries to create, amend and update profile sheets/CVs for lawyers
• Proofreading marketing literature

Internal and external communications, social media platforms

• Drafting news update and work with lawyers and London communication team to prepare intranet, LinkedIn, and WeChat posts
• Preparing weekly BD activity update communications

Legal directories and awards submissions

• Dealing with directory submissions, ensuring deadlines for entry are met and all the relevant information is supplied
• Drafting submissions and preparing referee spreadsheets for each submission
• Co-ordinating research interviews - liaising with the partners and the external researchers, building good relationships, providing the partners with all the necessary/relevant information, dealing with queries and last-minute requests for information, scheduling/rescheduling appointments, booking rooms and conference calls
• Updating rankings, commentary documents (including profile sheets) and trackers for practice groups following publication

Events

• Assisting with all the logistics for client seminars and social events
• Drafting of post-event messages for internal and external promotion

General BD team co-ordination and support

• Checking presentations for brand compliance and making amends/recommendations as appropriate
• Updating various practice group related memberships and directory listings
• Assisting global BD teams with requests for information and marketing literature
• Arranging payment for BD related expenses

ATTRIBUTES / SKILLS REQUIRED

• Students in bachelor's degree programme from any disciplines with an interest to develop a career in the Business Development field
• Highly motivated with a growth mindset
• Strong organisational skills, attention to detail, analytical and problem-solving skills
• Ability to maintain confidentiality and handle sensitive information
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team
• Ability to communicate effectively in writing and verbally in English and Chinese
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications, particularly Word, Powerpoint and Excel

This job description is indicative only and does not represent an exhaustive list of responsibilities. The firm reserves the right to alter or change the responsibilities at any time, in line with the firm's strategy and business needs.